The Daily Princetonian is the daily independent student newspaper of Princeton University. We’re one of the oldest college newspapers in the country, covering Princeton since 1876. But we’re also looking forward — with blossoming multimedia journalism sections, digital design and virtual engagement opportunities, and much more. You can read more about our different teams below.
The ‘Prince’ is dedicated to serving Princetonians past, present, and future through transparent, accurate, and empathetic reporting. We seek to inform and engage our readers by delivering reliable, timely, and truthful news and commentary that matter. We aim to drive campus conversation, uphold high journalistic standards, and innovate in how we tell stories.
To serve our readers, the ‘Prince’ seeks to build a team of student journalists who represent the diversity of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives found at Princeton. We hope you’ll join us in furthering our mission and telling the stories that shape Princeton.
The Daily Princetonian application is now open! The process to apply is quick and easy. Apply HERE.
A note on selectivity: Princeton is notorious for very selective clubs. The ‘Prince’ is very inclusive: if you want to be a part of our community we want you. While a few individual sections may not have the capacity to take all applicants, there are always sections that need more staff. Specifically, we encourage applications to our Newsletter, Copy, Graphics, Print Design, and Audience sections.
The ‘Prince’ consists of many different sections, which may seem intimidating at first. We encourage you to start in one or two sections, but there’s always an opportunity to explore. The joining process is split into two groups. The reporting sections, namely News, Opinion, Sports, The Prospect, Features, Data, Podcast, and Reels, will all undergo a unique training process. After, we will work with you to determine your best fit for a reporting section. If you are interested in a design-based section but aren’t sure which one, we encourage you to join Audience, which has an Undecided program.
All applications are due at 11:59 p.m. on February 6. Again, the application can be found HERE.
Note: This process applies to the ‘Prince’ editorial teams. The ‘Prince’ Business and Tech teams have separate application processes.
Applications open.
Open houses at The Daily Princetonian newsroom: 48 University Place.
Applications due.
Click on a team name below to learn more about it.
Daily Princetonian Business fully manages and operates The Daily
Princetonian Publishing Co., a company with hundreds of
thousands of dollars in annual cash flow built on digital
advertising, print advertising and subscriptions, software, a
sponsored content studio, merchandise, and other innovative
products.
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The team comprises 20-30 exceptionally entrepreneurial and
versatile staff. We pride ourselves on being a small, but
obsessive team — unlike most of our peer papers, which hire
professional managers and accountants, we perform our own sales
and financial operations end-to-end. We renegotiate service
contracts when we find opportunities for cost optimization, and
we constantly seek to build products that are brilliant in their
simplicity, efficiency, and utility. At the end of the day, our
purpose is to enable our friends in the newsroom to create the
best media possible by maximizing revenue and minimizing costs.
If you love solving problems and devoting yourself to fun
projects that impact thousands of students and tens of thousands
of readers every day, you will find yourself at home with our
team. Learn more about the business team at
https://business.dailyprincetonian.com/.
Drop by our office at 48 University Place during one of our
open houses or shoot us an email with any questions at
business@dailyprincetonian.com. We
look
forward to meeting you soon.
The Daily Princetonian Tech Team is responsible for developing,
managing, and hosting technologies to support digital services
across all ‘Prince’ departments. We are entirely involved in the
full-stack and mobile app development processes.
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The Tech Team is composed of two subteams: Apps, which
focuses
on
full stack development and maintaining existing infastructure, and Projects, which works on developing interactive special projects
with
unique designs such as the yearly Senior Survey.
Some of our most popular
projects
include the Campus web app, The
Daily
Princetonian mobile app, and our crosswords player.
We are a small team of developers who are dedicated to supporting and expanding The
Daily
Princetonian’s digital presence. With your help, we will continue to deliver web
solutions
and beautiful applications for The Daily Princetonian and the Princeton community. If
you
are interested in
developing with the tech team, please
complete this application. Unlike the teams above, we do not have a set
recruiting period or deadline. Instead, we accept new members on a rolling basis as
more
programmers are needed.
We cover all aspects of the Princeton community — from campus life and University affairs, to alumni and faculty activities, to happenings in town! To get a better sense of the work we do, we’d recommend perusing our website!
Not at all! Some sections may ask you whether you’ve written for a school newspaper or used certain kinds of software in the past. These questions give our editors a sense of who’s coming on board, but lack of experience will never disqualify an application. The Daily Princetonian is an educational institution at its core, and the best ‘Prince’ applicants are those who demonstrate curiosity and a willingness to learn.
This differs on a section-by-section basis, and we’d recommend you check in with section editors with questions about the time commitment. Each section has a set minimum expectation that recruits must fulfill to stay on staff, but many ‘Prince’ members often go above and beyond those expectations. Ultimately, you often get out of the ‘Prince’ what you put in, and staffers work with their editors to determine exactly what level of commitment is best for them.
There is no limit to how many sections you can apply to, but we recommend 2-3. If accepted to multiple sections you can choose which ones you want to join. With some exceptions (see the previous question), you can join multiple sections as well. If you apply and are accepted to both business and editorial, someone will reach out to ask which section you prefer.
Yes, with some caveats. Contributors to reporting sections (i.e., News, Features, Sports, etc.) cannot contribute to the Opinion section, and vice versa. Additionally, members of the business team cannot also serve on any of our editorial teams, and vice versa.
independentmean for me?
Unlike most other student-run organizations you may be interested in, the ‘Prince’ is financially independent from the University. This helps to ensure our ability to report critically and truthfully on the institution we often cover. As an independent media organization, we have our own business team that works to sell ads, optimize our finances, forge business partnerships, and more. Our business team and content-producing teams also operate independently to ensure decisions about what and how we report are made based on journalistic principles, not financial considerations. For you, this means that in any section you’ll get hands-on experience working for a real, professional media company.
For editorial questions, contact the Managing Editors (managingeditor@dailyprincetonian.com) or the Editor-in-Chief (eic@dailyprincetonian.com), cc’ing both addresses will help guarantee you a faster response. If you have questions about a specific section and want to communicate with our section editors, you can find their contact information in the “explore our teams” section of this website. For business team questions, get in touch with our business manager at bm@dailyprincetonian.com. You can also bring your questions to our open houses, or find us at the Involvement Fest!
We aspire to make joining the ‘Prince’ financially feasible for all. Although the majority of our staffers are not compensated for their contributions to the ‘Prince,’ we are proud to offer a limited number of merit-based financial stipends to staffers with demonstrated financial need.
