UCSD Guardian

The UCSD Guardian
	Front page of the May 26, 2016 issue
Type	Student newspaper
Format	Tabloid
School	University of California, San Diego
Owner(s)	University of California San Diego Student Affairs
Editor-in-chief	Adalia Luo
Founded	1967
Headquarters	La Jolla, California
Circulation	10,000
Website	ucsdguardian.org

The UCSD Guardian is a student-operated newspaper at the University of California, San Diego. Originally named the Triton Times, it is published once a week during the regular academic year, usually Mondays.^[1] Although The Guardian is officially a university department, it is funded solely by advertising. Unlike many college newspapers, The Guardian has no faculty advisor and is not formally tied to any academic program.^{[citation needed]}

Staff structure

The Guardian's editorial staff consists of UCSD undergraduates. The Editor in Chief is elected in the late spring by a vote of the current year's staff; the Editor in Chief-elect then selects new senior editors, who make up the paper's Executive Board, which is ratified by the outgoing editors.^{[citation needed]}

In contrast, the paper's business side is operated by several longtime university employees. A Business Oversight Board, which includes the paper's general manager, Editor in Chief, and managing editors, is responsible for setting long-term policies for the business and overseeing their implementation.^{[citation needed]}

University relationship

Though The Guardian is technically a self-supporting enterprise under the university's Student Affairs department, it operates with complete independence and autonomy from the university. Under the paper's constitution, the Executive Board operates as the sole publisher of the paper. The newspaper's student editors have formally resolved to cease its production and operations in the case of any university interference.^{[citation needed]}

Recent history

In recent years, the paper has undergone a series of crises and resulting restructurings. Between 2001 and 2004, The Guardian saw its annual revenue plunge, from above $400,000 to less than $320,000. The resulting budget deficits nearly wiped out the paper's financial reserves and resulted in page reductions for its editorial operations.^{[citation needed]}

As part of an effort to stop the bleeding, the paper's general manager implemented a strict 50-50 division between editorial content and advertising. The Executive Board of the paper responded to the crisis by carrying out a reorganization of the business department and a reduction in the compensation of its student staff.^{[citation needed]}

Editorial success

Throughout the years, The Guardian has won many local, regional, statewide, and national awards. In 2006, The Guardian won nearly a dozen and a half awards from the California College Media Association, in categories ranging from design and illustration to writing and photography. Shortly after, the paper was also named an honorable mention in the competition to be named Newspaper of the Year by the Associated Collegiate Press.^{[citation needed]}

In 2020, The Guardian won several awards from the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists, including second place for Best College Newspaper, first place for Best Arts & Entertainment Story in a College Publication, and third place for Best Opinion in a College Publication.^[2] The Guardian also won several awards from the San Diego Press Club, including first place for Best Column in a College Publication, second place for Best Investigative Reporting in a College Publication, and an honorable mention for Best Student Newspaper.^[3]

While UCSD does not have a journalism program, many former Guardian writers and editors have launched journalism careers. Guardian alumni have worked or currently work for major newspapers (including The Wall Street Journal, the Orange County Register, Kansas City Star, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The San Diego Union-Tribune, the Riverside Press-Enterprise, The Torrance Daily Breeze, The Christian Science Monitor, Investor's Business Daily, LA Weekly, SF Weekly and the Los Angeles Times), magazines (including Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Flaunt and Macworld), and television news stations (KGTV-San Diego).^{[citation needed]} In 2006, an alumnus was nominated for the Academy Award in the Documentary Short category.^[4]

Change in frequency

During fall quarter 1990, The Guardian published three issues a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Due to a lack of advertising revenue and the increased production and distribution costs of a third issue of the newspaper, the paper reverted to a twice-weekly schedule during winter quarter 1991. The Guardian was published twice weekly, on Mondays and Thursdays, until winter quarter 2017, when the switch to a weekly schedule was made.^{[citation needed]}

At the beginning of spring quarter 2020, The Guardian temporarily ceased its print publication and made the transition to release all content on its website and in a weekly newsletter. This change was made due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Guardian returned to print at the beginning of the Fall quarter in 2021-22.

Editors-in-chief

2024-2025: Adalia Luo
2023-2024: Raymond Tran
2022-2023: Jocelyn Brossia
2021-2022: Zara Irshad
2020-2021: Jahfreen Alam
2019-2020: Daisy Scott
2018-2019: Chris Robertson
2017-2018: Samuel Velazquez
2016-2017: Fall: Tina Butoiu; Winter and Spring: Rosina Garcia and Marcus Thuillier
2015-2016: Vincent Pham
2014-2015: Fall: Zev Hurwitz; Winter and Spring: Aleksandra Konstantinovic
2013-2014: Fall and Winter: Laira Martin; Spring: Zev Hurwitz
2012-2013: Fall: Angela Chen Winter: Arielle Sallai Spring: Laira Martin
2011-2012: Angela Chen
2010-2011: Angela Chen
2009-2010: Simone Wilson
2008-2009: Matthew McArdle
2007-2008: Charles Nguyen
2006-2007: Heather Welles
2005-2006: Grant Schrader
2004-2005: Clayton Worfolk
2003-2004: Evan McLaughlin
2002-2003: Josh Crouse
2001-2002: Alison Norris and Jeffrey White
2000-2001: Vincent Gragnani
1999-2000: Marc Comer and Julia Kulla-Mader
1998-1999: Walt Dickinson
1997-1998: Terry Lew
1996-1997: Chris Schreiber
1995-1996: Tedd Ladd
1994-1995: Doug Alexander
1993-1994: Eric Schmidt
1992-1993: Ben Boychuk
1991-1992: Jason Snell
1990-1991: Phil Gruen
1989-1990: Seth Slater
1988-1989: John Shaw
1987-1988: Niki Newlands
1986-1987:
1985-1986: Phil Willon
1984-1985:
1983-1984: Tim August
1982-1983:
1981-1982: Peter Mortensen
1980-1981: Kathy Huffer
1979-1980: Eric Jaye
1977-1978: Alan Russell
1976-1977: David Eisen
1974-1976: John H. Taylor
1973-1974:
1972-1973: Camy Sharick
1971-1972: Molly Selvin
1970-1971:
1969-1970: Steve Landau
1968-1969:
1967-1968: Renney Senn (Founding Editor)^{[citation needed]}

The Disreguardian

In the early 1980s The Guardian published several April Fool's Day issues, titled The Disreguardian. The practice stopped at some point, but was revived on April 1, 1990, a decision that resulted in Editor-in-Chief Seth Slater's resignation in protest. The April Fool's issues continue to this day.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Hurwitz, Zev. "About Us". UCSD Guardian. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
^ "SPJ 2020 winners FINAL.PDF".
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-10-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ documentary film

External links

Official website

[1] Hurwitz, Zev. "About Us". UCSD Guardian. Retrieved 17 February 2015.

[2] "SPJ 2020 winners FINAL.PDF".

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-10-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] umentary film

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