DBANxCrowdfunding: The Daily Bruin Scholarship Campaign and Internship Campaign 2025
Help Daily Bruin staffers get the experience they need to become competitive professionals in journalism and media. Your support of the Daily Bruin scholarship and the Orange County Register internship will enable hard-working UCLA students to learn the reporting, editing and design skills that will prepare them to follow Bruin alums who have gone on to top journalism jobs and Pulitzer Prizes.
The Daily Bruin has served for more than a century as the paper of record of Westwood and the essential training ground for UCLA students interested in journalism and careers in the media. Generation after generation, The Bruin has produced award-winning journalists and media professionals of distinction.
Whether they studied English, political science or microbiology, Daily Bruin alums usually agree: "We majored in the Bruin." Balancing rigorous academics at UCLA and the near-full time commitment to maintain the award-winning standards of the Daily Bruin is challenging and sometimes stressful. The Daily Bruin Scholarship is designed to reduce some of the stress for students who devote countless hours in Kerckhoff Hall, racing to get the paper out. Stipends at the Daily Bruin have fallen over the years, especially in comparison to skyrocketing rents near campus. With ever-rising tuition and cost of living in Westwood, it is more difficult than ever for staffers at The Bruin to persist and pursue careers in the press and media, which are essential to not just the UCLA community, but the world.
In addition to our Pulitzer Prize winners, Daily Bruin alumni include legendary comedian Carol Burnett '54, diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph Bunche '27, former politico and NPR president Frank Mankiewicz '47, New York Times Washington editor Matea Gold '96, longtime ESPN anchor Cari Champion '98, former National Geographic CEO Gary Knell '75, Federal Public Defender of California's Central District, Cuauhtemoc Ortega '03, and Frank Spotnitz '82, who wrote and produced "The X Files" and created "The Man in the High Castle".
Forty three scholarships have been awarded to Daily Bruin students since DBAN began in 2018. This year, four Daily Bruin staffers will receive $2,500 merit scholarships funded by YOUR donations to the UCLA crowdfunding campaign. The scholarships go to staffers who have shown dedication to the Bruin and want to pursue careers in journalism and related fields. Two other staffers will receive scholarships from recently created endowments at DBAN - one created by DBAN founder Lawrence Ma '95 and Daily Bruin alums Zachary Aron '94 and Robina Riccitiello '84 and one created by Fern Seizer '56 and her family in honor of her husband Bob '54. Next year, another scholarship will come from an endowment funded by the family and friends of legendary Variety reporter Dave McNary '74, who helped start DBAN and served on its first board. A new scholarship will provide funding next year for DB students in honor of the late Eric Mandel '76, thanks to a generous gift by his wife Eva Plaza Mandel.
In an effort to help Daily Bruin students get key work experience, DBAN has partnered with the Orange County Register to create a 10-week summer fellowship with the OC Register's Demographics & Equity Team, with the stipend supported by the alumni.
With your support this month, DBAN will raise the money for merit scholarships and the Orange County Register fellowship for 2025-26.
The DB Scholarships enable promising student-staffers to rise through the ranks from cub reporters to editors, to practice the craft elbow-to-elbow with professionals from the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register, and to prepare for the competitive journalism and media job market when they graduate.
Working at the Daily Bruin creates bonds that last a lifetime and gives the student-journalists the training that enables them to succeed in the real world. In the daily trials and tribulations of putting out the newspaper, in print or online, the student-staffers make lifelong friends and gain valuable skills that have produced stellar journalists, as well as leaders in law, business, government, entertainment, education, the arts, technology and philanthropy.
Contribute today and support the promising student-staffers of The Daily Bruin!
The Daily Bruin Scholarship Fund is an official account of the UCLA Fund, and your tax-deductible contributions count toward Chancellor’s Society status. We also encourage and accept employer-matched contributions.
The Orange County Register Fellowship will fund the internship at the Orange County Register/Southern California News Group. Your tax-deductible contributions count toward Chancellor’s Society status. We also encourage and accept employer-matched contributions.
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