Indiana Daily Student
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| Type | Student newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Indiana University |
| Publisher | Ron Johnson |
| Editor | Hannah Alani |
| Founded | 1867 |
| Headquarters | Bloomington, Indiana USA |
| Website | Indiana Daily Student |
The Indiana Daily Student (IDS) is an independent, student-run newspaper that has been published for the community of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana since 1867. The IDS is free and distributed throughout the campus and city.
During the fall and spring semesters, the IDS is published Monday through Friday and has a circulation of about 14,000. In the summer, it's published on Monday and Thursday with a circulation of 8,500.
At its founding on February 22, 1867, the paper was originally known as the Indiana Student and was published twice a month by half a dozen students. It ceased publication in 1874 due to financial difficulties but student William Lowe Bryan, who would later become IU's 10th president, relaunched it in 1882. In 1897, Florence Reid Myrick became the paper's first female editor-in-chief. In 1899, the newspaper was renamed the Daily Student.
The university gained ownership of the Daily Student in 1910 and used it as a journalism lab. In 1911, the School of Journalism was formed. That same year, the school required every journalism student to work on the paper. Students received course credit and a grade for their work. Serving as editor-in-chief required 15 credit hours, but in 1905, the position became a paid job. In 1914, the paper was renamed to its current publication title, the Indiana Daily Student.
In September 1922, Ernie Pyle became editor-in-chief and later left IU a semester before graduation to work at a paper in LaPorte, Indiana.
On December 7, 1941, the IDS ran an extra on the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and is one of two known college newspapers to publish that afternoon.
The IDS moved to its current home, Ernie Pyle Hall, in 1954. The building is renamed is honor of Pyle, who was shot and killed in World War II in 1945. His desk sits in the newsroom. The building is also home to the School of Journalism.
On July 1, 1969, the paper adopted its charter and became financially and editorially independent from the University. Journalism students were no longer required to work for the paper.
Students paid for an IDS subscription until 1973, when it became free. Due to declining revenue, the IDS began charging a quarter per issue in the spring of 1981. Up until 1995, it was only one of two college papers that still charged a fee. That fall, the IDS was once again free for students and the community. The IDS is funded exclusively through student-generated advertising.
In the summer of 1996, the IDS launched its website, the Indiana Digital Student, now known as idsnews.com
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