Thank you for your interest in joining the News team of The Daily Princetonian!

In News, we break crucial stories that inform the Princeton community and hold administration accountable. We provide objective coverage of University decisions, meetings, policy changes, announcements, and keep the Orange Bubble up to date on student life and alumni happenings. We take deep dives into issues of activism and equity, both inside and outside FitzRandolph Gate, and seek to shed light on everything of impact the University is doing. As a news source for both the municipality and broader University community, we cover just about everything from changes to Late Meal, to town council debates on affordable housing, to research being conducted across the many on-campus labs.

Last year, our coverage included diving into the University's responses to a slew of federal mandates and suppressions; how members of the University community were affected by these federal mandates; investigating a notable Princeton graduate who might have plagiarized his thesis; alumni with legal connections to Epstein; and much more.

We are not just college news; we are the record of all that happens on our campus and the keepers of such stories, which often get attention outside campus. Our coverage in the past year has been picked up by the New York Times, Forbes, The Independent, and The Boston Globe, among other outlets.

We accept new writers with a wide range of backgrounds in journalistic writing or reporting; in fact, many of our current writers and editors joined the 'Prince' with no experience! In journalism; the best way to learn is by doing. Through hands-on editing, open communication, and comprehensive training, our News editors will help you learn the tools of the trade. We encourage anyone, even those not interested in studying journalism or pursuing a career in it, to join.

News reporters are encouraged to write as often as they wish, with a base-level expectation of 2 articles per semester. While our staff writers follow beats — covering topic-specific stories like institutional legacy or campus unions, thus developing an expertise in that area — News contributors cover a variety of topics before they find their interest. We offer varying levels of interest, involvement, and engagement for our writers, adhering to your interest in either short-form or in-depth, investigative reporting. More information on our writer roles can be found here.

Our reporters are integral to helping us decide what to cover, as they bring fresh pitches and perspectives to our weekly section-wide meetings. We believe that a diverse range of backgrounds is important to improving our coverage of the Princeton community.

Above all else, the News team is a tight-knit community, and we'd love to have you on board!

Send any questions to the head News editors, Luke and Nico, at news@dailyprincetonian.com.