The Daily News at Yale University

The Daily News at Yale University

The Daily News is a tabloid newspaper founded in 1919 in New York City, the first successful newspaper of this type. The paper attracts readers with sensational coverage of crime, scandal, and violence; lurid photographs; and cartoons and other entertainment features. It is a perennial contender for the title of the most widely read newspaper in the United States, but has never achieved the circulation of its more sophisticated rival, the New York Post.

Originally called the Illustrated Daily News, the paper was created in New York City by Joseph Medill Patterson and became a national sensation when it began publishing in 1921. The newspaper’s name was changed to the Daily News in 1930. In the 1920s the newspaper found abundant subject matter, concentrating on political wrongdoing such as the Teapot Dome scandal and social intrigue such as the romance between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII that led to his abdication. The Daily News was an early user of the Associated Press wirephoto service in the 1930s and developed an excellent staff of photographers.

Each Daily News article contains comprehension and critical thinking questions, and “Background” and “Resources” sections to help students better understand the news story. Students can also sign up to receive a free Daily News email each weekday morning.

Daily News is the official student newspaper of Yale University. The News is published each weekday when classes are in session and is the oldest college daily newspaper in the United States. The paper is editorially and financially independent. Many of its alumni have gone on to achieve prominence in journalism and public life, including William F. Buckley, John Hersey, Lan Samantha Chang, Paul Steiger, Strobe Talbott, Sargent Shriver, Garry Trudeau and Jacob Weisberg.

The newspaper is distributed throughout the Yale campus and in downtown New Haven. It is also available online and on mobile devices. The News publishes several special issues each year, such as the Yale-Harvard Game Day Issue and the Commencement Issue. It also publishes a special issues celebrating Yale’s Indigenous, Black, Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in collaboration with student organizations and cultural centers.