''The Daily Signal'' is a conservative American

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news website founded in June 2014. The publication focuses on politics, policy, and culture and offers political commentary from a

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perspective. It is published by conservative

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Overview

''The Daily Signal'' is a digital-only news publication created by

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conservative

based in Washington D.C. The publication reports on

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and

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issues, both

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and domestic, with a focus on stories it believes to be unreported or under-reported. The site relies on original investigative reporting and initially aimed to be an unbiased news source, but it is currently pro-conservative in its content. It was created as an attempt to remedy what the organization saw as a lack of original reporting on public policy issues from understaffed publications. ''The Daily Signal'' also includes an opinion section geared toward

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readers that features conservative commentary, but that is kept separate from the news section. Entertainment and sports stories that relate to politics are also published by the site. As of 2014, the publication had a staff of 12 and used freelance investigative reporters. The

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Robert Bluey Robert B. Bluey (born August 23, 1979) is an American conservative blogger and journalist. He is executive editor of The Heritage Foundation's ''The Daily Signal'', a multimedia news organization. Bluey is a former editor of '' Human Events''. ...

, former editor at ''

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'' and reporter for ''

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''. Other key staff include Katrina Trinko, former ''

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'' political reporter, who is the

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. ''The Daily Signal'' is funded entirely by The Heritage Foundation. The publication's initial annual budget was US$1 million.

History

Before starting ''The Daily Signal'', The Heritage Foundation ran two other digital publications: ''The Foundry'', a blog, and Townhall.com, a news and opinion site. Townhall.com was acquired by

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in 2005, while ''The Foundry'' was phased out following the advent of ''The Daily Signal''. ''The Daily Signal'' was announced by The Heritage Foundation in May 2014. Atlantic Media Strategies was hired to design the site specifically for mobile phones and tablets. Kelly McBride, Poynter's media ethicist, commented that ''The Daily Signal'' could never be credible for liberal readers, but could reach an undecided audience, so long as the publication removed political agenda and published quality work from trained journalists. The site was officially launched in June 2014. Debut stories included an interview with

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about federal health care law's effects on his state, and an account of a recent trip to the

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from Jim DeMint, the president of The Heritage Foundation. In September 2014, Sharyl Attkisson's interview with former

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Raymond Maxwell was picked up by multiple outlets, including

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, ''

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'', and the ''

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''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daily Signal, The American conservative websites Internet properties established in 2014 American news websites The Heritage Foundation 2014 establishments in Washington, D.C. Podcasting companies