Andrew Erickson: Running through walls for journalism

The best advice I received this year came from a high school senior. Toward the end of a high school journalism club meeting, as the students were putting the finishing touches on the Weekly Cobra layout, we talked about the uncertain future of journalism and my uncertain future within that uncertain future. “It doesn’t matter […]

Natalie Delgadillo: Writing for more than myself

I didn’t think it would be hard to write this column. Maybe that’s odd. Writing something that accurately captures what I’ve learned during my time writing for the Daily Bruin – that explains what it feels like to be here, right now, standing with one foot inside Kerckhoff 118 and the other out – probably […]

Maia Ferdman: Discovering ourselves through the blank page

I dread the emptiness of a blank white page and the impatience of a blinking cursor. To confront that blankness, armed with nothing but a pen or a keyboard, a mind and maybe an idea, is intimidating. And yet, it is something journalists and writers do constantly. They conquer the cursor, tell stories, weave data […]

Chris Kalra: Being bold and stepping outside familiar lines

Outside the Daily Bruin’s editor in chief office hangs a black board encased within a plastic cover. During my junior year as an assistant Sports editor, our editor in chief left two words scribbled in aqua blue up on the board: Be bold. I walked by that sign multiple times a day on my way […]

Sebastian Torrelio: Love|Hate: The Daily Bruin

I must namecheck one individual in particular who is responsible for my career at the Daily Bruin: a tall, buffoonish caricature of James Bond’s dashing looks called Aren Alexander. Alexander, a former Daily Bruin photographer, was my second-year roommate who, knowing that I loved movies far too much, forced me to apply as an intern […]