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{{cquote|The innovation which we begin by this morning's issue is justified by the dullness of the times, and the demand for news among us.}} The ''Yale Daily News'' has consistently been ranked among the top college daily newspapers in the country.
{{cquote|The innovation which we begin by this morning's issue is justified by the dullness of the times, and the demand for news among us.}} The ''Yale Daily News'' has consistently been ranked among the top college daily newspapers in the country.


==History and description==
== History and description ==
Financially and editorially independent of Yale University since its founding, the paper is published by a student editorial and business staff five days a week, Monday through Friday, during Yale's academic year. Called the '''''YDN''''' (or sometimes the ''News'',the ''Daily News'', or the ''Daily Yalie''), the paper is produced in the [[Briton Hadden]] Memorial Building at 202 York Street in New Haven and printed off-site at [[Turley Publications]] in [[Palmer, Massachusetts]].
Financially and editorially independent of Yale University since its founding, the paper is published by a student editorial and business staff five days a week, Monday through Friday, during Yale's academic year. Called the '''''YDN''''' (or sometimes the ''News'',the ''Daily News'', or the ''Daily Yalie''), the paper is produced in the [[Briton Hadden]] Memorial Building at 202 York Street in New Haven and printed off-site at [[Turley Publications]] in [[Palmer, Massachusetts]].


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In 1969, Yale College became coeducational, and by 1972, Mally Cox and Lise Goldberg were elected as the first female members of the ''YDN'' editorial board. Andy Perkins was elected as the first female editor in chief in 1981, and Amy Oshinsky was elected as the first female publisher in 1977.<ref>''Yale Daily News'' at 125</ref>
In 1969, Yale College became coeducational, and by 1972, Mally Cox and Lise Goldberg were elected as the first female members of the ''YDN'' editorial board. Andy Perkins was elected as the first female editor in chief in 1981, and Amy Oshinsky was elected as the first female publisher in 1977.<ref>''Yale Daily News'' at 125</ref>


The paper version of the ''News'' is distributed for free throughout Yale's campus and the city of New Haven and is also published online. The paper was once a subscription-only publication, delivered to student postal boxes for $40 a year. Subscriptions declined after the 1986 founding of the weekly (and free) ''[[Yale Herald]]'' student newspaper, bottoming out at 570 in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/96_03/publications.html |title=YAM March 1996 - The Publication Proliferation |publisher=Yalealumnimagazine.com |accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref> The ''News'' switched to free distribution later that year.
The paper version of the ''News'' is distributed for free throughout Yale's campus and the city of New Haven and is also published online. The paper was once a subscription-only publication, delivered to student postal boxes for $40 a year. Subscriptions declined after the 1986 founding of the weekly (and free) ''[[Yale Herald]]'' student newspaper, bottoming out at 570 in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/96_03/publications.html |title=YAM March 1996 – The Publication Proliferation |publisher=Yalealumnimagazine.com |accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref> The ''News'' switched to free distribution later that year.


In 1978, the Oldest College Daily Foundation was created following a capital campaign to prevent the university from buying the Briton Hadden Memorial Building. The ''News'' survived for a century "solely on the income generated by subscription and ad sales."<ref>''Yale Daily News'' at 125</ref>
In 1978, the Oldest College Daily Foundation was created following a capital campaign to prevent the university from buying the Briton Hadden Memorial Building. The ''News'' survived for a century "solely on the income generated by subscription and ad sales."<ref>''Yale Daily News'' at 125</ref>
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In 1920, the ''News'' began to report on national news and viewpoints. In 1940 and 1955, when professional dailies were not operating due to unrest among its workers, the ''News'' continued to report on national topics. Today, the Nation and World sections publish stories and photos from the Associated Press.
In 1920, the ''News'' began to report on national news and viewpoints. In 1940 and 1955, when professional dailies were not operating due to unrest among its workers, the ''News'' continued to report on national topics. Today, the Nation and World sections publish stories and photos from the Associated Press.


On September 3, 2008, the "Oldest College Daily" "premiere[d] a new look" designed by [[Mario García (designer)|Mario Garcia]] of Garcia Media and Pegie Stark Adam of Stark Adam Design.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garciamedia.com/blog/articles/the_nations_oldest_college_daily_ready_to_premiere_new_look |title=García Media &#124; The nation’s oldest college daily ready to premiere new look |publisher=Garciamedia.com |date=2008-09-01 |accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref> The ''News''' front page design for November 5, 2008, the day after [[Barack Obama]]'s victory in the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 Presidential Election]] was featured in the [[Poynter Institute]] book: ''President Obama Election 2008: Collection of Newspaper Front Pages by the Poynter Institute''.<ref>{{cite web|last=New |first=The |url=https://www.amazon.com/President-Obama-Election-2008-Collection/dp/0740784803 |title=President Obama Election 2008: Collection of Newspaper Front Pages by the Poynter Institute (9780740784804): The Poynter Institute: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref>
On September 3, 2008, the "Oldest College Daily" "premiere[d] a new look" designed by [[Mario García (designer)|Mario Garcia]] of Garcia Media and Pegie Stark Adam of Stark Adam Design.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.garciamedia.com/blog/articles/the_nations_oldest_college_daily_ready_to_premiere_new_look |title=García Media &#124; The nation’s oldest college daily ready to premiere new look |publisher=Garciamedia.com |date=2008-09-01 |accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref> The ''News''' front page design for November 5, 2008, the day after [[Barack Obama]]'s victory in the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 Presidential Election]] was featured in the [[Poynter Institute]] book: ''President Obama Election 2008: Collection of Newspaper Front Pages by the Poynter Institute''.<ref>{{cite web |last=New |first=The |url=https://www.amazon.com/President-Obama-Election-2008-Collection/dp/0740784803 |title=President Obama Election 2008: Collection of Newspaper Front Pages by the Poynter Institute (9780740784804): The Poynter Institute: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref>


In 2009, the ''Yale Daily News'' won the [[Associated Collegiate Press]] Newspaper Pacemaker Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm09.html |title=ACP - Contest Winners |publisher=Studentpress.org |accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref>
In 2009, the ''Yale Daily News'' won the [[Associated Collegiate Press]] Newspaper Pacemaker Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm09.html |title=ACP – Contest Winners |publisher=Studentpress.org |accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref>


On September 10, 2009, the ''News'' broke the news of the [[murder of Annie Le]], a Yale graduate student reported missing and subsequently found murdered in the basement of her laboratory.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/10/graduate-student-goes-missing.print|title=GRADUATE STUDENT GOES MISSING|date=September 10, 2009|first=Harrison|last=Korn|first2=Colin|last2=Ross|newspaper=Yale Daily News|display-authors=etal}}</ref> In April 2016, the ''News'' broke the University's decision to retain the namesake of Calhoun College but eliminate the title "master", as well as the Yale Corporation's commitment to the namesake of Benjamin Franklin College three years before its public announcement.
On September 10, 2009, the ''News'' broke the news of the [[murder of Annie Le]], a Yale graduate student reported missing and subsequently found murdered in the basement of her laboratory.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/10/graduate-student-goes-missing.print |title=GRADUATE STUDENT GOES MISSING |date=September 10, 2009 |first=Harrison |last=Korn |first2=Colin |last2=Ross |newspaper=Yale Daily News |display-authors=etal}}</ref> In April 2016, the ''News'' broke the University's decision to retain the namesake of Calhoun College but eliminate the title "master", as well as the Yale Corporation's commitment to the namesake of Benjamin Franklin College three years before its public announcement.


In summer 2010, the 78-year-old Briton Hadden Memorial Building was renovated, increasing the amount of usable space in the basement and adding a multimedia studio in the heart of the newsroom.<ref>{{cite web|author=Peter Vidani |url=http://202york.yaledailynews.com/ |title=202 York Street |publisher=202york.yaledailynews.com |accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref>
In summer 2010, the 78-year-old Briton Hadden Memorial Building was renovated, increasing the amount of usable space in the basement and adding a multimedia studio in the heart of the newsroom.<ref>{{cite web |author=Peter Vidani |url=http://202york.yaledailynews.com/ |title=202 York Street |publisher=202york.yaledailynews.com |accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref>


The Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University has a copy of every issue published between 1890 and 1959.<ref>http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=mssa:ru.0888&query=yale%20daily%20news&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes&hlon=yes&filter=&hitPageStart=1</ref>
The Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University has a copy of every issue published between 1890 and 1959.<ref>http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=mssa:ru.0888&query=yale%20daily%20news&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes&hlon=yes&filter=&hitPageStart=1</ref>


===Contested claim===
=== Contested claim ===
The ''News'', founded in 1878, calls itself the "oldest college daily" in the United States, a claim contested by other student newspapers.
The ''News'', founded in 1878, calls itself the "oldest college daily" in the United States, a claim contested by other student newspapers.


The ''[[The Harvard Crimson|Harvard Crimson]]'' calls itself "the oldest continuously published college daily",<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/about/ Crimson ABOUT page]</ref> but it was founded in 1873 as a [[fortnight]]ly publication called ''The Magenta'' and did not appear daily until 1883.<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1946/4/9/colorful-crimson-history-began-with-off-color/ Colorful Crimson History Began with Off-Color Magenta]</ref> (The ''News'' ceased publishing briefly during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]] after editors volunteered for military service.) The ''[[Daily Targum]]'' at [[Rutgers University]] was founded in 1869 but was published initially as a monthly newspaper and did not gain independence from the University until 1980. The ''[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]'', founded one year earlier than the ''YDN'' in 1877, calls itself the second-oldest college daily, but was not independent until the 1960s. Similarly, ''[[The Daily Californian]]'' at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], was founded in 1871 but did not achieve independence until 1971. The ''[[Cornell Daily Sun]]'', launched in 1880, calls itself the "oldest independent college newspaper", notwithstanding the ''YDN'''s independence since its founding two years earlier. ''[[The Dartmouth]]'' of [[Dartmouth College]], which opened in 1799 as the ''Dartmouth Gazette'', calls itself the oldest college newspaper, though not the oldest daily.
The ''[[The Harvard Crimson|Harvard Crimson]]'' calls itself "the oldest continuously published college daily",<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/about/ Crimson ABOUT page]</ref> but it was founded in 1873 as a [[fortnight]]ly publication called ''The Magenta'' and did not appear daily until 1883.<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1946/4/9/colorful-crimson-history-began-with-off-color/ Colorful Crimson History Began with Off-Color Magenta]</ref> (The ''News'' ceased publishing briefly during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]] after editors volunteered for military service.) The ''[[Daily Targum]]'' at [[Rutgers University]] was founded in 1869 but was published initially as a monthly newspaper and did not gain independence from the University until 1980. The ''[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]'', founded one year earlier than the ''YDN'' in 1877, calls itself the second-oldest college daily, but was not independent until the 1960s. Similarly, ''[[The Daily Californian]]'' at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], was founded in 1871 but did not achieve independence until 1971. The ''[[Cornell Daily Sun]]'', launched in 1880, calls itself the "oldest independent college newspaper", notwithstanding the ''YDN'''s independence since its founding two years earlier. ''[[The Dartmouth]]'' of [[Dartmouth College]], which opened in 1799 as the ''Dartmouth Gazette'', calls itself the oldest college newspaper, though not the oldest daily.


== Yale TV ==
Most accurately put, the ''News'' is the oldest independent college daily newspaper.
Yale TV (stylized as YTV) is a [[student television station]] on the campus of Yale University, the broadcast desk of the ''Yale Daily News'', and operates out of a studio located in the Yale Daily News building. The station began broadcasting in October 1953, students could see in on their television sets, but had to also turn on a their radios to hear the program's audio broadcast over a closed circuit system.<ref name="RunByStudents">{{cite news |title=Yale TV Station, Run by Students |url=https://search.proquest.com/news/docview/1322516001/fulltextPDF/5C32A0BBD77F46FDPQ/5?accountid=10226 |accessdate=1 June 2018 |publisher=[[New York Herald Tribune]] |date=26 October 1953}}</ref> Yale TV is broadcast on its [[YouTube]] channel, Yale Daily News Multimedia. YTV produces videos every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday as well as a daily segment, 'The Minute', which reviews the ''Yale Daily News''{{'}} headlines for the following day. The station once produced a video on Greek life housing, featuring Madeleine Colbert among several other notable Pi Phis and Thetas. All shows are produced by undergraduate students. Its current editors are Isabel McCullough, Steffina Yuli and Michael Leopold.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=http://yaledailynews.com/about-us/ |accessdate=2015-06-01}}</ref> YTV was created in the fall of 2012 by Raleigh Cavero, Charlie Kelly, Lilly Fast, and Danielle Trubow, who served as the station's first editors. The following year, alongside Cavero, Madison Alworth and Kevin Kucharski were chosen to be editors. All five editors were later inducted into Skull and Bones.


== Alumni ==
== Alumni ==

=== Politics ===
=== Politics ===
*[[Lanny Davis]], advisor to President Clinton, author and public relations expert
* [[Lanny Davis]], advisor to President Clinton, author and public relations expert
*[[David Gergen]], advisor to four Presidents and ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'' editor-at-large
* [[David Gergen]], advisor to four Presidents and ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'' editor-at-large
*[[Reed Hundt]], former FCC chairman
* [[Reed Hundt]], former FCC chairman
*[[Joseph Lieberman]], US Senator from Connecticut, 2000 Vice Presidential nominee and 2004 presidential candidate
* [[Joseph Lieberman]], US Senator from Connecticut, 2000 Vice Presidential nominee and 2004 presidential candidate
*[[Steve Mnuchin]], incumbent [[Secretary of Treasury]] under the [[Trump Administration]]
* [[Steve Mnuchin]], incumbent [[Secretary of Treasury]] under the [[Trump Administration]]
*[[Robert D. Orr]], former governor of Indiana
* [[Robert D. Orr]], former governor of Indiana
*[[David A. Pepper]], Ohio politician
* [[David A. Pepper]], Ohio politician
*[[Samantha Power]], former [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]]
* [[Samantha Power]], former [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]]
*[[Andrew Romanoff]], former Colorado Speaker of the House, candidate for Democratic nomination to US Senate
* [[Andrew Romanoff]], former Colorado Speaker of the House, candidate for Democratic nomination to US Senate
*[[Sargent Shriver]], first [[Peace Corps]] director
* [[Sargent Shriver]], first [[Peace Corps]] director
*[[Potter Stewart]], former Supreme Court associate justice
* [[Potter Stewart]], former Supreme Court associate justice
*[[Stuart Symington]], former US senator from Missouri
* [[Stuart Symington]], former US senator from Missouri
*[[Strobe Talbott]], president of the Brookings Institution and former Deputy Secretary of State under President Clinton
* [[Strobe Talbott]], president of the Brookings Institution and former Deputy Secretary of State under President Clinton
*[[Garry Trudeau]], cartoonist and creator of ''[[Doonesbury]]'', which first appeared in the ''News''' pages as ''Bull Tales''
* [[Garry Trudeau]], cartoonist and creator of ''[[Doonesbury]]'', which first appeared in the ''News''' pages as ''Bull Tales''


=== Journalism ===
=== Journalism ===
*[[Pete Axthelm]], sportswriter
* [[Pete Axthelm]], sportswriter
*Michael Barbaro, politics reporter, ''The New York Times''
* Michael Barbaro, politics reporter, ''The New York Times''
*[[Ellen Barry (Journalist)|Ellen Barry]], Pulitzer Prize–winning Moscow correspondent, ''The New York Times''
* [[Ellen Barry (Journalist)|Ellen Barry]], Pulitzer Prize–winning Moscow correspondent, ''The New York Times''
*[[Melinda Beck]], Marketplace editor and columnist for ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''
* [[Melinda Beck]], Marketplace editor and columnist for ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''
*[[Alex Berenson]], business reporter for ''The New York Times''
* [[Alex Berenson]], business reporter for ''The New York Times''
*[[Christopher Buckley (novelist)|Christopher Buckley]], novelist and writer
* [[Christopher Buckley (novelist)|Christopher Buckley]], novelist and writer
*Kevin P. Buckley, Vietnam war correspondent, writer, Executive Editor, Playboy
* Kevin P. Buckley, Vietnam war correspondent, writer, Executive Editor, Playboy
*[[William F. Buckley, Jr.]], founder of ''[[National Review]]''
* [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]], founder of ''[[National Review]]''
*[[Meghan Clyne]] is a Washington, D.C.-based writer, recently for ''The Weekly Standard''
* [[Meghan Clyne]] is a Washington, D.C.-based writer, recently for ''The Weekly Standard''
*Carol Crotta, writer for Houzz, Apparel News, and the ''[[LA Times]]''
* Carol Crotta, writer for Houzz, Apparel News, and the ''[[LA Times]]''
*[[Michael Crowley (journalist)|Michael Crowley]], senior editor, ''New Republic''
* [[Michael Crowley (journalist)|Michael Crowley]], senior editor, ''New Republic''
*[[Charles Duhigg]], business reporter for ''The New York Times''
* [[Charles Duhigg]], business reporter for ''The New York Times''
*[[Charles Forelle]], European correspondent for ''The Wall Street Journal''
* [[Charles Forelle]], European correspondent for ''The Wall Street Journal''
*[[Dan Froomkin]], Washington Editor of TheIntercept.com
* [[Dan Froomkin]], Washington Editor of TheIntercept.com
*[[Zack O'Malley Greenburg]], ''[[Forbes]]'' staff writer and author of [[Jay-Z]] biography ''[[Empire State of Mind (book)|Empire State of Mind]]''
* [[Zack O'Malley Greenburg]], ''[[Forbes]]'' staff writer and author of [[Jay-Z]] biography ''[[Empire State of Mind (book)|Empire State of Mind]]''
*[[Lloyd Grove]], freelance writer, former gossip columnist for the ''New York Daily News'' and ''The Washington Post''
* [[Lloyd Grove]], freelance writer, former gossip columnist for the ''New York Daily News'' and ''The Washington Post''
*[[Briton Hadden]], co-founder of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''
* [[Briton Hadden]], co-founder of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''
*[[R. Thomas Herman]], reporter and tax columnist for ''The Wall Street Journal''
* [[R. Thomas Herman]], reporter and tax columnist for ''The Wall Street Journal''
*[[John Hersey]], Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author
* [[John Hersey]], Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author
*[[Robert G. Kaiser]], associate editor of ''The Washington Post''
* [[Robert G. Kaiser]], associate editor of ''The Washington Post''
*[[Matthew Kaminski]], editorial board member, ''The Wall Street Journal''
* [[Matthew Kaminski]], editorial board member, ''The Wall Street Journal''
*[[David Leonhardt]], Pulitzer Prize–winning economics columnist, ''The New York Times''
* [[David Leonhardt]], Pulitzer Prize–winning economics columnist, ''The New York Times''
*[[Joanne Lipman]], founding Editor-in-Chief of ''[[Conde Nast Portfolio]]'' magazine and former Deputy Managing Editor of ''The Wall Street Journal''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/25/business/media/25adco.html?_r=2&scp=6&sq=joanne%20lipman&st=cse | work=The New York Times | title=Condé Nast Plans Business Magazine and Web Site | first=Louise | last=Story | date=August 25, 2005}}</ref>
* [[Joanne Lipman]], founding Editor-in-Chief of ''[[Conde Nast Portfolio]]'' magazine and former Deputy Managing Editor of ''The Wall Street Journal''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/25/business/media/25adco.html?_r=2&scp=6&sq=joanne%20lipman&st=cse |work=The New York Times |title=Condé Nast Plans Business Magazine and Web Site |first=Louise |last=Story |date=August 25, 2005}}</ref>
*[[Adam Liptak]], supreme court correspondent for ''The New York Times''
* [[Adam Liptak]], supreme court correspondent for ''The New York Times''
*[[Henry Luce]], co-founder of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''
* [[Henry Luce]], co-founder of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''
*[[Dana Milbank]], White House correspondent for ''The Washington Post''
* [[Dana Milbank]], White House correspondent for ''The Washington Post''
*Jodi Rudoren, Jerusalem bureau chief for ''The New York Times''
* Jodi Rudoren, Jerusalem bureau chief for ''The New York Times''
*[[Robert B. Semple, Jr.|Robert Semple]], Pulitzer Prize winner and member of ''[[The New York Times]]'' editorial board
* [[Robert B. Semple, Jr.|Robert Semple]], Pulitzer Prize winner and member of ''[[The New York Times]]'' editorial board
*[[Paul Steiger]], Editor-in-Chief of "[[ProPublica]]," former managing editor of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''
* [[Paul Steiger]], Editor-in-Chief of "[[ProPublica]]," former managing editor of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''
*[[John Tierney (journalist)|John Tierney]], columnist for ''The New York Times''
* [[John Tierney (journalist)|John Tierney]], columnist for ''The New York Times''
*[[Calvin Trillin]], columnist and humorist
* [[Calvin Trillin]], columnist and humorist
*[[Jacob Weisberg]], editor of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''
* [[Jacob Weisberg]], editor of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''


=== Other ===
=== Other ===
*[[Kingman Brewster]], former president of Yale University and ambassador to the [[Court of St. James's]]
* [[Kingman Brewster]], former president of Yale University and ambassador to the [[Court of St. James's]]
*[[Lan Samantha Chang]], director of [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]]
* [[Lan Samantha Chang]], director of [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]]
*[[Theo Epstein]], [[Chicago Cubs]] general manager
* [[Theo Epstein]], [[Chicago Cubs]] general manager
*[[Thayer Hobson]], chairman of William Morrow and Company<ref name=uot>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/hobson.bio.html |title=Thayer Hobson, 1897-1967 |quote= |publisher=[[University of Texas]] |accessdate=2008-06-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901122154/http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/hobson.bio.html |archivedate=September 1, 2006 }}</ref>
* [[Thayer Hobson]], chairman of William Morrow and Company<ref name=uot>{{cite web |url=http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/hobson.bio.html |title=Thayer Hobson, 1897–1967 |quote= |publisher=[[University of Texas]] |accessdate=2008-06-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901122154/http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/hobson.bio.html |archivedate=September 1, 2006}}</ref>
*[[Eli Jacobs]], Wall Street investor, former owner of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] (1989&ndash;1993)<ref>{{cite news|last=Frank|first=Peter H.|last2=Rosenthal|first2=David|title=Orioles are sold: $70 million; Jacobs is quiet deal-maker|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=December 7, 1988}}</ref>
* [[Eli Jacobs]], Wall Street investor, former owner of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] (1989–1993)<ref>{{cite news |last=Frank |first=Peter H. |last2=Rosenthal |first2=David |title=Orioles are sold: $70 million; Jacobs is quiet deal-maker |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |date=December 7, 1988}}</ref>
*[[Paul Mellon]], philanthropist
* [[Paul Mellon]], philanthropist
*[[John E. Pepper, Jr.]], chairman of the Walt Disney Company and CEO of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, former CEO and chairman of Procter & Gamble, and Yale's former vice president of finance and administration and senior fellow of the Yale Corporation
* [[John E. Pepper, Jr.]], chairman of the Walt Disney Company and CEO of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, former CEO and chairman of Procter & Gamble, and Yale's former vice president of finance and administration and senior fellow of the Yale Corporation
*[[Samantha Power]]
* [[Samantha Power]]
*[[Gaddis Smith]], professor emeritus of history at Yale
* [[Gaddis Smith]], professor emeritus of history at Yale
*[[Lyman Spitzer]], theoretical physicist
* [[Lyman Spitzer]], theoretical physicist
*[[Daniel Yergin]], Pulitzer Prize-winning author and economic researcher
* [[Daniel Yergin]], Pulitzer Prize-winning author and economic researcher


== In popular culture ==
== In popular culture ==
*The characters [[Rory Gilmore]] and [[Paris Geller]] have both served as editors of the ''Yale Daily News'' on [[The CW Television Network|the CW]] TV show ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''.
* The characters [[Rory Gilmore]] and [[Paris Geller]] have both served as editors of the ''Yale Daily News'' on [[The CW Television Network|the CW]] TV show ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''.


*In [[The Great Gatsby]], narrator and main protagonist [[Nick Carraway]] says that he wrote a series of editorials for the paper while in college. <ref>"I was rather literary in college – one year I wrote a series of very solemn and obvious editorials for the 'Yale News'" – [[Nick Carraway]] in [[The Great Gatsby]] by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]</ref>
* In [[The Great Gatsby]], narrator and main protagonist [[Nick Carraway]] says that he wrote a series of editorials for the paper while in college.<ref>"I was rather literary in college – one year I wrote a series of very solemn and obvious editorials for the 'Yale News'" – [[Nick Carraway]] in [[The Great Gatsby]] by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]</ref>


==References==
== References ==
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==External links==
== External links ==
*[http://www.yaledailynews.com Official website]
* [http://www.yaledailynews.com/ Official website]
*[http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/7548 125th Anniversary Exhibit]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/ydnmultimedia Yale TV Main Page website]
* [http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/7548 125th Anniversary Exhibit]
*[http://images.library.yale.edu/ydn Historical archive] at Yale University
* [http://images.library.yale.edu/ydn Historical archive] at Yale University


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The Yale Daily News
File:Yale Daily News.png
Yale Daily News, September 18, 2009
TypeDaily student newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The Yale Daily News Publishing Company
PublisherElizabeth Liu
EditorRachel Treisman
FoundedJanuary 28, 1878; 146 years ago (1878-01-28)
Headquarters
202 York Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06511
Websitehttp://www.yaledailynews.com

The Yale Daily News is an independent student newspaper published by Yale University students in New Haven, Connecticut since January 28, 1878. It is the oldest college daily newspaper in the United States. The newspaper's first editors wrote:

The innovation which we begin by this morning's issue is justified by the dullness of the times, and the demand for news among us.

The Yale Daily News has consistently been ranked among the top college daily newspapers in the country.

History and description

Financially and editorially independent of Yale University since its founding, the paper is published by a student editorial and business staff five days a week, Monday through Friday, during Yale's academic year. Called the YDN (or sometimes the News,the Daily News, or the Daily Yalie), the paper is produced in the Briton Hadden Memorial Building at 202 York Street in New Haven and printed off-site at Turley Publications in Palmer, Massachusetts.

Each day, reporters, mainly freshmen and sophomores, cover the university, the city of New Haven and sometimes the state of Connecticut. An expanded sports section is published on Monday, a two-page Opinion Forum on Friday, and "WEEKEND", an arts and living section, also on Friday. The News prints an Arts & Culture spread on Wednesdays and a Science and Technology spread on Tuesdays. "Yale TV", the broadcast desk of the Yale Daily News, publishes an online video segment Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Staff members are generally elected as editors on the managing board during their junior year. A single chairman led the News until 1970. Today, the editor-in-chief and publisher act as co-presidents of the Yale Daily News Publishing Company. The "News' View," a staff editorial, represents the position of the majority of the editorial board.

In 1969, Yale College became coeducational, and by 1972, Mally Cox and Lise Goldberg were elected as the first female members of the YDN editorial board. Andy Perkins was elected as the first female editor in chief in 1981, and Amy Oshinsky was elected as the first female publisher in 1977.[1]

The paper version of the News is distributed for free throughout Yale's campus and the city of New Haven and is also published online. The paper was once a subscription-only publication, delivered to student postal boxes for $40 a year. Subscriptions declined after the 1986 founding of the weekly (and free) Yale Herald student newspaper, bottoming out at 570 in 1994.[2] The News switched to free distribution later that year.

In 1978, the Oldest College Daily Foundation was created following a capital campaign to prevent the university from buying the Briton Hadden Memorial Building. The News survived for a century "solely on the income generated by subscription and ad sales."[3]

The News serves as a training ground for journalists at Yale, and has produced a steady stream of professional reporters, who work at newspapers and magazines including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker and The Economist.

In addition to the newspaper, the Yale Daily News Publishing Company also produces a monthly Yale Daily News Magazine; special issues of the newspaper for the incoming freshman class, Family Weekend, Yale's Class Day and Commencement, and The Game against Harvard University; and The Insider's Guide to the Colleges.

In 1920, the News began to report on national news and viewpoints. In 1940 and 1955, when professional dailies were not operating due to unrest among its workers, the News continued to report on national topics. Today, the Nation and World sections publish stories and photos from the Associated Press.

On September 3, 2008, the "Oldest College Daily" "premiere[d] a new look" designed by Mario Garcia of Garcia Media and Pegie Stark Adam of Stark Adam Design.[4] The News' front page design for November 5, 2008, the day after Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 Presidential Election was featured in the Poynter Institute book: President Obama Election 2008: Collection of Newspaper Front Pages by the Poynter Institute.[5]

In 2009, the Yale Daily News won the Associated Collegiate Press Newspaper Pacemaker Award.[6]

On September 10, 2009, the News broke the news of the murder of Annie Le, a Yale graduate student reported missing and subsequently found murdered in the basement of her laboratory.[7] In April 2016, the News broke the University's decision to retain the namesake of Calhoun College but eliminate the title "master", as well as the Yale Corporation's commitment to the namesake of Benjamin Franklin College three years before its public announcement.

In summer 2010, the 78-year-old Briton Hadden Memorial Building was renovated, increasing the amount of usable space in the basement and adding a multimedia studio in the heart of the newsroom.[8]

The Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University has a copy of every issue published between 1890 and 1959.[9]

Contested claim

The News, founded in 1878, calls itself the "oldest college daily" in the United States, a claim contested by other student newspapers.

The Harvard Crimson calls itself "the oldest continuously published college daily",[10] but it was founded in 1873 as a fortnightly publication called The Magenta and did not appear daily until 1883.[11] (The News ceased publishing briefly during World War I and World War II after editors volunteered for military service.) The Daily Targum at Rutgers University was founded in 1869 but was published initially as a monthly newspaper and did not gain independence from the University until 1980. The Columbia Daily Spectator, founded one year earlier than the YDN in 1877, calls itself the second-oldest college daily, but was not independent until the 1960s. Similarly, The Daily Californian at the University of California, Berkeley, was founded in 1871 but did not achieve independence until 1971. The Cornell Daily Sun, launched in 1880, calls itself the "oldest independent college newspaper", notwithstanding the YDN's independence since its founding two years earlier. The Dartmouth of Dartmouth College, which opened in 1799 as the Dartmouth Gazette, calls itself the oldest college newspaper, though not the oldest daily.

Yale TV

Yale TV (stylized as YTV) is a student television station on the campus of Yale University, the broadcast desk of the Yale Daily News, and operates out of a studio located in the Yale Daily News building. The station began broadcasting in October 1953, students could see in on their television sets, but had to also turn on a their radios to hear the program's audio broadcast over a closed circuit system.[12] Yale TV is broadcast on its YouTube channel, Yale Daily News Multimedia. YTV produces videos every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday as well as a daily segment, 'The Minute', which reviews the Yale Daily News' headlines for the following day. The station once produced a video on Greek life housing, featuring Madeleine Colbert among several other notable Pi Phis and Thetas. All shows are produced by undergraduate students. Its current editors are Isabel McCullough, Steffina Yuli and Michael Leopold.[13] YTV was created in the fall of 2012 by Raleigh Cavero, Charlie Kelly, Lilly Fast, and Danielle Trubow, who served as the station's first editors. The following year, alongside Cavero, Madison Alworth and Kevin Kucharski were chosen to be editors. All five editors were later inducted into Skull and Bones.

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References

  1. ^ Yale Daily News at 125
  2. ^ "YAM March 1996 – The Publication Proliferation". Yalealumnimagazine.com. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  3. ^ Yale Daily News at 125
  4. ^ "García Media | The nation's oldest college daily ready to premiere new look". Garciamedia.com. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  5. ^ New, The. "President Obama Election 2008: Collection of Newspaper Front Pages by the Poynter Institute (9780740784804): The Poynter Institute: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  6. ^ "ACP – Contest Winners". Studentpress.org. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  7. ^ Korn, Harrison; Ross, Colin; et al. (September 10, 2009). "GRADUATE STUDENT GOES MISSING". Yale Daily News.
  8. ^ Peter Vidani. "202 York Street". 202york.yaledailynews.com. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  9. ^ http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=mssa:ru.0888&query=yale%20daily%20news&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes&hlon=yes&filter=&hitPageStart=1
  10. ^ Crimson ABOUT page
  11. ^ Colorful Crimson History Began with Off-Color Magenta
  12. ^ "Yale TV Station, Run by Students". New York Herald Tribune. 26 October 1953. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  13. ^ "About Us". Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  14. ^ Story, Louise (August 25, 2005). "Condé Nast Plans Business Magazine and Web Site". The New York Times.
  15. ^ "Thayer Hobson, 1897–1967". University of Texas. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved 2008-06-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Frank, Peter H.; Rosenthal, David (December 7, 1988). "Orioles are sold: $70 million; Jacobs is quiet deal-maker". The Baltimore Sun.
  17. ^ "I was rather literary in college – one year I wrote a series of very solemn and obvious editorials for the 'Yale News'" – Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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