The Stanford Daily

Infobox Newspaper
name =
type = Daily student newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1892
price = Free of charge to students
owners = The Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation
publisher =
chiefeditor = Christian Torres
language =
circulation = 10,000
headquarters = Storke Publications Building
Suite 101
Stanford, CA 94305
United States
ISSN =
website = [http://stanforddaily.com/ stanforddaily.com]

"The Stanford Daily" is the student-run, independent daily newspaper serving Stanford University. "The Daily" is distributed throughout campus and the surrounding community of Palo Alto, California, United States. It has published since the University was founded in 1892.cite web|url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/?page_id=19/|title=About the Daily|publisher=The Stanford Daily|accessdate=2008-02-08]

The paper publishes weekdays during the academic year. Unlike many other campus publications, it enjoys a wide circulation of 10,000 and is distributed at 500 locations throughout the Stanford campus, including dormitory dining halls, and in the city of Palo Alto. In addition to the daily newspaper, the "Daily" publishes two weekly supplements: "Intermission", a weekly pullout entertainment section, and "Cardinal Today", a weekly sports "outsert" during football and basketball seasons. The "Daily" also published several special issues every year: "The Orientation Issue," "Big Game Issue," and "The Commencement Issue." In the fall of 2008, staffers will move into a state-of-the-art building near the recently renovated Old Student Union.

History

The paper began as a small publication known locally as "The Daily Palo Alto" (not to be confused with the "Palo Alto Daily News"). The Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation, a non-profit corporation that operates the newspaper, was founded in 1973, after the newspaper became independent from the University and embroiled in a legal battle over the identities of unnamed Vietnam War protesters in photos printed in the paper. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court, where the newspaper faced off against the Palo Alto Police Department in "Zurcher v. Stanford Daily". The Court ruled 5–3 in favor of Zurcher. After the "Daily" became independent from the university, a volunteer group of alumni founded an organization to provide support for the newspaper.

Notable alumni

*Maynard Parker (1962) – former editor of "Newsweek Magazine"
*Philip Taubman (1970) – former Washington Bureau chief for "The New York Times"
*Felicity Barringer (1972) – chief environmental correspondent for "The New York Times"
*Peter Bhatia (1975) – executive editor of "The Oregonian" in Portland and former president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors
*John Arthur– "Los Angeles Times" managing editor
*Doyle McManus– "Los Angeles Times" Washington Bureau chief
*Joel Stein (1993)– "Los Angeles Times" columnist

ee also

*"Stanford Chaparral"

References

External links

* [http://www.stanforddaily.com/ "The Stanford Daily"]
* [http://www.dailyalumni.org/ Friends of "The Stanford Daily"] – listing of "Daily" alumni
* [http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2003/marapr/features/daily.html Read All About It] – history of the "Daily" in "Stanford Magazine", March–April 2003