The Daily Northwestern is the student newspaper at
Northwestern University which is published in print on Mondays and Thursdays and online daily during the
academic year. Founded in 1881, and printed in
Evanston, Illinois, it is staffed primarily by undergraduates, many of whom are students at Northwestern's
Medill School of Journalism.
It is owned by Students Publishing Company, which also publishes Syllabus, the university yearbook. Current circulation is in excess of 7,500.[citation needed]The Daily Northwestern is the only daily for both Northwestern and Evanston.[3]
The paper's offices are located on the third floor of
Norris University Center on Northwestern's Evanston Campus.
In 2015, The Daily launched "The Campaign for the Future of The Daily Northwestern," a five-year fundraising campaign.[4]
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.[5]
Future Chicago Tribune reporter
Genevieve Forbes Herrick (graduated 1916) was the first female editor-in-chief of The Daily Northwestern.[6]
Beth Whitehouse - Pulitzer Prize winner for Spot News Coverage (shared), author of The Match: "Savior Siblings" and One Family's Battle to Heal Their Daughter[28]
Lois Wille - Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Writing,
Chicago Tribune[29]
Controversy: On December 4, 2022, then-newly-appointed editor-in-chief Alexandria Perry attempted to nominate herself[30]to this list and was fact-checked, then removed, by other alumni.
The Daily Northwestern is the student newspaper at
Northwestern University which is published in print on Mondays and Thursdays and online daily during the
academic year. Founded in 1881, and printed in
Evanston, Illinois, it is staffed primarily by undergraduates, many of whom are students at Northwestern's
Medill School of Journalism.
It is owned by Students Publishing Company, which also publishes Syllabus, the university yearbook. Current circulation is in excess of 7,500.[citation needed]The Daily Northwestern is the only daily for both Northwestern and Evanston.[3]
The paper's offices are located on the third floor of
Norris University Center on Northwestern's Evanston Campus.
In 2015, The Daily launched "The Campaign for the Future of The Daily Northwestern," a five-year fundraising campaign.[4]
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.[5]
Future Chicago Tribune reporter
Genevieve Forbes Herrick (graduated 1916) was the first female editor-in-chief of The Daily Northwestern.[6]
Beth Whitehouse - Pulitzer Prize winner for Spot News Coverage (shared), author of The Match: "Savior Siblings" and One Family's Battle to Heal Their Daughter[28]
Lois Wille - Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Writing,
Chicago Tribune[29]
Controversy: On December 4, 2022, then-newly-appointed editor-in-chief Alexandria Perry attempted to nominate herself[30]to this list and was fact-checked, then removed, by other alumni.