The Spartan Daily is a not-for-profit, independent student newspaper serving San José State University and the surrounding Bay Area in San Jose, California.

The first student newspaper at San Jose State was The Normal Times, which was a weekly paper published from October 1909 through June 1920.

[3][4] For Bentel's help in creating the paper, as well as his contributions to founding the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at San Jose State, the building which both houses the school and headquarters The Spartan Daily was named in his honor in 1982.

[5] The Spartan Daily also has separate publications on specialized topics, these include: Since 2015, The Spartan Daily has won 30 national journalism awards and 120 state awards.

As of 2023, eight San Jose State journalist alumni have won Pulitzer Prizes,[9] including: