Editor’s Blog

Daily Cal named top daily college paper, website in California for second year

Daily Cal editors and staff members attended the California College Media Association's award ceremony on Saturday and brought home 24 awards, including first place for General Newspaper Excellence and General Website Excellence.
Daily Cal editors and staff members attended the California College Media Association's award ceremony on Saturday and brought home 24 awards, including first place for General Newspaper Excellence and General Website Excellence.

For the second year in a row, The Daily Californian has been named the top daily college newspaper and website in the state and was awarded first place in six additional categories by the California College Media Association. We received a total of 24 awards for excellence in print and Read More…

Graduation 2013

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Editor’s note: Thank you

Farewell column from the outgoing editor

When I arrived at Berkeley nearly four years ago, I knew I wanted to join The Daily Californian. Having worked on my high school paper for three years, I figured I would continue trying out this journalism thing. It was fun. I liked talking to people. I liked writing. But Read More…

Columns

Jonathan Kuperberg

Farewell column: Still crazy after all these years

I promised myself I wouldn’t cry while writing this, but I can feel the saltwater in my eyes, and I haven’t even finished the first sentence. I know it’s time; I’m just not ready. I guess that’s why I’ve been putting off writing this, even though the words have been Read More…

Special Video Series

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Cafes in Berkeley

Watch a video with reviews of coffee shops in Berkeley by Fiona Hannigan. The coffee shops featured are Peet’s, Philz Coffee, Milano, Strada, Free Speech Movement, and Espresso Roma.

News

View from lobby looking toward the elevators in 600 Eshleman Hall. (Stephanie Baer/Senior Staff)

Daily cal moves from Eshleman to Hearst

The Daily Californian will leave its sixth floor office in Eshleman Hall this Friday following the upcoming demolition of the building. There is no place reserved for it in the limited space allotted to other student organizations. Instead the Daily Cal will move editorial and business operations to a new Read More…

Op-Eds

Shot.jacobwilson

He was not just another statistic

In media, boy is trapped by his circumstances

It hurt my heart to learn about the shooting death of another young man in Oakland. It hurt even more when I realized I knew him: Tyler Jamison. The Feb. 12 Daily Cal article about a “Berkeley teenager shot in Oakland identified by police” deepened the pain. Instead of learning Read More…