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Editor in Chief: To comment on the general content of the Daily Trojan or for other questions, email [email protected].
Managing Editor: To comment on the general operation of the newspaper or when the editor in chief is unavailable, contact the managing editor at [email protected].
News Desk: To offer story ideas for general news or campus features, you may email the assignments editor at [email protected]. For questions or discussion of news coverage in general, contact the news editors at [email protected].
Editorial Desk (Opinion): To comment on an editorial, submit a letter or write a guest editorial, contact the editorial director at [email protected].
Arts & Entertainment Desk: To offer story ideas related to entertainment or feature ideas of general interest, email [email protected].
Sports Desk: To offer athletics-related story tips, email [email protected].
Website: For technical questions about the dailytrojan.com website, please see the Help page online.
Other Numbers: If you don’t know whom to call from the above list, please contact [email protected] to be directed.
Emails to specific individuals at the newspaper not listed above can be sent to [email protected] and will be redirected to the appropriate party by the editor in chief.
How to get into the Daily Trojan
Editors at the Daily Trojan work diligently to provide students with up to date information that will help to educate them and allow them to make their own desicions about critical events and issues, both on and off campus. There are countless ways for us to determine what makes the news and what does not and much of this is subjective. Some principles editors keep in mind include:
Relevance: How important is this issue or event to USC students? How important is it to college students in general?
Implications: What does this story mean to the USC community? Is there a similar trend at the national level? What is the impact?
Interest: Is the subject of the story something unusual? Is it something that people would not already know about?
Explanatory Value: Will this help students know their community in better and more clear terms? Is this something that will excite their interest?
Community: Whom does this issue effect? Is this a group that tends to be overlooked in typical news coverage, either in Daily Trojan or mainstream press?
These principles are the foundation for journalism values in all sections of the Daily Trojan, although their application varies from section to section. Ultimately, all decisions rest with the editors, whom the public must hold accountable to these values.
For more information on the operating policies of the Daily Trojan, please see the General Information page.
Letter Policy
Letters to the editor are welcomed on any topic related to USC or to the contents of the Daily Trojan. All materials submitted must be signed and include the writer’s name, year in school or position, major or department, USC identification number and a phone number and/or e-mail address where the writer may be reached. Anonymous letters and any letter without this information will not be printed.
Letters must be brief (500-600 words), and can be delivered to the offices of the Daily Trojan in Student Union 402, e-mailed to: [email protected], or sent to: Editorial Director, Daily Trojan, USC Student Union 402, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0895. Longer letters may be considered as guest columns.
Letters from groups must have the name and phone number of a contact person for the group, and should be signed by each person whose name appears on the letter.
All letters are subject to editing for space and clarity.
For more details on our policies, please see our General Information and Policies.