''The Daily Mississippian'', commonly called ''The DM'', is the

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of the

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. The first issue of The Mississippian was published in 1911. It is operated as an independent student-run newspaper, and is published in print one day a week and online daily. It publishes Thursdays during the fall and spring semesters, and occasionally during the June and July summer terms. It has a daily print circulation of 9,000 during fall and spring. It is also the only college newspaper in Mississippi to be a full member of the state press association, and it competes in the Mississippi Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest against professional daily newspapers. ''The DM'' is a part of the S. Gale Denley Student Media Center. The Director of Student Media reports to the Dean of the School of Journalism and New Media. The DM staff consists of approximately 15 editors, along with a couple dozen reporters and photographers. These numbers vary from year to year and semester to semester. The staff has won numerous national, regional and state awards. There is also a separate staff devoted entirely to advertising sales and production. ''The DMs

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, thedmonline.com began offering daily updates in 1996.

History

Integration of 1962

In 1962 the

was the focal point of a major

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showdown between the government of the state of

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, led by segregationist governor

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, and the administration of President

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. At issue was the enrollment of an

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student,

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. As rioting engulfed the campus, a special edition of ''The Daily Mississippian'' carried an editorial from editor Sidna Brower. Brower urged students to return to their homes and not to involve themselves in the violence, which Brower said was a battle between the state and the

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government. The University's student Senate later censured Brower for her newspaper's coverage, which it claimed did not accurately reflect events, and for statements such as Brower's contention that the anti-integration demonstrations were bringing "dishonor and shame" to the University. The censure was repealed by the Associated Student Body Senate in 2002 as the 40th anniversary of the rioting approached.

Recent History

In 2011, The DM celebrated its 100th anniversary with a weekend of events in Oxford. The keynote speaker was former governor William Winter, a former editor-in-chief of the newspaper. The student newspaper was originally named The Mississippian. It became a daily in 1962 (though the name "Daily" wasn't added to its masthead until 1968).

Affiliations

Associated Collegiate Press The Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) is the largest and oldest national membership organization for college student media in the United States. The ACP is a division of the National Scholastic Press Association. It awards the newspaper, maga ...

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(CMA) * College Newspaper Business & Advertising Managers (CNBAM) *

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**Oxford-Lafayette County (Mississippi) Chamber of Commerce * Southern University Newspapers (SUN)

External links

''Mississippi Press Association''

References