The Minnesota Daily is the campus newspaper of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, published every weekday while school is in session, and published weekly on Wednesdays during summer sessions. Published since 1900, the newspaper is one of the largest student-run and student-written newspapers in the United States and the fourth-largest newspaper in the state of Minnesota. It runs independently from the University, although some funding comes from campus. More than 20,000 copies are distributed daily and are available at hundreds of locations on and near campus free of charge. On average, the Minnesota Daily has a staff of 175 students per semester. The newspaper dually operates as a training institution, providing students with real work experience in journalism, photography, editing, advertising sales, marketing, finance, graphic design, editorial and advertising production, human resources, information systems, public relations, survey research and Web programming.