History
The Daily was founded in September 1891 as The Pacific Wave and ran under that title until June 5, 1908, having absorbed the short-lived The College Idea which ran during the 1895-1896 school year. The newspaper became a daily with its September 15, 1908 issue and changed its name to The Pacific Daily Wave. This name lasted until May 21, 1909, and the paper became The University of Washington Daily when the 1909-1910 school year began.
The Daily ceased publishing a Monday issue in 1933 during the Great Depression. In 1976, it became The Daily of the University of Washington, and in 1985 it resumed publishing on Mondays.
"The Daily Double Shot", a half-hour television show, premiered on UWTV, Channel 27 on February 5, 2010. "The Daily" also became a partner with Next Door Media by launching udistrictdaily.com, a blog site that reports on the U-District in Seattle, Washington.
The Daily is one of the most awarded college newspapers in the nation. At the 2010 National College Media Conference The Daily earned the Pacemaker for General Excellence, Best of Show, Story of the Year Editorial/Opinion, Story of the Year Diversity and Multimedia Story of the Year. The Daily also earned the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Apple Award for the best four-year college newspaper (tabloid) in the United States at the CMA Spring Convention in New York City. It has also been recognized with the 2007, 2008 & 2009 Mark of Excellence Award for the Best All-Around Newspaper in Region X by the Society of Professional Journalists (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska). It was a finalist for the 2009 Pacemaker Newspaper of the Year, and earned second place for Best of Show at the National College Media Conference held in Austin, Texas.
The Daily is overseen by the Board of Student Publications, on which sit representatives of the Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW), the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS), the Faculty Senate, the UW Department of Communication, the UW administration, the Daily newsroom, and a local professional publication. Only the publisher, advertising adviser, accounting and delivery staff are not University of Washington students.
Aside from campus news, The Daily includes regular lifestyles, sports and opinion sections, as well as a Thursday arts and entertainment section called "The Weekender". The Daily celebrates all home football games with the Game Daily, which is distributed on campus and at the tailgate party before the game. Other special sections throughout the year include the Holidaily, Sex Edition, Spring Break Edition, March Madness, Greek Edition, Career Guide, and Housing Guide. The Daily also publishes the Graduation Edition and Salute to Grads, which are distributed on campus, all graduation exercises and commencement.
Former awards include Newspaper of the Year from the Associated Collegiate Press in 1996, 1997 and 2000; and the Mark of Excellence Award for the Best All Around Newspaper in the nation from the Society of Professional Journalists in 1997.
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