Daily Cal uses ScribbleLive for live blogging
Last week we covered the UC Board of Regents meeting with a new live blogging technology called ScribbleLive. Read More…
Category Archives: Editor’s Blog
UC president gives green light to place V.O.I.C.E. fee on Berkeley campus bill
No one at The Daily Californian could have begun to comprehend what we were getting ourselves into when we decided to pursue a student fee this past year. We knew it wouldn’t be easy, but we believed that if we tried our best, our fellow students would vote to support Read More…
Daily Cal’s additional day of print fares poorly in summer
Paper will print on Mondays, Thursdays until beginning of fall semester
Next week, The Daily Californian will return to producing two papers a week for the remainder of the summer. At the beginning of June, we increased our days of print from two to three in an attempt to bring in incremental revenue to offset a multitude of fixed costs — Read More…
Daily Cal redesigns homepage
Here at The Daily Californian, we’re constantly seeking new ways to better serve our readers. On Tuesday, we launched a new redesign of our homepage, tailored to present more content above the fold and allow for more customization in the way we feature articles.
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Daily Cal to increase print days over summer
Paper to come out Monday, Tuesday and Thursday starting June 4
Summer is traditionally the most difficult time of the year for The Daily Californian. With just two print editions a week, advertising revenue goes down, fewer students stick around to produce the paper, and readers see our print product less frequently. But we still have a multitude of fixed costs Read More…
We couldn’t have done it without you
The Daily Californian staff was thrilled to hear Friday afternoon that the ASUC Judicial Council ruled in favor of the V.O.I.C.E. Initiative, ending weeks of uncertainty about the future of the newspaper. The referendum process proved to be a much more taxing battle than we could have foreseen, yet because Read More…
Daily Cal awarded top daily student newspaper, best website in California
We are proud to announce that The Daily Californian was awarded the best daily student newspaper and the best student newspaper website in California, along with nine other first place awards by the California College Media Association (CCMA). We received a total of 23 awards, which were announced Saturday evening Read More…
Editor’s Note: Daily Cal switches to broadsheet format to save costs, improve quality
The following editor’s note appeared on the front page of the first issue of our broadsheet edition, published Monday, April 16, 2012: The paper you are holding is the best of both worlds. It’s better. By switching to the broadsheet format, our paper is four inches longer, allowing us more space on which to Read More…
The high cost of independence
Daily Cal response to V.O.I.C.E. executive order
At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, we met with ASUC President Vishalli Loomba and Graduate Assembly President Bahar Navab regarding an issue that had just come up. Six hours later, Loomba issued an executive order invalidating the V.O.I.C.E. Initiative, a referendum asking students whether or not they approve of a $2 fee Read More…
Daily Cal student newspaper website ranked among top 14 nationwide
We are proud to announce that The Daily Californian’s website has ranked among the top 14 student newspaper websites for large campuses in the nation, according to results released today. The Daily Cal is a finalist for the Associated Collegiate Press’s Online Pacemaker Award for 2012 in the category of Read More…