History of the Daily Bruin

Did you know that the Daily Bruin has been UCLA’s main campus newspaper since it was founded in 1919? Although the newspaper was known as the Cub Californian at the time, it would eventually evolve into the Daily Bruin we know and love today. Keep reading to learn more about the history of the Daily Bruin.

According to a Daily Bruin article, UCLA’s campus newspaper started in 1919 as the Cub Californian, a four-page weekly newspaper. The newspaper staff operated out of an office only eight by ten feet large.

The Daily Bruin article goes on to describe how the paper grew from its humble beginnings. By 1922, the paper went from printing once a week to twice a week. When the university mascot changed to the Grizzlies in 1924, the newspaper changed its name to the California Grizzlies accordingly. The following year, the paper stepped up production to print daily. Then, in 1926, UCLA changed its mascot again to the Bruins, prompting the paper’s final name change: the Daily Bruin. 

Once UCLA moved from its Vermont Avenue campus to Westwood in 1929, the Daily Bruin office space got its own upgrade; according to the Daily Bruin article, the newspaper moved into Royce Hall for two years, and then settled into Kerckhoff Hall after the student union building opened in 1931, as the paper operates under the student-run media division of ASUCLA.

The Daily Bruin has been serving the UCLA community ever since, delivering print and digital news to the campus. According to the Daily Bruin’s about page, it is now the only five-day paper serving a University of California campus. 

The UCLA newspaper also regularly wins numerous annual journalism awards; the Daily Bruin just took home seven Southern California Journalism Awards for its student work this past June.

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