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''The Daily Pennsylvanian, Inc.'' is the independent student media organization of the
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest- ...
. The DP, Inc. publishes The Daily Pennsylvanian newspaper, 34th Street Magazine, and Under the Button, as well as five newsletters: The Daily Pennsylvanian, The Weekly Roundup, The Toast, Quaker Nation, and Penn, Unbuttoned. The Daily Pennsylvanian is published in print once per week when the university is in session, by a staff of more than 300 students. Content is also published online on a daily basis. ''
34th Street Magazine ''The Daily Pennsylvanian, Inc.'' is the independent student media organization of the University of Pennsylvania. The DP, Inc. publishes The Daily Pennsylvanian newspaper, 34th Street Magazine, and Under the Button, as well as five newslette ...
'', an arts and culture magazine, which is published once a month in print, and ''
Under the Button ''The Daily Pennsylvanian, Inc.'' is the independent student media organization of the University of Pennsylvania. The DP, Inc. publishes The Daily Pennsylvanian newspaper, 34th Street Magazine, and Under the Button, as well as five newslette ...
'', a satirical publication, also regularly publish content online. The organization operates three principal websites: thedp.com, 34st.com, and underthebutton.com. It has received various collegiate journalism awards.


History

''The Daily Pennsylvanian'' was founded in 1885 as a successor to the ''University Magazine'', a publication by the Philomathean Society. The newspaper has been published daily since 1894, except for a hiatus from May 1943 to November 1945 on account of
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. The ''DP'' broke away from the university in 1962 to become an independent publication, incorporating in 1984 to solidify its financial and
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from the university. Also in 1962 the previously all-male daily began to accept female students. Among the early few women were Mary Selman Hadar, formerly an editor at ''
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''; Clara Bargellini, today a professor of art at the
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; and Susan Nagler Perloff, a Philadelphia freelance writer. Today the newspaper's budget is funded primarily through the sale of advertising by professional and student staff.


Description

The ''DP'' is sometimes called Penn's "unofficial journalism department," because the university has no journalism department (though it does have the prestigious Annenberg School for Communication), and because many of its staff members go on to pursue careers in the print, broadcast, and digital media. ''DP'' alumni can be found at a number of major daily newspapers and national magazines, including ''
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The Philadelphia Inquirer ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Pen ...
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Awards

In 2008, the DP was awarded the
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' National Mark of Excellence Award. In the same year, the paper won the Spring 2008 Columbia Gold Crown, awarded to eight college newspapers nationwide. It received first place in the
Associated Collegiate Press The Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) is the largest and oldest national membership organization for college student media in the United States. The ACP is a division of the National Scholastic Press Association. It awards the newspaper, mag ...
's Kansas City Convention Best of Show Competition in 2008. The DP won the
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, awarded by the Associated Collegiate Press and the
Newspaper Association of America The News Media Alliance (formerly known as the Newspaper Association of America until 2016Foundation in 1990, 1997, 1998, 2000-2004, 2007, 2017, 2018, and 2019. It was ranked as the "most read" college newspaper by
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in 1990, 1997, 1998, and 2001. In 2006, College Publisher awarded the DP first place in the category of Best Online Sports Coverage and, in 2008, it was awarded an online Gold Crown for thedp.com.


Notable former staff members

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George Wharton Pepper George Wharton Pepper (March 16, 1867May 24, 1961) was an American lawyer, law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Christian activist, and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in ...
1887 (DP Editor-in-Chief), U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania *Josiah Penniman 1890 (DP Editor-in-Chief), Provost of the University of Pennsylvania * Owen Roberts 1895 (DP Editor-in-Chief), associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court *
Josiah McCracken Josiah Calvin McCracken (March 30, 1874 – February 15, 1962) was an American football player and track and field athlete. Early life: football and track achievements McCracken, nicknamed Joe, was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee. His earlies ...
1900 (DP Associate Editor), physician; silver and bronze medalist,
1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from ...
*Wilson Hobson Jr. '24 (DP Editorial Board), bronze medalist,
1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...
* John Haines Ware III '30 (DP staff), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania *
Charles Addams Charles Samuel Addams (January 7, 1912 – September 29, 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters, signing the cartoons as Chas Addams. Some of his recurring characters became known as the Addams ...
'33 (DP staff), cartoonist *
Robert Elegant Robert Sampson Elegant (born March 7, 1928) is a British-American author and journalist born in New York City. He spent many years in Asia as a journalist. The Asian settings of all but one of his novels reflect that experience. He covered both ...
'46, journalist known for his coverage of the Korean and Vietnam Wars * Leonard Lauder '54 (DP staff), chairman and CEO, Estée Lauder Companies *Frank Dolson, '54,
Philadelphia Inquirer ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Penns ...
sports writer * Gaeton Fonzi, '57, reporter and editor for
Philadelphia Magazine ''Philadelphia'' (also called "''Philadelphia'' magazine" or referred to by the nickname "Phillymag", once called ''Greater Philadelphia'') is a regional monthly magazine published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by the Lipson family of Philadelphia ...
*
Michael Stuart Brown Michael Stuart Brown ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS (born April 13, 1941) is an American geneticist and Nobel laureate. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Joseph L. Goldstein in 1985 for describing the regulation of choleste ...
'62 (DP Editor-in-Chief), geneticist and physician; 1985
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, accordi ...
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Claudia Cohen Claudia Lynn Cohen (December 16, 1950 – June 15, 2007) was an American gossip columnist, socialite, and television reporter. She is credited with putting the New York Post's Page Six gossip column on the map. The building housing the Unive ...
'62 (DP Exec. Editor), gossip columnist, socialite, and television reporter *Richard Fisher '63 (DP Exec. Editor), New York real estate developer *
Dan Rottenberg Dan Rottenberg (born June 10, 1942) is an author, editor and journalist. He has been the chief editor of seven publications, most recently ''Broad Street Review, an independent cultural arts website he launched in December 2005 and edited for eig ...
'64 (DP sports editor), journalist, editor and author of 10 books *
Lee Eisenberg (author) Lee Eisenberg (born July 22, 1946) is an American editor and author. He was the editor-in-chief of ''Esquire'' magazine throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Eisenberg is the author of several books, including ''The Number: A Completely Different Way to ...
, '68 (DP reporter), editor, ''Esquire'' magazine *
Arnold Eisen Arnold M. Eisen, Ph.D. (born 1951) is an American Judaic scholar who was Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. He stepped down at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Koshland Pr ...
'73 (DP reporter), chancellor, Jewish Theological Seminary *
Maurice Obstfeld Maurice Moses "Maury" Obstfeld (born March 19, 1952) is a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley and previously Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson ...
'73 (DP Editor-in-Chief), chief economist, International Monetary Fund * Benjamin Ginsberg '74 (DP Editor-in-Chief), partner, Patton Boggs *
Buzz Bissinger Harry Gerard Bissinger III, also known as Buzz Bissinger and H. G. Bissinger (born November 1, 1954) is an American journalist and author, best known for his 1990 non-fiction book '' Friday Night Lights''. He is a longtime contributing editor at ...
'76 (DP Editorial Page Editor), author, '' Friday Night Lights''; 1987
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1953, under one name or another, for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series in a U.S. news publica ...
* David A. Gross '76, (DP staff) U.S. ambassador * Erik Larson '76, (DP staff) author, '' The Devil in the White City'' *Steve Stecklow '76 (DP reporter/columnist), global investigative reporter, ''
Reuters Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was est ...
''; 2019
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Re ...
2007
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service is one of the fourteen American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. It recognizes a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper or news site through the use of its journalis ...
* Lisa Scottoline '77 (DP staff), author of
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s *Dave Lieber '79 (DP columnist), columnist, ''The Dallas Morning News'' *Richard Stevenson '81 (DP Exec. Editor), Washington editor, ''The New York Times'' * Ken Rosenthal '84 (DP Sports Writer), sportswriter, reporter, and sportscaster for ''
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'' *
Stefan Fatsis Stefan Fatsis (; born April 1, 1963) is an author and journalist. He regularly appears as a guest on National Public Radio's ''All Things Considered'' daily radio news program and as a panelist on Slate's sports podcast '' Hang Up and Listen''. ...
'85, former ''Wall Street Journal'' reporter; author, ''
Word Freak ''Word Freak'' is a non-fiction narrative by Stefan Fatsis published in 2001 (). The book is subtitled ''Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive SCRABBLE Players''. Fatsis, a sports reporter for '' The Wall Stree ...
'' * Jean Chatzky '86, financial editor, TODAY Show *
Jeffrey Goldberg Jeffrey Mark Goldberg (born September 22, 1965) is an American journalist and editor-in-chief of ''The Atlantic'' magazine. During his nine years at ''The Atlantic'' prior to becoming editor, Goldberg became known for his coverage of foreign affa ...
'87 (DP Exec. Editor), Editor-in-Chief, ''
The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
''; 2003 National Magazine Award *
Gene Sperling Eugene Benton Sperling (born December 24, 1958) is an American lawyer who was director of the National Economic Council and assistant to the president for economic policy under Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. He is the only person to ...
'87 (DP columnist), former director,
United States National Economic Council United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...
* Alan Schwarz '90, reporter for ''
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'' * Cenk Uygur '92 (DP columnist), host of '' TheYoungTurks'' *
Harold Ford Jr. Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is an American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S. Congressman who served from 1997–2007 in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party f ...
'92 (DP columnist), U.S. Representative from Tennessee * Helen Gym '93 (34th Street Editor), Philadelphia City Council * Matt Selman '93 (34th Street Editor), producer, ''The Simpsons'' * Stephen Glass '94 (DP Exec. Editor), disgraced former '' New Republic'' writer *
Josh Tyrangiel Josh Tyrangiel is an American journalist. He was previously the deputy managing editor of ''TIME'' magazine and an editor at ''Bloomberg Businessweek''.Stephanie Clifford (November 17, 2009"Josh Tyrangiel Named Editor of BusinessWeek"/ref> In Ju ...
'94 (34th Street Editor), editor, ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' * Charles Ornstein '96 (DP Exec. Editor), senior reporter,
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; 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service *Josh Heald '00 (34th Street Editor), writer and producer,
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and
Cobra Kai ''Cobra Kai'' is an American martial arts comedy-drama television series and a sequel to the original ''The Karate Kid'' films by Robert Mark Kamen. The series was created by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, and is distributed ...
* Binyamin Appelbaum '01 (DP Exec. Editor), editor, ''The New York Times'' *
Ashley Parker Ashley Rebecca Parker (born September 18, 1982) is an American journalist, a White House reporter for '' The Washington Post'', and senior political analyst for MSNBC. From 2011 to 2017 she was a Washington-based politics reporter for '' The New ...
'05 (DP and 34th Street features editor and writer), reporter, ''
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References


External links


Digitized archive of the ''Daily Pennsylvanian''
c/o Van Pelt Library,
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest- ...

Home Page of ''The Daily Pennsylvanian''

Home Page of ''34th Street Magazine'' (affiliate of ''The Daily Pennsylvanian'')

College Papers Grow Up (''Newsweek'' article)

Photography Department Blog (maintained by current and past Photo Editors)
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