The Badger Herald history

Founding editor Patrick S. Korten received financial support for the new paper from nationally known conservative writer William F. Buckley after it ran into financial trouble in 1971.

The Herald was the first newspaper in the state of Wisconsin to publish the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, Jeff MacNelly, having signed the exclusive area rights from his syndicate in 1976.

By 1992, the once upstart conservative alternative campus newspaper had become the dominant newspaper on the 40,000 student University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

When the Herald moved to its office at 326 W. Gorham Street in 1998, the editors kept much of the furniture, including the original desks and homemade light board.

In 2001 The Badger Herald published an advertisement by controversial conservative writer David Horowitz that argued against reparations for slavery.

In 2005, the short-lived Mendota Beacon attempted to fill the void left by the Herald's leftward shift by providing a conservative voice on campus.

On February 13, 2006 The Badger Herald's editorial board published a controversial cartoon that depicted Muhammad.

In March 2010,the United States Holocaust Museum used the newspaper's decision in a form letter soliciting donations from members.

In 2013, The Badger Herald became an "online-first" publication, with print editions twice weekly.