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 […]
Tag Archives: 30 columns 2015
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 […]
Jose Ubeda: Capturing the journey, turning the page
Over the course of three years, I have oftentimes found myself looking down at my phone at a particular set of words: “Hey Jose, can you take a shoot?” Despite the fact that I had received the same message time and time again, from multiple editors, it never failed to evoke the feeling of déjà […]
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 […]
Christyana Cabal: Making the moments count
It was 9:05 p.m. in San Jose. I was at the 2013 California College Media Association awards with the editor in chief and the campus News editor. The Daily Bruin had just won 24 awards, and I was busy doodling a picture of my harp on the event’s program. This was emblematic of my past […]
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 […]