{"id":36782,"date":"2026-05-27T01:31:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/?page_id=36782"},"modified":"2026-07-12T23:18:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T03:18:01","slug":"author-daisy-dale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/author-daisy-dale\/","title":{"rendered":"Daisy Dale"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"36782\" class=\"elementor elementor-36782\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a1c2b9 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a1c2b9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b00327 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b00327\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-061fcd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"061fcd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Daisy Dale<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-952da22 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"952da22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/483525940_513576315149419_988549239182991471_n-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21511\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/483525940_513576315149419_988549239182991471_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/483525940_513576315149419_988549239182991471_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/483525940_513576315149419_988549239182991471_n-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/483525940_513576315149419_988549239182991471_n.jpg 1211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23db33a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23db33a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Daisy Dale is a lifelong Muncie resident, local activist and journalist. 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With her interest and experience in local politics and history, she maintains <i>The Muncie Post-Democrat<\/i>, an outlet started by her great-great grandfather George R. Dale in 1921, and now continues its legacy online. 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