The Daily Californian

The Daily Californian
Feb. 3, 2017 issue
Type Student newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Independent Berkeley Students Publishing Company, Inc.
Editor-in-chief Harini Shyamsundar
Managing editors Chantelle Lee
Managing editor, design Victoria Do
Staff writers 200–250
Founded 1871
Language English
Headquarters 2483 Hearst Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94709
United States
Circulation 10,000 (M/Tu/Th/F)
Website www.dailycal.org

The Daily Californian (Daily Cal) is an independent, student-run newspaper that serves the University of California, Berkeley campus and its surrounding community. It publishes a print edition four days a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday during the academic year, and twice a week during the summer. Established in 1871, The Daily Californian is one of the oldest newspapers on the West Coast, and one of the oldest college newspapers in the United States.[1] Current circulation is about 10,000[2] for a campus of roughly 35,000 students.

History

The Daily Californian became independent from UC Berkeley in 1971 after the campus administration fired three senior editors over an editorial that encouraged readers to "take back" People's Park. Both sides came to an agreement, and The Daily Californian gained financial and editorial independence from the university and is now published by an independent corporation called the Independent Berkeley Students Publishing Company, Inc. [1] The paper licenses its name from the Regents of the University of California.[3][4][5]

On November 24, 1982, three days after the November 20th Big Game (now known for The Play), early morning readers of the Daily Cal were chagrined to find in the headline of the front page: "NCAA Awards Big Game to Stanford."[6] Hundreds of copies of the Daily Cal with this fake headline had been strewn about campus in the wee hours. This was in fact a hoax perpetrated by aggrieved Stanford fans.

A Daily Cal rack on the UC Berkeley campus

The Daily Californian has a history of publishing spirited editorials, and in some cases editions containing controversial editorials have been subjected to newspaper theft. In 2002, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates agreed to pay restitution after admitting to having thrown away a thousand copies of The Daily Californian after it endorsed his opponent, then-Mayor Shirley Dean. In May 2003, nearly 5,000 papers were stolen by students protesting coverage of the arrest of a Cal football player. The largest act of theft took place in November 1996 when the paper's senior editorial board endorsed Proposition 209.[7] Nearly 23,000 papers were stolen on Election Day 1996,[8] and in the following days copies of the paper were tossed off the balcony of the newspaper's office and burned in effigy.[9]

As a way to repair relations with campus community members angered by the publication of the editorial endorsing Proposition 209, editors at the Daily Cal established the nation's first regular college newspaper sex column. The column, now known colloquially as "Sex on Tuesday," led to college papers across the country to create similar sex columns.[10]

On October 16, 2006, the Daily Cal launched its first blog, The Daily Clog, a student-life blog that accumulates various tidbits about Berkeley and college life.[11]

On August 25, 2008, the Daily Cal announced that it would not print a paper version of the newspaper on Wednesdays amidst a decline in advertising revenues and higher newspaper costs.[12]

The Daily Californian Alumni Association

More than 400 former The Daily Californian staffers have joined The Daily Californian Alumni Association (DCAA) since its resurrection in August 1996.[13] A unit of The Daily Californian Education Foundation, the DCAA exists to bring alumni of the newspaper together as well as to provide mentorship and financial support to the current student staff. The DCAA is one of the largest and most active alumni associations of any college newspaper. A chartered club of the California Alumni Association, the Daily Californian Alumni Association holds regular reunions and receptions across the country. Alumni are established and leading journalists in such news organizations as The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, People magazine, The Arizona Republic, The San Francisco Chronicle, Sports Illustrated, NBC News, USA Today and The Washington Post.

Membership is open to all former staff members of The Daily Californian or student publications office staff (pre 1971). Reunions are held every October during homecoming weekend on the Berkeley campus and offer a chance for alums to mingle and trade stories with students on the current staff.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Daily Cal: Berkeley's student paper at a tipping point". Berkeleyside. 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  2. ↑ "Print". Media Kit. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  3. ↑ Advertising statistics
  4. ↑ Move to new headquarters
  5. ↑ No more Wednesday edition
  6. ↑ Bill Kuns. "The Daily Californian : NCAA awards Big Game to Stanford". Stanford.edu. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  7. ↑ Jim Herron Zamora Daily Cal's 23,000 copies disappear after angry call San Francisco Examiner. Published on November 6, 1996.
  8. ↑ Elaine Herscher Daily Cal Stolen Off Racks -- Prop. 209 Cited San Francisco Chronicle. Published on November 6, 1996.
  9. ↑ Stolen copies
  10. ↑ Zimmerman, Jonathan (2016-08-08). Campus Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know?. Oxford University Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780190627423.
  11. ↑ The Daily Clog
  12. ↑ "Daily Cal in Financial Trouble. Category: Features from". The Berkeley Daily Planet. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  13. ↑ The Daily Californian Alumni Association
  14. ↑ "Home | Donate to the Daily Californian". Alumni.dailycal.org. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  15. ↑ "Home | Donate to the Daily Californian". Alumni.dailycal.org. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  16. ↑ Platten, Andrea (2016-04-18). "2 Daily Californian alumni, Berkeley resident win Pulitzer Prizes". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  17. ↑ Archived April 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  18. ↑ Karlyn Barker. "The Daily Californian : Paper Gave Honoree 'A Career I Still Love'" (PDF). Web.archive.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-08-28. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  19. ↑ "Michael Silver | Yahoo Author Profile". Sports.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  20. ↑ "SI.com - Michael Silver's Rollin' With - Writer Archive". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  21. ↑ "Times writer wins honor". latimes.com. 2006-11-13. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
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