The Tufts Daily

The Tufts Daily
The Tufts Daily, September 25, 2014
Type Daily student newspaper
Format Tabloid
Publisher Turley Publications
Editor-in-chief Seohyun Shim
Managing editors Sean Ong
Caleb Symons
Founded February 25, 1980 (1980-02-25)
Headquarters 474 Boston Avenue
Medford, Massachusetts 02155
Website www.tuftsdaily.com

The Tufts Daily, known on campus simply as The Daily, is the student newspaper at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. The paper covers news, arts and sports both on campus and in the Boston area and allows members of the Tufts community to submit op-ed pieces about any campus or global issue. Tufts is currently the smallest college or university in the United States to have a daily student paper.

History

The first issue of The Tufts Daily was published on February 25, 1980.[1] During the Daily's first two decades, it was engaged in competition with a weekly campus newspaper, the Tufts Observer.[2] The two newspapers co-existed until 2001, when the Observer changed to a biweekly newsmagazine format.[3]

Unlike other student organizations and publications at Tufts, the Daily is financially self-sustaining, and does not receive funding from the student activities fee.[4]

Sections

The Daily has four sections of original editorial content (news, features, sports, and arts), one section allowing signed submissions from community members (op-ed), and an editorial page. The Daily opines on campus, national, and global issues through original editorials published four times a week.

News, features, arts, and sports

The Daily's news section reports on Tufts events, campus politics, and student life. It also offers regular stories on community issues in Medford and Somerville.

The features section typically contains two to three articles offering more detailed perspective on student life and trends in academia, at Tufts and nationwide. It also publishes several weekly series, including profiles of Tufts faculty and students.

The arts section of the paper has been expanding. Beginning as a single article in the paper's first issue in 1980, the arts section now runs three to four articles each day, covering on- and off-campus events. From 1987 until 2002, Arts ran its "Weekender" supplement once a week as an insert magazine. Weekender was relaunched as part of the paper, rather than an insert. The new Weekender includes lengthy features, interviews with a national celebrity, and a staff Top Ten list. The four-page section appears inside Thursday's paper.

The sports section gives in-depth coverage of all Tufts varsity sports and occasional reporting on club and intramural sports. Analysis and profiles of Tufts athletes are provided through columns and weekly features, and major professional sports are also covered in weekly "Inside" columns.

Opinion and editorial

The Daily's opinion section accepts submissions from all members of the Tufts community on any campus, national, or global issue. It has become an important platform for campus debate, with particularly explosive pieces often spurring several responses or back-and-forth disputes that can span an entire semester. Until fall 2007, it was known as the Viewpoints section. As part of the merger of the Viewpoints and Editorial departments, the Viewpoints name was retired.

The paper has traditionally run one editorial four times per week, Monday through Thursday. Beginning in the Spring 2006, this increased to include Friday editorials. Students appointed to be Editorialists write the editorials, which are unsigned, on behalf of the Tufts Daily masthead. Editorials represent the opinions of the Tufts Daily. In the Fall of 2007, the section returned to running only Monday through Thursday.

Captured

Beginning in Fall 2007, the Daily began running photospreads, a spread of photos on a particular subject, every other Friday. Previous topics of photospreads have ranged from meetings of the juggling club to Fall Ball to music festivals in Davis Square.

Staff

The Daily is led by the following individuals:

Editor in Chief: Seohyun Shim
Managing Editors: Sean Ong and Caleb Symons
Production Director: Alice Yoon
Associate Editor: Alexis Serino
Executive News Editor: Danny Nelson
Executive Features Editor: Jessie Newman
Executive Arts Editor: Tommy Gillespie
Executive Opinion Editor: Deeksha Bathini
Executive Sports Editor: Yuan Jun Chee
Executive Photo Editor: Rachel Hartman
Executive Video Editor: Ana Sophia Acosta and Annette Key
Executive Graphics Editor: Katharine Pinney
Executive Copy Editors: Luke Allocco and David Levitsky
Executive Layout Editors: Aidan Menchaca and Daniel Montoya
Executive Social Media Editor: Ercan Sen and Amy Tong
Executive Business Director: Joe Walsh
Executive Online Editor: Deepanshu Utkarsh

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Tufts Daily, February 25, 1980". The Tufts Daily. February 25, 1980. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ Miller, Russell (1986). Light on the Hill: A History of Tufts University Since 1952. 2. Cambridge, MA: MassMarket Books. p. 232.
  3. ↑ "Remade 'Observer' marks new era in campus media". The Tufts Daily. September 1, 2001. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ Sauer, Anne; Branco, Jessica; Bennett, John; Crowley, Zachary (2000). "Tufts Daily, 1980". Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History.
  5. ↑ "The Task Force in the News". ugtaskforce.tufts.edu. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. 3/6/02 – Bacow Forum Frustrates Senators – Emily Chasan, Parker Clote, Tufts Daily
  6. 1 2 3 "About". The Tufts Daily. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Notable Tufts Daily alumni include: Karen Epstein, an associate producer for Dateline NBC, Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, Caroline Schaefer, an executive editor of Us Weekly, and many others.
  7. ↑ Mattoon, Danielle (September 30, 2016). "Patrick Healy to Join Culture as Deputy Editor, News". The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018. He studied playwriting for a year at New York University before shifting his focus to journalism at Tufts University, where he was news editor and editor-in-chief of the student daily newspaper.
  8. ↑ Choe, Jonathan (2017-11-27). "Found this gem hanging inside the @TuftsDaily newsroom. @Scaramucci contributed to the student paper back in the day. The Mooch was on point with his analysis of the upcoming 1983-84 #NBA season.pic.twitter.com/T77v70Stzc". @choenbcboston. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
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