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<PageContainer title="About" featureImage={featureImage}>
<p>
The Daily Bruin Alumni Network (the "DBAN") will actively engage the
alumni of the Daily Bruin to serve as a robust community for all former
staff members, in support of each other and The Bruin. The DBAN will
provide funding, mentorship and professional development programs for
aspiring student-journalists at UCLA, ensuring the excellence and
longevity of The Bruin. The DBAN will encourage students to reach beyond
UCLA, supporting community programs to advance news literacy and the
Welcome to the official site of the Daily Bruin Alumni Network, a group
devoted to supporting alumni of the UCLA Daily Bruin and student journalism
at the university. The organization is an official affinity network of the
UCLA Alumni Association.
</p>
<h2>Mission Statement</h2>
<p>
The Daily Bruin Alumni Network (the "DBAN") will actively engage the alumni of
the Daily Bruin to serve as a robust community for all former staff members,
in support of each other and The Bruin. The DBAN will provide funding, mentorship
and professional development programs for aspiring student-journalists at UCLA,
ensuring the excellence and longevity of The Bruin. The DBAN will encourage students
to reach beyond UCLA, supporting community programs to advance news literacy and the
free press.
</p>
<h2>Program Components</h2>
<h3>Alumni Engagement</h3>
<ul>
<li>
A governing board consisting of Daily Bruin alumni, the current
student alumni relations director and current student editor in chief
to oversee, manage and promote the DBAN.
</li>
<li>
An annual on-campus general meeting and reunion, featuring speakers,
career panels and receptions for Daily Bruin alumni from all
professions, to strengthen bonds among each other and with the current
students.
</li>
<li>
A dedicated DBAN website, as well as active social media engagement,
including private Facebook and LinkedIn groups, for our alumni in all
professions to network, to reconnect, to promote our events and to
share general updates and career opportunities.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Mentorship and Development</h3>
<ul>
<li>
Pro bono advisory workshops and newspaper critiques offered by alumni
practicing journalists and media professionals for current Daily Bruin
students and staff.
</li>
<li>
Mentorship program and career guidance by alumni in journalism and
related fields.
</li>
<li>
Scholarship to fund original student journalism of global reach and
impact.
</li>
<li>
Work with academic departments like Communications Studies and English
to bolster professional advising and develop journalism courses for
student-journalists.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Community Engagement and Service</h3>
<ul>
<li>
The Daily Bruin News Literacy Project: With alumni funding and
support, Daily Bruin advisors and staffers will regularly give back to
the community by going to local middle schools and high schools to
give workshops on the freedom of the press, journalism's role in
democracy and general news literacy.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Alumni Funding/Endowment</h3>
<h2>History</h2>
<p>
The Daily Bruin Alumni Network's roots can be traced to 2016, when Lawrence Ma ('95)
connected with 2016-17 Editor-in-Chief Tanner Walters ('18). Lawrence had earmarked
a portion of his university donations for the Daily Bruin through UCLA Student Affairs,
which transfers the money to ASUCLA and into The Bruin's independent finances.
</p>
<p>
Tanner had already created a new student position on staff to help get alumni efforts off the
ground and was developing a directory of alumni names from archive staff boxes.
</p>
<p>
Working with the Daily Bruin and the UCLA Alumni Association over the next years, the network
began to take shape. The DB alumni Facebook group was relaunched and alumni began to step up to
join the Committee for the Daily Bruin Alumni Network. The group held its first events in 2018
and received official recognition as an affinity network of the UCLA Alumni Association.
</p>
<p>
Many attempts have been made over the past century to build an alumni association for the Daily Bruin.
We have taken a number of steps to make this latest incarnation last in perpetuity. For example, The
Bruin has committed to a permanent editor position in the student alumni director. By becoming an
affinity network of the UCLA Alumni Association, the network has institutional support and expertise
to build our numbers, maintain contact information and plan events.
</p>
<p>
The Daily Bruin has had to undergo significant changes in recent years
due to steadily- declining advertising revenue. To maintain daily
publication, The Bruin has had to seek funding from student fees in 2009
and 2016. To limit rent costs, the Kerckhoff Hall office was reduced to
about half its previous size in 2017. The full-time student media
advisor position was eliminated, and the rest of the professional staff
has been reduced to just three positions. Editor stipends have fallen
sharply, requiring many staff members to take additional jobs.
We hope you'll join us as we continue to write our history!
</p>
<h2>NETWORK COMPONENTS</h2>
<p>
The future of journalism depends on the continued success of college
newspapers like the Daily Bruin, training the next generation of
journalists and media professionals. Here are the ways the DBAN and its
members can financially support the Daily Bruin:
A governing board consisting of Daily Bruin alumni oversees, manages and
promotes the alumni network. Committees are in charge of the following projects:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
The Daily Bruin Support Fund (#63255O): All alumni can earmark a
portion or all of their annual UCLA giving to this official UCLA
Office of Scholarships & Student Support Initiatives fund, created
specifically to enhance the news-gathering and operational
capabilities (such as equipment and travel) at the Daily Bruin.
Maintaining a directory for communications, a dedicated DBAN website and an active
social media presence. This includes private Facebook and LinkedIn groups for our alumni
in all professions to network, reconnect, promote events and to share general updates and
career opportunities.
</li>
<li>
The Daily Bruin Alumni Scholarship & Endowment: Pitch and attract both
high-dollar donations and regular alumni support, to establish an
endowment to fund an alumni scholarship for student-journalists
pursuing original reporting projects of global reach and impact, and
to provide additional professional mentoring and advising to better
position our student-staffers for the future job market in the media
and related fields.
Planning an annual on-campus general meeting and reunion, featuring speakers, career panels
and receptions for Daily Bruin alumni from all professions, to strengthen bonds among each
other and with the current students.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>The Way Forward</h3>
<ul>
<li>
Spring & Summer 2018 - Recruit and assemble a founding alumni working
group to set up the organizational structure and develop programs and
benchmarks for the first 2-4 years. With the current Daily Bruin
staff, this group would help plan and host the first general meeting
and alumni reunion.
Building scholarship programs and fundraising campaigns to support the Daily Bruin and its staffers.
</li>
<li>
Fall 2018 - The first annual general meeting and reunion of the Daily
Bruin Alumni Network on Friday, October 5, 2018, in Westwood.
</li>
<li>
The Centennial and Beyond: In 2019, the centennial of UCLA and the
Daily Bruin, we will work toward gaining official UCLA Alumni
Association recognition as an affinity alumni network and fully
implement the above-stated goals and objectives.
Developing a mentorship program and career guidance by alumni in journalism and related fields,
including support like advisory workshops and newspaper critiques.
</li>
</ul>
<p>Please check out our "Volunteer" page to see more.</p>
<h2>WHY SUPPORT THE DAILY BRUIN?</h2>
<p>
The Daily Bruin has had to undergo significant changes in recent years due to steadily- declining advertising
revenue. To maintain daily publication, The Bruin has had to seek funding from student fees in 2009 and 2016.
To limit rent costs, the Kerckhoff Hall office was reduced to about half its previous size in 2017. The full-time
student media advisor position was eliminated, and the rest of the professional staff has been reduced to just three
positions. Editor stipends have fallen sharply, requiring many staff members to take additional jobs.
</p>
<p>
The future of journalism depends on the continued success of college newspapers like the Daily Bruin, training the next
generation of journalists and media professionals. To see how the DBAN and its members can help The Bruin, please visit
our "Give Back" page.
</p>
<h2>THE WAY FORWARD</h2>
<p>
In 2019 – the centennial of UCLA and the Daily Bruin – we will work to build our board and committees. With official UCLA
Alumni Association recognition as an affinity alumni network, we are prepared to hit the ground running for our goals and objectives.
</p>
<h2>Alumni Spotlight</h2>
<FeatureQuote
speaker="Matea Gold"
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href="https://twitter.com/tannerbwalters/lists/ucla-daily-bruin-alumni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"
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A Twitter List by tannerbwalters
<Button>A Twitter List by tannerbwalters</Button>
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guidance. This team will also work closely with the Daily Bruin's student alumni director to develop
the best ways to help students.
</p>
<p>To sign up for a critique session, please visit{' '}
<a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0945a4a72fab9-daily">this site</a>.
</p>
<h2>MEET THE ALUMNI NETWORK</h2>
<h3>LEADERSHIP TEAM</h3>
<p>Lawrence Ma '95 & Tanner Walters '18 | Daily Bruin Alumni Network co-chairs</p>
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