The Daily Collegian is a student-produced news outlet, with a newspaper and website, that is published independently at the Pennsylvania State University.

[7] The mission statement of Collegian Inc. is "to publish a quality campus newspaper and to provide a rewarding educational experience for the student staff members.

[12][13] The name of the publication was changed to the Penn State Collegian in 1911, and the paper began publishing on a semi-weekly basis in September 1920.

[18][19] Most of the articles inside of the Free Lance were opinion pieces on national events penned by professors and alumni of the university.

The Free Lance mostly took an approach to filling in holes in stories and giving opinion on events rather than reporting them first hand.

[13] In 1895, the Free Lance transitioned away from news and moved its focus to become a literary magazine publishing essays, poems and short stories.

In April 1901, as subscribers declined the Free Lance begged for support from the university, students, and alumni to continue its publication.

[21][20][18][22] The semester after publication ceased on the Free Lance, its former editor and much of the former periodical's staff founded the State Collegian, a weekly newspaper.

In its first edition the State Collegiain editor William B. Hoke penned an editorial outlining the decline of the Free Lance and how the new paper would be different.

[22] The publication began printing its paper semi-weekly, publishing Tuesday and Friday editions In the fall semester of 1920.

More than a year after making the switch to daily print, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entered World War II.

[27] A Web department was formed with the purpose of creating online updates for breaking news and posting stories on days when classes were not in session.

In spring of 2004, one year from the universities initial meeting with Collegian Inc., the 1887-1940 segment was completed and made publicly accessible online.

[29] The orders were obtained by State College lawyer Joe Amendola, who was quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer, saying, “What's the sense in having your record expunged if anyone can Google you and it comes up?”[30] The five defendants had either pled guilty to criminal charges ranging from aggravated indecent assault to possession of marijuana, or completed pretrial diversion programs that resulted in no finding of guilt.

"[32] Kistler claimed court officials had not noticed that the newspapers were on the list of expungement orders sought by lawyer Amendola.

[34] Daily Collegian photographer, Michael Felletter, was on assignment documenting the riot when he was arrested by police officers after he allegedly did not comply with orders to leave the area.

[39] Centre County District Attorney, Michael Madeira, claimed that the case centered around Felletter's refusal to obey a police order and not around the First Amendment or the photographer's journalistic activity.

[42] Centre County Judge David E. Grine dismissed the remaining charge, failure to disperse, against the photographer citing "unclear" evidence.

[46] The film was co-produced by Aaron Matthews and the Independent Television Service and had major funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The private “Collegian Suite,” will face a large open newsroom with designated desk space for the newspaper.

[50] In fall 2019, the James Building was demolished and The Collegian moved its office to Midtown Square, another university-owned property in downtown State College.

In February, Penn State restricted travel to China, Italy, and Japan, and required students returning from CDC level 3 threat countries to be quarantined.

[56] In 1993, the paper criticized the Society for Professional Journalists after it offered a $250 reward for information on the persons who stole half a conservative campus newspaper's run, burning part of it.