''The Daily Northwestern'' is the student newspaper at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

which is published in print on Mondays and Thursdays and online daily during the

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. Founded in 1881, and printed in

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, it is staffed primarily by undergraduates, many of whom are students at Northwestern's

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. ''The Daily'' has won the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and

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Pacemaker Awards.Columbia Scholastic Press Association : 2007 Collegiate Circle Recipients
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It is owned by Students Publishing Company, which also publishes ''Syllabus,'' the university yearbook. Current circulation is in excess of 7,500. ''The Daily Northwestern'' is the only daily for both Northwestern and Evanston.The ''Evanston Review'' publishes weekly, the ''Evanston Roundtable'' publishes fortnightly, ''Evanston Now'' publishes daily online. The paper's offices are located on the third floor of

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on Northwestern's Evanston Campus. In 2015, ''The Daily'' launched "The Campaign for the Future of ''The Daily Northwestern''," a five-year fundraising campaign.

Early history

''The Daily'' descends from two earlier publications, the ''Tripod'' and ''Vidette'', the older of which began publishing in 1871. In 1881, in what is considered ''The Daily''s founding moment, the two papers merged to become ''The Northwestern'', which would only gradually shed its literary-journal roots. Publication increased to five days a week by 1910. Independence from the university followed in 1923.The Daily Grind
/ref> Future ''Chicago Tribune'' reporter Genevieve Forbes Herrick (graduated 1916) was the first female editor-in-chief of ''The Daily Northwestern''.

Notable alumni of ''The Daily Northwestern''

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References

External links

''The Daily Northwestern''

''The Daily Northwestern'' - Exhibit celebrates 125 years of ''The Daily''

Northwestern Syllabus Yearbook

Northwestern University Archives
the Northwestern University Archives holds a complete run of ''The Daily Northwestern''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Daily Northwestern, The Northwestern University Publications established in 1881 Student newspapers published in Illinois 1881 establishments in Illinois