Cavalier Daily

The Cavalier Daily

October 7, 2005 front page
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	The Cavalier Daily, Inc.
Editor-in-chief	Michael Reingold
Founded	January 15, 1890
Headquarters	Charlottesville, Virginia
Circulation	7,500
Website	cavalierdaily.com

The Cavalier Daily is the independent daily news organization at the University of Virginia. Founded in 1890 under the name College Topics, The Cavalier Daily is Virginia’s oldest collegiate daily and the oldest daily newspaper in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Since the summer of 1996, The Cavalier Daily has been the only daily newspaper at the University, with a print circulation of 10,000 distributed on Grounds and in the surrounding Charlottesville area. The Cavalier Daily also publishes a daily online edition with expanded and enhanced content.

The Cavalier Daily is an entirely student-run, non-profit organization with an operating budget accrued through advertising and donations.

Cavalier Daily staffers have gone on to write professionally and edit for some of journalism’s most prestigious publications, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Baltimore Sun, Politico, Yahoo!, Associated Press, NBC News and The Washington Post.

The Cavalier Daily printed its first issue under the name College Topics on January 15, 1890. In 1924, the newspaper increased its publication schedule from twice a week to six times a week, making the paper a daily. However, the following year paper's off-campus printer suffered a catastrophic fire, and the newspaper alternated between two and three publication days a week until 1940.

During World War II College Topics struggled for survival as the University of Virginia student population was greatly reduced due to the war effort. By 1943, the paper had become a four-page weekly that featured only bulletins. After the war, the paper increased its circulation and content, and was renamed The Cavalier Daily on May 4, 1948.