Category Archives: Press Pass

Press Pass: While tiring, covering Coachella proves memorable for Daily Bruin’s A&E editor

The craziness of covering Coachella Weekend 2 began before we even reached the outskirts of Indio, California. Friday, 8 a.m. Daily Bruin’s Photo editor Michael Zshornack and I departed promptly from Westwood, congratulating ourselves on actually leaving at the time we said we would. We headed out for what would become one of the most […]

Press Pass: An inside look at a Daily Bruin alumni event with Matea Gold

SAN FRANCISCO — Her day started with tweets, like usual. But by the evening, Matea Gold was far from Washington D.C., speaking as the featured guest at a UCLA reception that celebrated the Daily Bruin and the power of journalism. Gold, who is the national political enterprise and investigations editor at the Washington Post, graduated […]

Press Pass: An inside look at the Daily Bruin’s fall 2017 recruitment statistics

With the start of a new school year comes another round of Daily Bruin intern applications. This is an exciting time for the Daily Bruin office as it ushers in an eager new class of writers, photographers, designers and more. The Daily Bruin received about 5 percent more applications this year than last year – […]

Throwback Thursday: The page-turning process of selecting The Bruin’s 2000-2001 editor staff

UCLA’s unofficial journalism school officially finished its spring turnover this week. Emails were sent, cries of joys were expressed and Kerckhoff 118’s new tribal leaders were announced with pomp and circumstance. That’s right, the Daily Bruin’s new editorial staff was announced this week. Everyone from the five assistant News editors to the lone assistant Blogging […]

Press Pass: A&E writers’ favorite experiences of 2016

For the new year, Daily Bruin A&E writers share what made their reporting experiences in 2016 so memorable. “Alum panelists discuss Asian-American representation in popular media” Olivia Mazzucato I arrived to cover the “Asian-Americans in Hollywood & Entertainment” panel, hosted by Lapu, the Coyote that Cares Theatre Company. The organizers immediately sent me backstage to […]

Press Pass: The fall 2016 recruitment process at the Daily Bruin

Recruitment decisions may have been posted on the door of Kerckhoff 118 in week 2, but the process of joining the Daily Bruin is far from over for the 2016 fall intern class. Before new staffers are able to work for the paper, Daily Bruin interns must go through a dozen hours of weekend training […]