UCLA Student Media provides students with a platform to explore journalism, broadcasting and creative production while gaining hands-on experience. With outlets including the Daily Bruin, BruinLife and UCLA Radio students have the chance to develop professional skills in writing, editing, photography, video production and radio broadcasting.
While the creative aspect of UCLA Student Media is a strong draw for many students, the professional development opportunities are equally significant. Students involved in these media outlets gain critical skills in teamwork, time management, and leadership — qualities that are transferable to any industry. The experience of working under deadlines, managing content and collaborating on projects provides students with a competitive edge as they enter the workforce.
UCLA Student Media also fosters a strong connection to the campus community, acting as a bridge between students, faculty, and administration. Whether it’s reporting on significant campus events, highlighting student achievements, or bringing attention to underrepresented issues, these media outlets play a vital role in shaping the narrative of UCLA.
Student Media only recruits in Fall and Winter quarter with most applications due Monday of Week 2 by noon. Potential applicants can apply here.
UCLA Student Media publishes:
BRUINLIFE
UCLA lifestyle site, magazine and yearbook | Established in 1919
The BruinLife yearbook is the most historical, all-inclusive (and second-largest) publication on campus. We strive to give the UCLA campus, an accurate reflection of the school year thru photos and stories about your every day Bruin.
DAILY BRUIN
UCLA Newspaper | Established in 1919
The Daily Bruin has been the campus newspaper since the university’s founding in 1919. It covers and serves the campus and the UCLA community with news, information and a forum for the expression of ideas.
UCLA RADIO
UCLA’s Official Radio Station | Established in 1963
Student-run radio at UCLA began in the basement of the Dykstra Hall dormitory on UCLA’s campus as KBRU in 1964. ASUCLA quickly took control of the station and moved it to the back of Ackerman Grand Ballroom in Ackerman Union – into a room that had previously been used as a record-listening lounge for students. For a short time, the station broadcast solely through cable radio, until its website KLAradio.com was launched in 1999 featuring a SHOUTcast stream. The URL was switched to UCLAradio.com in 2000.
AL-TALIB
Muslim Newsmagazine | Established in 1990
Al-Talib provides an independent perspective on issues important to Muslim communities. Targeting a college-age audience, we seek to create an outlet for activism on and off campus, a platform for representation of all facets of the Muslim-American communities and a safe space for sensitive topics. We believe that this sort of dialogue, no matter how uncomfortable it may be at times, is necessary in order for our community to appreciate and celebrate its diversity.
FEM
Feminist Newsmagazine | Established in 1974
FEM, UCLA’s feminist newsmagazine, is dedicated to the empowerment of all women, the promotion of human rights, the recognition of gender diversity, and the application of intersectional feminism. FEM celebrates women’s right to equality in all aspects of life and appeals to an audience that believes feminist ideology is still necessary to defeat sexism. The purpose of FEM is to enlighten our audience with information and personal accounts that may be rejected or ignored within mainstream media.
HA’AM
UCLA’s Jewish Newsmagazine | Established in 1972
Ha’Am has been the official student-run Jewish newsmagazine at UCLA since 1972. We cater to a mainly college-age audience, with the distinct goal of uniting diverse Jewish communities through intelligent debate, maintaining the Talmudic tradition that has sustained our people throughout the millennia. We seek the unique Jewish voice in age-old arguments and perspectives, highlighting what makes the Jews of today exceptional through our articles, personality profiles, and pro-con discussions. We celebrate the intersections of religious and secular life that exist within each Jewish student and writer. This isn’t your grandmother’s Judaism — this is Ha’Am today.
LA GENTE
UCLA’s Latino Newsmagazine | Established in 1971
La Gente Newsmagazine has provided news and opinion of the minority from UCLA since 1971. With the rise of technology, LaGente.org seeks to be more accessible to every-day users, yet still maintain the long-standing tradition of providing a space for community expression. We still want expose the unheard and unseen but this involves YOU, so we invite your opinions and blog entries. Our goal is to provide a local guide to life in Los Angeles for pop culture, music, events and news for the underrepresented.
NOMMO
UCLA’s Afrikan Newsmagazine | Established in 1969
NOMMO Newsmagazine is designed to appeal to those who have an interest in all aspects of community organizing affecting change in education, arts, and social issues that positively or negatively affect members of the Afrikan descent community.
Through news, opinions, investigative pieces, and compelling interviews NOMMO will narrate the many issues that Afrikan people experience daily. NOMMO seeks to empower the reader by highlighting connections and bridging gaps between the diverse Afrikan community. While also encouraging active participation in the quest to better understand how we as a community fit overall in the scheme of social justice and equality.
OUTWRITE
UCLA’s Queer Newsmagazine | Established in 1979
OutWrite focuses on the issues of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual, fluid, questioning and other queer identities, by those of the queer community.
OutWrite, originally known as TenPercent, was established in 1979, becoming the first queer newsmagazine in the country.
PACIFIC TIES
Asian American Newsmagazine | Established in 1977
Pacific Ties is the oldest student-run Asian and Pacific Islander newsmagazine in the nation. Since 1977, Pacific Ties has brought the community news, analysis, commentary, criticism, and insight into the API community.
Through a dynamic combination of coverage ranging from campus issues and local news to politics, arts and entertainment to cultural awareness, Pacific Ties creates an on-going dialogue that offers insight into the dynamics of being an API in America. Pacific Ties serves to challenge the perceptions of API identity as well as to celebrate the achievements of the communities we all have ties to.
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