Student-run newspaper in Berkeley, California
The Daily Californian
(
Daily Cal
) is an independent, student-run
newspaper
that serves the
University of California, Berkeley
, campus and its surrounding community. It formerly published a print edition four days a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday during the academic year, and twice a week during the summer. Since the beginning of the
COVID-19 pandemic in California
, however,
The Daily Californian
has been publishing a print newspaper once a week on Thursdays.
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History
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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.
[2]
The paper licenses its name from the
Regents of the University of California
.
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[4]
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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.
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 no longer print a paper version of the newspaper on Wednesdays amidst a decline in advertising revenues and higher newspaper costs.
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The Daily Californian Alumni Association
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Many former
Daily Cal
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 provides mentorship and financial support to the current student staff.
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.
Notable alumni
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- Adam Rapoport
(1992) ?
Editor-in-Chief
of
Bon Appetit
from 2010 to 2020
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- Max Boot
(1992) ? Conservative columnist and author
- Darrin Bell
(1993) ? Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for Washington Post Writers Group & King Features
- David Brock
(1983) ? Founder of
Media Matters for America
- Warrington Colescott
(1941?42) ? Painter and printmaker
- John R. Emshwiller
(1972) ? Senior national correspondent for
The Wall Street Journal
- Ron Fimrite
(1949) ? Humorist, historian, author and sportswriter, best known for his 34-year career as a journalist for
Sports Illustrated
[15]
- Marguerite Higgins
(1941) ?
Pulitzer Prize
-winning
war correspondent
- Karl Kasten
(1938) ? Award-winning
Abstract Expressionist
artist
- David Lazarus
(1983) ? Business and consumer columnist for the
Los Angeles Times
; previously, award-winning columnist for the
San Francisco Chronicle
[16]
- T. Christian Miller
(1992) ?
Pulitzer Prize
-winning investigative reporter, author, and
war correspondent
working for
ProPublica
[17]
- Johnathan A. Rodgers
(1967) ? CEO/president of
TV One
, former President of
Discovery Networks
and reporter for
Sports Illustrated
and
Newsweek
[18]
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- Michael Silver
(1988) ? NFL columnist for
NFL.com
; previously, award-winning NFL writer for
Sports Illustrated
, authoring the magazine's Super Bowl game story for 12 straight years from 1994 through 2006; co-author of books by Jerry Rice, Dennis Rodman, Kurt Warner, and Natalie Coughlin
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- Henry T. Weinstein
(1966) ? Award-winning
Los Angeles Times
reporter
[22]
- Jann Wenner
(1966) ? Founder of
Rolling Stone
See also
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References
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- ^
"The Daily Californian"
.
dailycalifornian.ca.newsmemory.com
.
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"The Daily Cal: Berkeley's student paper at a tipping point"
.
Berkeleyside
. April 6, 2012
. Retrieved
January 26,
2017
.
- ^
"Display Advertising"
.
The Daily Californian
. August 21, 2006. Archived from
the original
on August 21, 2006.
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Baxter, Adelyn (August 2, 2012).
"Daily Cal bids farewell to Eshleman, moves to new office on Northside"
.
The Daily Californian
.
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Szinai, Julia (August 26, 2008).
"Daily Cal Budget Woes Force Production Cuts"
.
The Daily Californian
. Archived from
the original
on October 16, 2015.
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Kuns, Bill (November 24, 1982).
"
The Daily Californian
: NCAA awards Big Game to Stanford"
. Stanford.edu
. Retrieved
December 6,
2013
.
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Zamora, Jim Herron (November 6, 1996).
"Daily Cal's 23,000 copies disappear after angry call"
.
San Francisco Examiner
.
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Herscher, Elaine (November 6, 1996).
"Daily Cal Stolen Off Racks ? Prop. 209 Cited"
.
San Francisco Chronicle
.
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Thornton, Paul (December 12, 2002).
"Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates to Plead Guilty to Theft"
.
The Daily Californian
. Archived from
the original
on March 27, 2006.
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Zimmerman, Jonathan (August 8, 2016).
Campus Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know
. Oxford University Press. p. 59.
ISBN
978-0-19-062742-3
.
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"The Daily Clog"
.
The Daily Californian
. Archived from
the original
on December 3, 2006.
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Bhattacharjee, Riya (August 28, 2008).
"Daily Cal in Financial Trouble"
.
The Berkeley Daily Planet
. Retrieved
December 6,
2013
.
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"The Daily Californian"
.
dailycal.org
.
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Flynn, Kerry (June 9, 2020).
"Bon Appetit editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport resigns after brown face photo sparks anger"
.
CNN
.
Archived
from the original on June 19, 2020
. Retrieved
June 19,
2020
.
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Lee, Wendy (August 27, 2008).
"Alums to Honor Ron Fimrite"
.
The Daily Californian
. Archived from
the original
on July 21, 2011
. Retrieved
December 6,
2013
.
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Lee, Wendy (November 12, 2009).
"Lazarus, Schacht Honored as Alumni of the Year"
.
The Daily Californian
. Archived from
the original
on January 27, 2010
. Retrieved
December 6,
2013
.
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Platten, Andrea (April 18, 2016).
"2 Daily Californian alumni, Berkeley resident win Pulitzer Prizes"
.
The Daily Californian
. Retrieved
April 26,
2016
.
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"TV One"
.
TV One
. Archived from
the original
on April 11, 2009.
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Karlyn Barker.
"The Daily Californian : Paper Gave Honoree 'A Career I Still Love'
"
(PDF)
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on August 28, 2006
. Retrieved
December 6,
2013
.
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"Michael Silver | Yahoo Author Profile"
. Sports.yahoo.com. April 20, 2011
. Retrieved
December 6,
2013
.
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"Michael Silver's Rollin' With ? Writer Archive"
.
Sports Illustrated
. Retrieved
December 6,
2013
.
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"Times writer wins honor"
.
Los Angeles Times
. November 13, 2006
. Retrieved
December 6,
2013
.
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