This post was updated June 11 at 7:58 a.m. I was not supposed to be here. Or at least that was what it felt like all those years ago. As distant of a memory he may be, high school senior Ryan was in the midst of accepting his fate at a different university before UCLA […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Reminiscing about time in the newsroom is like creating headlines -30-
One thing a lot of people don’t know about journalism is that writers do not normally write the headlines of their stories. Or, well, at least I didn’t know that before I joined the Daily Bruin. That’s the copy editor’s job. The copy editor writes the headline because the copy editor is supposed to be […]
Preparing my goodbye to the office that gave me a creative outlet and a voice -30-
As someone who flew over 8,000 miles to come here for school, I’m no stranger to goodbyes. They’re often tear-filled hugs, drowned out by airline announcements and the sterile scent of disinfectants. But when I leave campus in a week, my goodbye with the Daily Bruin is going to be different. I joined the Daily […]
Unexpected introduction to news reporting challenged me to be bold -30-
When I joined the Daily Bruin during the winter quarter of my second year, I was simply an observant bystander. I was always interested in journalism, but wasn’t confident in my abilities because I lacked experience. As a Radio intern, I would read the stories and visit the office regularly, but did not contribute anything […]
Finding confidence among the confusion while coding for The Bruin -30-
I wanted to be a copy editor for the Daily Bruin more than anything, long before I even knew how to write a line of code. I loved looking for the minute details, the things that didn’t always matter to most people. Given my clickbait-y headline suggestions for The Stack this year, I’m glad past […]
The Daily Bruin newsroom made me who I am today, one comma at a time -30-
A list of words and phrases the Daily Bruin ruined for me, forever: “Oxford comma,” “slack,” “centered around” and “unique.” Before I joined The Bruin my freshman year, I was a staunch Oxford comma supporter. I’m surprised I even got in, considering I definitely used the extra pop of punctuation throughout my application to the […]
Words of advice to my past self about news writing, life in LA -30-
As I write this column, I’m struck by how fast my time at UCLA has gone. When you’re knee-deep in midterms and questioning yourself on why you just didn’t take an easier route and become a superhero like you wanted to, it seems like the quarter will never end. But, it has. And now with […]