Daily Trojan
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| Daily Trojan | |
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| Type | Student newspaper |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | University of Southern California |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA United States |
| Circulation | Approx. 9,000 on-campus |
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| Website: http://www.dailytrojan.com/ | |
The Daily Trojan, or "DT," is the official student newspaper of the University of Southern California.
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[edit] General information
The Daily Trojan is a forum for student expression and is written, edited, and managed by university students. It is published Monday-Friday (during regularly scheduled class days) and distributed at various locations around campus.
The Daily Trojan is produced weekly as the "Summer Trojan" during the summer session, typically on Wednesdays, from commencement until July.
Although the length of the DT varies depending on ad volume, larger issues throughout the semester include the Orientation version ("O-Issue"), Career Guide, Transportation Guide, and Restaurant Guide. Starting in 2006, at least four pages (two spreads) of the paper are printed in color. Additional color pages vary with each issue.
The Daily Trojan is part of the USC Department of Student Affairs under Student Publications.
Student Publications oversees the publishing of both the Daily Trojan and El Rodeo Yearbook. Student Publications allows student writers, editors, photographers and artists to develop their talents and air their opinions while providing a service to the campus community.
[edit] History
The first edition of this newspaper was published in 1912, and has been recognized for continuously and consistently providing an atmosphere of free and responsible discussion and intellectual exploration of USC which has helped to both inform and entertain the university community.
[edit] Organization and operations
While the university is the publisher of the Daily Trojan, all day-to-day operations are handled by the student editors and staff. Unlike many university newspapers, the Daily Trojan receives no financial support from the university or from student government funding allocations, and is wholly supported by advertising revenue.
The Daily Trojan is part of USC's Office of Student Publications which is part of USC's Division of Student Affairs. Its sister publication is El Rodeo, USC's yearbook.
Editors in Chief Originally the top editor position at the Daily Trojan was designed to be a full year position. With the dramatic change due to World War Two a number of editors did not complete their term.
One-semester terms were instituted for editors in 1966 because of concern over stress of the intensive job and academics of the students serving. Since the start of one-semester terms of service (1966), only three editors have been reelected to serve an additional semester, or a full year: Mike Parfit (1968-69), Leef Smith (1989-90), and Carole Cleveland (1990-91).
[edit] Alumni
Several writers for the Daily Trojan have gone on to highly visible positions in media outlets, most prominently satirist Art Buchwald. Other high-profile writers include:
- Rob Asghar, columnist
- Janet Clayton, former editorial page editor and VP of the Los Angeles Times
- Robert Erburu, former CEO of Times Mirror Co.
- Herb Klein, communications director in the Nixon White House and later a top news executive with Copley Newspapers in San Diego
- Arash Markazi, sports journalist for Sports Illustrated
- Dorothy Reinhold, executive editor of the San Gabriel Valley newspaper group
- Bob Staake, illustrator and cartoonist
- Sherry Stern, editor of the Calendar section of the L.A. Times
- Alan Robertazzi, editor, New York Times
- Peter Read Miller, Staff Photographer, Sports Illustrated
