The Yale Daily News is the nation’s oldest college daily newspaper, independent since its founding on January 28, 1878. It publishes Monday through Friday during the academic year and serves Yale and New Haven. The News is editorially and financially independent from the university, and also produces a weekly magazine known as WKND, a daily online supplement called DDN and several special issues each year celebrating the contributions of the university’s Indigenous, Black, Latino and Asian American communities in collaboration with those groups.

The News’s website provides a variety of news and opinion pieces, as well as blogs, videos, podcasts, interactive maps, classified ads, sports, arts and entertainment coverage, and local information. The paper’s editorial positions on various political candidates and ballot measure issues are tracked by Ballotpedia, and the paper’s writers often provide insights into the news of the day in their columns.

In the 1920s, the Daily News attracted readers with sensational headlines such as “Ford to City: Drop Dead” and lurid photographs. It emphasized 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 the latter’s abdication. It also developed a reputation for strong city news coverage, celebrity gossip and comics.

By the 20th century, the Daily News was one of the most successful tabloid newspapers in the world. Its circulation peaked in 1947 at 2.4 million copies per day. At that time, it was the eleventh-highest circulated newspaper in the United States. The News is now owned by Tronc, a media company based in Chicago.

In the early days of the newspaper, people kept records of their daily news in journals and wrote to their teachers on postcards. Today, we keep track of news on computers and phones, but the spirit of recording and sharing our daily experiences is alive in a new generation of journalists at the News. As our journalists gather and curate the stories of the day, we hope that you find them worthy of your attention. Thank you for your support of the News.

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