More than 400 former Daily Californian staffers have joined The Daily Californian Alumni Association since its resurrection in August 1996. A unit of The Daily Californian Education Foundation, the DCAA exists to bring alumni of the newspaper together as well as to provide mentorship and financial support to the current student staff. Well-known alumni of The Daily Californian include World War II correspondent Marguerite Higgins and countless other leaders in media and business.
Membership is open to all former staff members of The Daily Californian or student publications office staff (pre 1971). A donation of $50 or more to The Daily Californian Education Foundation earns a lifetime membership in the Alumni Association. Membership includes a biannual alumni newsletter, the November 2003 membership directory and invitations to all alumni gatherings. Reunions are held every October during homecoming weekend on the Berkeley campus, and offer a chance for alums to mingle and trade stories with students on the current staff. 2004 reunions will also be held in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sacramento. Chicago and Marin County may also host 2004 reunions.
Karlyn Barker '68, an assistant editor on the metro staff at the Washington Post and a former editor of the Daily Cal, coordinates the Alumni Association along with Dan Jung '00.
The Alumni Association's website is located at http://alumni.dailycal.org.
All monies raised from alumni donations go toward student training in journalism or newspaper management, student scholarships and equipment upgrades at The Daily Californian. Alumni funded projects include a new network of Apple iMac computers for the paper's newsroom, as well as advanced photo-scanning equipment for the Daily Cal's photography department. The Alumni Association's current campaign is to help the newspaper acquire some of the tools necessary to modernize its newsroom.
The DCAA is a chartered club of the California Alumni Association.
To join the DCAA, or for more information, visit this page.
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