The Daily Orange, commonly referred to as The D.O.,[1] is an independent student newspaper published in Syracuse, New York.

Its alumni work at nearly every major newspaper in the nation — The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Post, The Boston Globe, Star Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — in a variety of reporting, editing, design and photography roles.

[2][3][4][5] Irving R. Templeton, co-founder of the Orange Publishing Company, served as the founding editor of the newspaper.

[8] The newspaper set up operations in a red barn located at 806 Croton Ave, and accepted advertising.

The printing plant was owned by a corporation known as the Orange Publishing Company, the directors and stockholders of which were all students.

[16][17][18] The newspaper even manufactured its own paper with the help of SU students from the College of Forestry.

was considered part of SU; the administration had installed a paid business manager and sold advertising to assure enough money to print every day.

This relationship was further strained by The Daily Orange's criticism over how the school handled highly charged situations such as the racism on the football team and the Vietnam protests.

A referendum vote determined whether the student body would continue to contribute a portion of its fee.

[35] In December 1991, editor-in-chief Jodi Lamagna and her staff decided to refuse any further funding from SGA.

has operated with complete financial independence from the university, raising funds necessary for publishing a daily paper through advertising revenue and fundraising.

[42][43] The Tuesday print edition was dropped starting in fall 2018 to focus on digital content.

[49] In the early 1980s, The Daily Orange was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

[51] Syracuse lost the case when district judge Howard G. Munson ruled that the issues were exempt from disclosure.

signed an agreement with then SU Chancellor Kenneth Shaw to lease 744 Ostrom Ave from the university as an office building,[40] which it had been occupying since 1983.

[56][57] Pulitzer Prize winner Jim Morin served as editorial cartoonist during his senior year at SU.

[58] The paper has in the past decade won numerous awards, including more than a dozen "story of the year" awards in several categories from the Associated Collegiate Press and top-story honors from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.