Vertical line in longtable

Question

I would like my vertical line to be slightly detached from the horizontal lines. I am using

\usepackage{longtable}.

\footnotesize

\begin{longtable}{r | p{10cm}}

\caption{My caption 1\label{1}}\\

\hline

\endfirsthead

\caption[]{(continued)}\\

\endhead

\hline

\endlastfoot

\textsc{Newspaper Name}&\emph{Daily Triplicate}\\

\textsc{Availability}&text\\

\textsc{founded}&date\\

\textsc{Circulation}&number\\

\textsc{Coverage}&text\\

\textsc{Frequency}&text\\

\hline

\textsc{Newspaper Name}&\emph{Eureka Times-Standard}\\

\textsc{Availability}&text\\

\textsc{founded}&1997date\\

\textsc{Circulation}&number\\

\textsc{Coverage}&text\\

\textsc{Frequency}&text\\

\end{longtable}

Answer 1

You may use booktabs and its toprule, midrule and bottomrule.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs,longtable}

\begin{document}

\footnotesize
\begin{longtable}{r | p{10cm}}
\caption{My caption 1\label{1}}\\
\toprule
\endfirsthead
\caption[]{(continued)}\\
\endhead

\bottomrule

\endlastfoot

\textsc{Newspaper Name}&\emph{Daily Triplicate}\\
\textsc{Availability}&text\\
\textsc{founded}&date\\
\textsc{Circulation}&number\\
\textsc{Coverage}&text\\
\textsc{Frequency}&text\\

\midrule

\textsc{Newspaper Name}&\emph{Eureka Times-Standard}\\
\textsc{Availability}&text\\
\textsc{founded}&1997date\\
\textsc{Circulation}&number\\
\textsc{Coverage}&text\\
\textsc{Frequency}&text\\

\end{longtable}

\end{document}

As a free bonus, you get much nicer (and more correct) spacing of the rows. Also, I invite you to read section 2 of the booktab manual, and reconsider the use of vertical lines.