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Contact
Phone: 510-548-8300 Fax: 510-849-2803
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1949, Berkeley, CA 94701-0949
Email: [email protected]
Publication office:
2483 Hearst Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94709
Open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Display advertising contact information:
National and Agency Inquiries:
James Dorn: [email protected]
510-280-2436
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[email protected]
510-280-2452
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Letters to the editor:
Letters to the editor should be typed and must include a signature and daytime phone number. Letters may be edited for space and clarity. To submit letters by email, send them to [email protected].
Submissions:
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Corrections / Clarifications:
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History
For information about changes at the Daily Cal effective September 2008, please visit www.dailycal.org/notice.
The Daily Californian is an independent, student-run newspaper published by the Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Company Inc. The newspaper serves the UC Berkeley campus and its surrounding community, publishing Monday through 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 country. Daily Cal staffers have the unique opportunity of gaining daily metro news experience in the lively city of Berkeley. The newspaper has consistently covered the city and its institutions since its establishment, allowing student journalists to report on campus as well as city news. The Daily Cal also operates Best of Berkeley, a city guide and local arts Web site for the city of Berkeley.
One of the few campus newspapers in the country that is completely independent from the university it covers, the Daily Cal supports itself through advertising revenue and does receive funding from the V.O.I.C.E. Initiative, which requires all UC Berkeley students to pay $2 per semester. The Daily Cal is run entirely by current or recently graduated UC Berkeley students, and the majority of the business division of the newspaper is student-operated as well.
The Daily Cal earned its independence in 1971 and publishes with the name “The Daily Californian” pursuant to a licensing agreement with the UC Board of Regents. The move toward independence was initiated after the university administration attempted to fire three editors because of a controversial editorial regarding People’s Park, a university-owned lot in the Southside neighborhood of Berkeley that became an unplanned park for locals.
A board of directors composed of Daily Cal alumni, UC Berkeley professors and working news media professionals oversees long-term fiscal management for the newspaper. The board of directors has no input or control over the Daily Cal’s editorial policy or newsroom operations. In addition, another external board, the Daily Californian Education Foundation, oversees projects for the newspaper staff’s training and fundraising for the Daily Cal’s continual growth. The Education Foundation, which constitutes mostly Daily Cal alumni, also has no influence on editorial content or policy.
The Daily Californian Alumni Association is one the largest and most active alumni associations of any college newspaper. A chartered club of the California Alumni Association, the alumni association holds regular reunions and receptions across the country. Alumni are established and leading journalists in news organizations such as The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, People magazine, The Arizona Republic, The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Francisco Examiner, Sports Illustrated, NBC News, USA Today and The Washington Post.
In recent years, the Daily Cal has earned dozens of awards on a regional and national level for its comprehensive and high-quality coverage of UC Berkeley, the city of Berkeley and the entire UC system. In 2012 and 2013, the Daily Cal was named best daily student newspaper and best student newspaper website in California by the California College Media Association. The Associated College Press also awarded the Daily Cal one of the six Online Pacemaker Awards in 2013, recognizing the Daily Cal as one of the top online student publications.
Calendar
We publish our print edition four times a week during the school year and twice a week in the summer. The Daily Cal does not publish on the weekends or on Wednesdays. See our Publication calendar for exact dates of publishing.
Staff
Senior Editorial Board Fall 2013
| Sarah Burns Editor in Chief and President [email protected] |
J.D. Morris Managing Editor [email protected] |
| Seung Y. Lee Online Managing Editor [email protected] |
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| Carli Baker Photo Editor [email protected] |
Anna Carey Arts & Entertainment Editor [email protected] |
| Tracy Chan Design Editor [email protected] |
Sara Grossman Executive News Editor [email protected] |
| Chloe Hunt Blog Editor [email protected] |
Noah Kulwin Opinion Editor [email protected] |
| Kai Ridenoure Multimedia Editor [email protected] |
Michael Rosen Sports Editor [email protected] |
| Emily Smith Development Editor [email protected] |
Alex Wolinsky Night Editor [email protected] |
Administration
| Michael J. Wagner Publisher [email protected] |
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| Heather Lawrence Production Manager [email protected] |
Roger Chen Online Manager [email protected] |
| Amruta Trivedi Staff Representative [email protected] |
Zach Schneider Tech Manager [email protected] |
| Nicole Hsieh Marketing Manager [email protected] |
Matt Galligan Sales Manager [email protected] |
| Shirley Hu Distribution Manager [email protected] |
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Serving the campus community since 1871.
Independent student press since 1971.
Comment policy
Comments should remain on topic, concerning the article or blog post to which they are connected. Brevity is encouraged. Posting under a pseudonym is discouraged but permitted.
The Daily Cal encourages readers to voice their opinions respectfully in regard to the readers, writers and contributors of The Daily Californian. Comments are not pre-moderated, but may be removed if deemed to be in violation of this policy.
A comment will be deleted if:
• The comment attacks a named or identified person or group unreasonably;
• The comment makes readers unreasonably uncomfortable on the basis of one’s race, gender, religion, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation or otherwise.
• The comment attacks personally any Daily Californian employee or contributor.
• The comment contains excessive obscenities or sexual explicitness.
• It is determined that the comment is made under a false name or uses another person’s name or email address.
• The comment threatens or encourages violence.
• The comment encourages illegal behavior.
• The comment violates copyright or privacy protections.
• The comment contains personal information.
• The comment is completely off-topic or determined to be spam.
• The comment is made by an employee of the Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Company Inc.
Documents
Annual Report on Form 990 (2010)
Annual Report on Form 990 (2009)
Annual Report on Form 990 (2008)
Annual Report on Form 990 (2007)
University of California agreement
The Daily Californian declared independence from the University of California in 1971 after its governing board disagreed with an editorial it published and attempted to fire three of its editors. In establishing its independence, the Daily Cal signed an agreement with the university allowing it to use the name “The Daily Californian” and distribute its paper on campus. The agreement also ensures the Daily Cal remains by and for students and that the university does not compromise the paper’s editorial independence. The full agreement, last updated December 2011, is available here.
V.O.I.C.E. Initiative Agreement
The Daily Californian declared independence from the University of California in 1971 after its governing board disagreed with an editorial it published and attempted to fire three of its editors. In establishing its independence, the Daily Cal signed an agreement with the university, allowing the publication to use the name “The Daily Californian” and distribute its paper on campus. The agreement also ensures the Daily Cal remains by and for the students and that the university does not compromise the paper’s editorial independence. The full agreement, last updated in December of 2011, is available here.
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