The Daily Pennsylvanian is the independent daily student newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania. It is published five days a week when the university is in session by a staff of more than 250 students. During the summer months a smaller staff produces a weekly version called the Summer Pennsylvanian. The DP, as it is commonly referred to, also publishes a weekly arts and entertainment magazine called 34th Street.
The newspaper was founded in 1885 and has been published daily since 1894, except for a hiatus from May 1943 to November 1945 on account of World War II. It broke away from Penn's student government in 1962 to become an independent publication. The DP incorporated in 1984 to solidify its financial and editorial independence from the university. Today the newspaper's budget is funded primarily through the sale of advertising by a student business staff.
The Daily Pennsylvanian is sometimes called Penn's unofficial "journalism department," since many of its staff members go on to pursue careers in the print, broadcast, and electronic media. DP alumni can be found at a number of major daily newspapers and national magazines, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Time Magazine, and Business Week.
The Daily Pennsylvanian has won many of the most prestigious awards in college journalism. In 2004, it won the Pacemaker, awarded by the Associated Collegiate Press and the Newspaper Association of America Foundation, for a record-setting fourth consecutive year. It also won the award in 1990, 1997, and 1998. It was also ranked as the "most read" college newspaper by The Princeton Review in 1990, 1997, 1998, and 2001.
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