ABOUT US

The Daily Bruin is UCLA’s on-campus, student newspaper. Since 1919, the Daily Bruin has provided the UCLA and the greater Los Angeles community with timely and accurate news regarding the University of California, Los Angeles. It informs its audience through written and visual media, allowing its content to be accessed through multiple avenues.

The Bruin is comprised of seventeen sections. The Bruin publishes content daily online at dailybruin.com and in print three times a week. The Daily Bruin is one of the 10 UCLA Student Media publications.

We hire twice an academic year – at the beginning of fall quarter and once at the beginning of winter quarter. In the fall, all of the Daily Bruin’s sections hire but only a handful welcome new staffers in the winter.

The Bruin is proud to consider itself a teaching institution, providing its staff with the materials for success during their time at The Bruin. This also means that The Bruin does not require prior journalism experience and that it values a strong attitude to learn over experience.

Should you have any general recruitment inquiries, please email [email protected]. For all section-specific inquiries, you may email the section editors here.

SECTIONS

To learn more about each section, read our section descriptions at https://dailybruin.com/daily-bruin-intern-descriptions.

APPLYING TO THE BRUIN:

Prospective applicants may find all Daily Bruin applications below. The Daily Bruin welcomes all UCLA students – graduate and undergraduate – to apply. To be considered, all applications must be completed and submitted by the deadline.

The deadline for fall 2025 applications is Monday, Oct. 6 at noon.

Before applying to a section, we highly encourage you to read the FAQs below, the role description attached to the application and review the section’s content. Following application submissions, some candidates may be invited for an interview. Application decisions will be released by Friday of Week 2.

Please note that upon acceptance, interns must complete a mandatory student media training that will occur in Week 3. All information regarding the training will be provided by section editors.

Due to the great volume of applications that we receive, we highly recommend that you do not wait until the last minute to submit your application. If you are having any technical issues with your application, please email [email protected] and copy the relevant section editor.

We wish you the best of luck!

For more announcements, you can follow us on Instagram @joindailybruin or join our recruitment newsletter here. If you have any questions, feel free to email [email protected].

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who can apply to the Daily Bruin?

All UCLA undergraduate and graduate students can apply to the Daily Bruin. The Bruin is proud to welcome interns from across their journeys at UCLA, including transfer students, commuter students, veteran students, undocumented students and students with disabilities.

Can I apply to multiple sections?

All applicants can only apply to one section of the Daily Bruin. Applying to more than one Daily Bruin section may lead to the disqualification of that applicant. Accepted interns also have the opportunity to crosstrain into other sections once hired by The Bruin. We advise students to apply for the section they feel most excited about to maximize their chance of being hired.

Can I join the Daily Bruin as an editor?

All accepted applicants must enter the Daily Bruin as an intern. Once a Daily Bruin intern completes their internship, they become a contributor and are eligible for earning promotion to paid staff positions. Contributors and paid staff are eligible to apply for editorship in spring quarter.

What opportunities do Daily Bruin staffers get?

Staff at the Daily Bruin have in recent years been accredited to cover high profile events including the Oscars, Coachella and UCLA Athletics games, including on the road. Students have also had their work highlighted by outlets including CNN, ABC, NBC, the BBC, the Washington Post and the New York Times and won numerous awards.

How soon will I hear back regarding my application?

You will receive a decision regarding your application by Friday, Oct. 10 at the latest.

Does my year affect my chances of being accepted?

The Daily Bruin does not consider one’s year as a basis for admission. The Daily Bruin is an equal opportunity employer and values having a staff that consists of people from all years and backgrounds.

Can I join [x organization] AND the Daily Bruin?

Our conflict of interest policies prevent students from working for both the Daily Bruin and political organizations/committees, including student government (i.e., any USAC office in any capacity). You may apply to the Daily Bruin and student government, but you must choose between the two if you’re accepted into both. Staffers from the Opinion section may join conventional partisan political groups (Bruin Democrats, Bruin Republicans, etc.) as long as they do not hold leadership positions in these groups. Staffers outside of the Opinion section may not join conventional partisan political groups but may join non-partisan political groups like Bruin Political Union. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to email [email protected].

Is the Daily Bruin’s internship a paid one?

While we are not able to pay our interns, we do offer opportunities to be promoted to paid staff positions through outlined performance metrics. The Daily Bruin Alumni Network also offers scholarships for promising staffers at the end of each academic year. Even though they are unpaid, interns get access to invaluable training and development experiences, including through access to industry-leading journalists and resources. What is the acceptance rate for the Daily Bruin?

There is no set acceptance rate for hiring. There are a number of factors that contribute to the number of interns that a section hires, including their needs and the quality of the applications submitted.

What does access to learning look like at the Daily Bruin?

The Bruin provides one of the most rigorous training programs in student media, with recent speakers including Pulitzer Prize winners and newsroom leaders at the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Each student journalist will also have access to a direct supervisor to help guide them in their journey at The Bruin.

Where have recent Daily Bruin alumni gone on to work?

Current students and alumni from the last five years have gone on to work at outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, NBC, NPR and the Boston Herald. Students have also successfully matriculated at journalism schools including at USC, Northwestern and Columbia. Outside of journalism, our staff have also gone onto work for major companies like Apple, Google, Tesla and Goldman Sachs. They have also matriculated in the last five years at graduate schools including Harvard Law School and the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

When will intern training happen?

Your editors will fill you in on training specifics during the interview phase of hiring. Intern training will be held during the weekends following Week 3, 4 and 5 in person. You must also attend a media law and sensitivity training upon hiring, with a date to be determined. These are all required and your acceptance to the organization is contingent upon your participation. Who do I contact for recruitment inquiries?

For general recruitment inquiries, you may contact our Outreach director at [email protected]. For section-specific questions, you may email the section’s editors.