In 2020, as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic, The Daily switched to a twice weekly email newsletter, with regular online content every weekday.
The Daily also earned the 2007,[7] 2008,[8] 2009[9] and 2010[10] Apple Award for the best four-year college newspaper (tabloid) in the United States at the CMA Spring Convention in New York City.
It has also been recognized with the 2007,[11] 2008[12] and 2009[13] Mark of Excellence Award for the Best All-Around Newspaper in Region 10 (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska) by the Society of Professional Journalists.
[14] In November 2008, The Daily ran an op-ed column written by John Fay, a columnist, which criticized gay marriage as part of a point/counterpoint regarding the passage of Proposition 8 in California.
The piece was accompanied by an illustration of a man standing next to a sheep, referencing Fay's statement that allowing gay marriage would lead to legal bestiality.
Among other controversial statements, Fay argued that "being homosexual, like other emotional tendencies, doesn't make someone a bad person, but it's a problem that needs to be dealt with, not denied."
On February 10, 2009, the Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW) passed a resolution supporting "the independence of The Daily as a member of the free press", and "its right to publish controversial material provided it is within the bounds of speech protected by the first amendment and THAT the ASUW finds that printing this article did not cross those legal boundaries and did not violate The Daily's code of ethics, thus a call for censure of Sarah Jeglum is not warranted."
The ASUW President, Camille Hattwig, issued a "Response to 04/26 Post from The Daily," emailing it to all students campus-wide on April 28, 2021.
The message, in its entirety, read: "We were deeply alarmed to see the recent publication of racist imagery from The Daily surrounding the current ASUW elections.
Many of the same students shared their opinion of the endorsements and cartoon after a copy was posted in the Reddit group, the majority of whom claimed they did not feel either piece contained racist intent nor content and felt the ASUW had overstepped its authority.