''NYU Local'' is an independent
news blog
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run by
New York University (NYU) students. It is the companion publication for NYU along with the ''
Washington Square News
''Washington Square News (WSN)'' is the weekly student newspaper of New York University (NYU). It has a circulation of 10,000 and an estimated 55,000 online readers. It is published in print on Monday, in addition to online publication Tuesday thr ...
'', and the undergraduate equivalent of ''
Washington Square Review''.
Founded in 2008 to cover discussion and NYU news, NYULocal.com receives, on average, 200,000 unique visitors each month. NYU Local publishes around 10 posts a day Monday through Friday. The blog is run by NYU undergraduates and is editorially independent from New York University. In 2008 NYU Local was profiled by PBS.
Since 2008, alumni of the blog have gone on to work at various prestigious media and journalism companies such as ''
NY1'', ''
CNN'', ''
The Atlantic
''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science.
It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
'',
''New York'' Magazine,
BuzzFeed
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,
ThinkProgress
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,
MSNBC
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, ''
Time
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'', ''
Newsweek
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'', and
''The'' ''New York Times''''.''
History
NYU Local was founded by Cody Brown and Lily Quateman in 2008.
NYU Local made news in 2009 when it embedded a live blogger into the Take Back NYU! Student Protest.
The protest coverage, which spanned for three days, received links from prominent news websites.
Gawker
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cited NYU Local as the "Definitive Food Court Occupatory Journalism source."
New York Magazine
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, said NYU Local has done, "an excellent (and really, grueling) job of covering the student protest circus over at NYU.".
NYU Local has since made headlines with its coverage of the
Palestinian refugee
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crisis, the university's dealings with
pay inequity, and its role in hosting various conferences for journalists and youth.
References
External links
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