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Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Collegian Inc.
Editor	Devon Lash, editor in chief Halle Stockton, managing editor Travis Larchuk, managing editor of design
News Editor	Terry Casey Jess Remitz
Opinion Editor	Erin Prah
Sports Editor	Joseph Dolan
Photo Editor	Dan Collins
Founded	October 1, 1904
Headquarters	123 S. Burrowes St., University Park, PA 16801-3882
Website: www.psucollegian.com

The Daily Collegian is the student-operated newspaper at the Pennsylvania State University. It is published during the Fall, Spring, and second Summer semesters of the University's class schedules. It is distributed daily for free at the University Park campus, and is available off-campus for 35 cents per copy. A compilation edition of the week's top stories known as the Weekly Collegian is also distributed free of charge at the University's Commonwealth campuses. The newspaper's stated mission is "to publish a quality campus newspaper and to provide a rewarding educational experience for the student staff members." The student editing staff annually receive notable journalism awards.^[1]

Contents 1 History 1.1 The Daily Collegian Online 1.2 The Paper Documentary Film 2 Collegian Publications 2.1 The Daily Collegian 2.2 The Weekly Collegian 2.3 Venues 2.4 Collegian Magazine 3 References 4 External links

The first student newspaper at Penn State was the Free Lance, which was first published in 1887. Lack of financial support from students led to its collapse in 1904, but that same year saw the foundation of a new paper, the State Collegian. In 1911, the name of the paper was changed to the Penn State Collegian, and on September 14, 1920, the paper began being published semi-weekly. In 1940, the newspaper was transformed into a non-profit corporation, complete with an elected board of directors, and began daily publishing, changing its name to The Daily Collegian.^[2] During World War II, the newspaper was only published weekly or semi-weekly, but following the war, in 1949, the paper won the top national award from the Associated Collegiate Press. In 1996, The Digital Collegian was founded, providing online access to all of The Daily Collegian's stories.

Beginning with the fall 2006 semester, "The Digital Collegian" was re-named "The Daily Collegian Online" and a revised home page layout made its debut^[3]. A new "Web" department was created with the purpose of creating online updates of breaking news or to post stories when classes were not in session^[4]. The Daily Collegian Online also features a series of student-written blogs, including a blog written by the paper's editor in chief.

The Daily Collegian is the subject of a 78 minute documentary film called The Paper. The film was created by Aaron Matthews, and uses the student newspaper as a case study for the problems that face all newspapers today—flagging circulation, minority coverage, and access to sources.

Published daily Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and the second summer session at Penn State.

Published Wednesdays while classes are in session at the University Park campus. The Weekly Collegian, which launched Sept. 12, 1979, contains the top news stories from Penn State each week and is available only by subscription. The Weekly Collegian is much like a zoned edition of The Daily Collegian. One summer issue of the Weekly is a fall sports preview, which uses a tabloid format. (Because of the tabloid format, this issue is sometimes mistaken as an issue of Collegian Magazine.)

Copies are distributed at other Penn State campuses. The publication, which is heavy on sports coverage, also targets parents of current students, alumni, sports fans and anyone interested in Penn State news.

Published Thursdays and included as an insert inside of The Daily Collegian, Venues magazine contains bar specials, movie times and stories about the State College arts scene. Venues was redesigned for the Fall 2007 semester, adopting a more youthful look and shifting its focus from long previews to a more feature-heavy format.

Established in 1980, Collegian Magazine is a feature magazine for special events and special topics. The name was originally adopted to provide a unifying identity for a number of tabloid-size special sections that were being published from time to time. Along with the name, a publication schedule and a common format were adopted. More issues were added.

Typically, 13 issues are published each year. All but two are free-standing publications. Two are inserted in The Daily Collegian with additional free-standing circulation. Many issues target audiences other than current students on the University Park campus. Additional issues and one-time issues can be added to the schedule. For example, a special issue was published following a Penn State football victory in a post-season bowl game.

Today, the regular issues are:

--Summer 101 Issue in May. This issue remains on display during the start of the first six-week summer session, when The Daily Collegian is not publishing.

--Arts Festival Issue in July, during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.

--Fall 101 Issue in August, published on arrival day for new students.

--Stadium issues (for each home football game), issues are distributed in the Beaver Stadium area.

--Blue-White Issue (with extra distribution at Beaver Stadium for the annual spring football scrimmage).

--Finals Week issues, published Monday during fall and spring finals weeks.

--Living Issue in January. This issue focuses on student living. Extra copies are distributed to other Penn State campuses.

1. ^ Awards for the The Daily Collegian
2. ^ The Daily Collegian History
3. ^ Collegian editor says change is on the way
4. ^ [1]

• The Daily Collegian Online
• The Paper (2007 Documentary Film)

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