Editing Minnesota Daily (section)

==History==
[[File:1984 Minnesota Daily Newspaper office at the U of Minnesota-01.jpg|thumb|Minnesota Daily office in 1984]]Starting in 1877, the student newspaper/magazine at the University of Minnesota was called the ''Ariel''.<ref name="MNDailyHistory">{{cite web | url = http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2000/02/23/13390 | title = Early Daily dominated by sports | date = 2000-02-23 | access-date = 2007-08-08 | last = Reed | first = Travis |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203433/http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2000/02/23/13390 |archive-date = 2007-09-30}}</ref> In 1899, another local newspaper called ''Football'' was started by Horace Bagley, Mike Luby and Clarence Miller.<ref name="HistMNFB">{{cite book | last = The General Alumni Association |editor=Martin Newell | title = The History of Minnesota Football | publisher = The General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota | year = 1928 | page = 11}}</ref>  Unlike the ''Ariel'', it was published daily. In response, the publishers of the Ariel decided to become a daily paper as well, giving birth to the ''Minnesota Daily''.

There have been a number of notable individuals to work at the paper, including former [[NAACP]] leader [[Roy Wilkins]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-history-roy-wilkins-a-quiet-warrior-against-awful-hatred/290435401/|title=Minnesota History: Roy Wilkins a quiet warrior against 'awful hatred'|work=Star Tribune|access-date=2017-10-31}}</ref> longtime [[CBS]] correspondent [[Harry Reasoner]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=Harry Reasoner A Life in the News.|date=2009|publisher=Univ of Texas Pr|others=Daniel, Douglass K.|isbn=9780292722170|oclc=320191617}}</ref> radio personality [[Garrison Keillor]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.garrisonkeillor.com/the-daily-news-floating-on-the-stormy-sea-of-beer-and-straight-vodka/|title=The Daily News: Floating on the Stormy Sea of Beer and Straight Vodka - Garrison Keillor|date=2013-11-06|work=Garrison Keillor|access-date=2017-10-31|language=en-US}}</ref> and musician [[Bob Dylan]]{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}.

''The Minnesota Daily'' was the first college newspaper to provide access to its coverage via the [[Internet]] in 1990{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}. The ''Daily'' website publishes each day's stories in addition to exclusive web videos, photo slideshows, and additional features.

In 2001, the popular "A&E" section of the ''Daily'' was suddenly shut down by student managers of the paper, which generated much criticism among readers and ''Daily'' alumni. Garrison Keillor, who had written for the section while a student at the university, said the choice to shutter the section "is not a decision that journalists would have made, and it diminishes the prestige of the paper." The section was quickly reestablished.<ref name=chronicle>{{cite journal
 | author = Monaghan, Peter
 |date=March 2001
 | title = At the U. of Minnesota, a Death at the Daily
 | journal = Chronicle of Higher Education
 | issue = March 23, 2001
 | url = http://chronicle.com/weekly/v47/i28/28a04101.htm
 }}</ref>

In early March 2020, the Minnesota Daily published what would be become its last print edition. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the newspaper ceased printing and switched to an online-only publication.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Richard Chin Star |title=The Minnesota Daily ends regular print publication after 120 years |url=https://www.startribune.com/the-minnesota-daily-ends-regular-print-publication-after-120-years/600218483/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref>