The Daily Cougar

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The September 27, 2007 issue of The Daily Cougar.
Type	Student newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner	Independent
Editor	Caitlin Cuppernull
Founded	1927
Political allegiance	Neutral
Headquarters	Houston, Texas USA
Circulation	~12,000 Daily
Website: The Daily Cougar

The Daily Cougar is a daily newspaper run entirely by students at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas USA.

In publication since 1927, The Daily Cougar was originally named The Cougar.^[1] The Daily Cougar is one of only two independent daily college newspapers in Texas, and operates as a student-managed forum for the university community, a source of campus news for students, faculty, staff, and administrators at UH.^{[citation needed]}

The Daily Cougar publishes Monday through Friday during the school year, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the Summer, though it has run Mondays and Wednesdays in previous summers. The Cougar also maintains a website in which content is distributed electronically online on a daily basis.

Contents 1 History 2 Controversy 3 Awards 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

The newspaper was founded in 1927 by University of Houston students as The Cougar. In 1965, the name was changed to The Daily Cougar.^[1]

In 1934, The Daily Cougar became University of Houston's official newspaper.

During Tropical Storm Allison in 2001, the newsroom was severely damaged, yet the staff continued production of the newspaper as scheduled (on a summer schedule) in the cramped quarters of the business office, which sustained only minimal damage.

As of 2003, The Daily Cougar was Houston's second largest English-language daily newspaper, with a circulation of nearly 12,000 and a readership approaching 40,000.

[edit] Controversy

In October 2005, The Daily Cougar ran a political cartoon on its editorial page depicting a black man with chains around his neck asking a nurse out to dinner. The caricature stereotyped Katrina evacuees. A Universitywide debate ensued. The Cougar's editorial policy, printed daily on its opinion page, states that opinions expressed in editorial pieces do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Daily Cougar staff.

[edit] Awards

• 2004:
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award - certificate of merit, Single Page Color Photo Layout^{[citation needed]}
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award - certificate of merit, Tabloid Feature Page Design for Newspapers^{[citation needed]}
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award - first place, General Feature in Newspapers^{[citation needed]}
• 2002:

• 2001:
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award - first place, Newspaper Tabloid Overall Design^{[citation needed]}

• 1999:
  • Associated Collegiate Press Newspaper of the Year - third place^{[citation needed]}

• 1996:
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association - Gold medalist, spring 1996^{[citation needed]}
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association - Gold medalist, fall 1995^{[citation needed]}

• 1994:
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association - medalist, fall 1994^{[citation needed]}
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association - medalist, spring 1994^{[citation needed]}

• 1993:
  • Society of Professional Journalists Region 8 Mark of Excellence Awards, first place, Feature Writing^{[citation needed]}
  • Society of Professional Journalists Region 8 Mark of Excellence Awards, third place, In-Depth Reporting^{[citation needed]}

• 1992:
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association - first place, fall 1992^{[citation needed]}
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association medalist, spring 1992^{[citation needed]}
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award - first place, Page One Design^{[citation needed]}
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award - second place, Editorial Writing^{[citation needed]}

• 1991:
  • Associated Collegiate Press - first class honor rating, 1991-1992^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} UH Through Time: Events. University of Houston Libraries. Retrieved 16 October 2007.

[edit] External links

• The Daily Cougar
• University of Houston

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