The Spartan Daily Explained

The Spartan Daily
School:San José State University
Type:Student Newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Founder:Dwight Bentel
Language:English
Headquarters:San Jose, California
Circulation:6,000[1]
Website:https://sjsunews.com/
Free:https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartan_daily/
Italic Title:no

The Spartan Daily is a not-for-profit, independent student newspaper serving San José State University and the surrounding Bay Area in San Jose, California.

As of 2023, The Spartan Daily publishes in print three times a week, and online daily when the university is in session (excluding holidays). It serves a student population of over 35,000 and a faculty and staff population of over 3,000. It is named for the university's mascot, the Spartan.

History

The first student newspaper at San Jose State was The Normal Times, which was a weekly paper published from October 1909 through June 1920. In September 1921 the student newspaper relaunched under the name The College Times though it soon changed its name to the State Teachers College Times in November 1921. This name would remain through the 1925–1926 academic year, before being changed to the State College Times before the start of the 1926–1927 academic year.[2]

Desiring to transition from a weekly paper to a daily paper, students, under the guidance of Dwight Bentel, launched The Spartan Daily in April 1934.[3] [4] For Bentel's help in creating the paper, as well as his contributions to founding the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at San Jose State, the building which both houses the school and headquarters The Spartan Daily was named in his honor in 1982.[5]

Publications

The Spartan Daily also has separate publications on specialized topics, these include:

Awards & Notable alumni

Since 2015, The Spartan Daily has won 30 national journalism awards and 120 state awards. As of 2023, eight San Jose State journalist alumni have won Pulitzer Prizes,[9] including:

References

  1. Web site: Spartan Daily Negatives Collection . 2023-10-19 . oac.cdlib.org.
  2. Web site: Spartan Daily San Jose State University Research SJSU ScholarWorks . 2023-10-19 . scholarworks.sjsu.edu.
  3. Web site: Group . Mike Rosenberg Bay Area News . 2012-05-16 . Dwight Bentel, founder of San Jose State University journalism department, dies at 103 . 2023-10-19 . The Mercury News . en-US.
  4. Web site: 1987 . The Spartan Daily . SJSU King Library Digital Collections . San José State University Campus Films Collection, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives . Moving image.
  5. Web site: 2014-04-24 . Spartan Daily founder Dwight Bentel dies at 103 (UPDATED) « Spartan Daily Spartan Daily . 2023-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140424202527/http://spartandaily.com/76921/spartan-daily-founder-dwight-bentel-dies-at-103-updated . 2014-04-24 .
  6. Web site: SJSU News Learn By Doing/ Excite Your Mind . 2023-10-19 . sjsunews.com.
  7. Web site: SJSU-TV . 2023-10-19 . SJSU-TV . en.
  8. Web site: 2012-09-12 . About Us . 2023-10-19 . Equal Time . en.
  9. Web site: Spartan Daily Establishes Legacy of Award-Winning Journalism SJSU NewsCenter . 2023-10-19 . blogs.sjsu.edu.
  10. http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Spot-News-Photography "Spot News Photography"
  11. Book: Fischer, Heinz-Dietrich . The Pulitzer Prize Archive Volume 14: Press Photography Awards 1942–1948 . 2000 . K.G. Saur . 3598301847 . 193.
  12. Goodman, M., "In Conversation with Anacleto Rapping", Strant Magazine, Jul 2015.
  13. Web site: 1956-10-18 . The Pulitzer Prizes | Biography . 2010-08-16 . Pulitzer.org.
  14. Web site: 2011 . SJSU Alumnus Marcio Sanchez Wins Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography . November 2, 2021 . SJSU Newsroom . SJSU.

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