Columbia Daily Spectator
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Independent
Founded	1877
Headquarters	New York, New York
Website: www.columbiaspectator.com

Columbia Daily Spectator is the daily newspaper, written by Columbia University undergraduates, servicing the university community and the neighborhood of Morningside Heights. It is published in the Spectator Building at 112th and Broadway in New York, New York. Founded in 1877, it is the second-oldest continually operating college news daily in the nation, after The Harvard Crimson, and has been financially independent of the university since 1962. It is printed weekdays during the academic term. In addition to serving as a campus newspaper, The Spec, as it is commonly known, also reports the latest news of the surrounding Morningside Heights community. The paper is delivered each day to over 150 locations throughout the Morningside Heights neighborhood and counts a readership of over 10,000. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... Alma Mater Columbia University is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. ... Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City and is bound by the Upper West Side, Morningside Park, Harlem, and Riverside Park (some now consider it part of the Upper West Side). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Harvard Crimson, the breakfast daily of Harvard University, was founded in 1873. ...

[edit] Organization

Spectator's writing departments, each headed by an editor, include campus news, city news, sports, arts and entertainment, and opinion. The other non-writing departments, also headed by their own respective editors, include photography, new media, production, copy, and business. The business department, which oversees the newspaper's advertising and finances, is headed by the publisher.

Spec is currently run by the 131st managing board. First-time writers at Columbia begin their time at the paper with a 1- to 2-month trial period, during which they learn the basics of writing an article and publish their first articles. At some point, when their department editor sees fit, they become staff writers. Each November and December, students run for positions at the paper, a grueling process that takes nearly a month. They begin by "shadowing," or sitting with the current editors or associate editors and learning the editing process. Next they write proposals for their desired position. The students then take an editing test made up by their department editor that tests them on the fundamentals of editing. Finally, they go through the "Turkey Shoot," an interview in which the current managing board grills the applicant on why he feels he would be a good fit for the position. The results of the application process, including the new managing board are announced in mid-December, the weekend before finals.

[edit] Recent spinoffs

In 2005, Spec started printing La Página, a weekly flyer in Spanish with translations of some of the week's English content most relevant to neighborhood readers.

The next year, in February 2006, the paper launched a series of blogs, aptly named SpecBlogs. They were the third Ivy League paper to do this, after the Harvard Crimson 's Sports Blog (December 2005) and The Daily Pennsylvanian 's TheBuzz (January 2006). SpecBlogs, however, soon became defunct. Another blogging effort, launched in October 2006 to cover the 2006 midterm elections, proved more successful. For other uses, see Ivy League (disambiguation). ... The Harvard Crimson, of Harvard University, is the United States oldest continuously published daily college newspaper. ... The Daily Pennsylvanian is the independent daily student newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      The 2006 United States midterm elections were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. ...

In September 2006, Spectator staff launched The Eye, a weekly magazine featuring investigative pieces and commentary on Columbia and New York City. The name of The Eye relates both to the fact that one "spectates" with it and urban theorist Jane Jacobs' notion that "eyes on the street" help keep neighborhoods safe. The magazine is appropriately subtitled "Columbia on the Street". Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs, OC, O.Ont (May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) was an American-born Canadian urbanist, writer and activist. ...

[edit] Current Management

Editor in Chief - John Davisson
Publisher - John Mascari
Managing Editor, CDS - Amanda Erickson
The Eye Editor - Alex Gartenfeld
News Editors - Erin Durkin, Josh Hirschland
Editorial Page Editor - Oriana Magnera
Arts Editor - Andrew Martin
Sports Editors - Jon August, Jon Tayler
Managing Editor, The Eye - Daniella Zalcman
Online Editor - Mark Holden
Production Editors - Lana Limon
Photo Editor - Anjali Biala
Head Copy Editor - Ian Corey-Boulet
Sales Director - Marissa Lalli
Finance Director - Lauri Feldman
Alumni Director - Amanda Murphy
Deputy Publisher, The Eye - Grace Chan

[edit] Notable Spec Alumni

• Lou Antonelli, Texas-based science fiction and fantasy author
• R.W. Apple, senior staff writer for The New York Times, serving as a foreign correspondent for over 30 years
• Roone Arledge, sportscaster and head of ABC News; created 20/20 and Nightline in addition to Monday Night Football
• Arnold Beichman, conservative commentator
• Kate Boo, writer for The New Yorker and winner of the Pulitzer Prize
• Marcus Brauchli, Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal
• Ben Casselman, Wall Street Journal reporter
• Bennett Cerf, co-founder of Random House
• Elizabeth Cohen, CNN reporter
• Joe Ferullo, Vice President of Programming and Development for CBS Paramount Domestic Television
• Max Frankel, executive editor of The New York Times
• Robert Friedman, international editor of Fortune
• Julius Genachowski, lawyer and adviser to Senator Barack Obama
• Ralph J. Gleason, music critic
• Megan Greenwell, Washington Post reporter
• Dan Janison, reporter and columnist for New York Newsday
• Jack Kerouac, Beat Generation novelist
• Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo, Chinese diplomat
• Tony Kushner, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright; author of Angels in America
• Langston Hughes, poet, novelist and playwright
• John R. MacArthur, publisher of Harper's magazine
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Academy award-winning movie director
• Dienda Madiq, music promoter
• Michael Mukasey, nominee for US Attorney General
• Michael Musto, New York City journalist and media gadfly
• Jed Perl, author and art critic of The New Republic
• Ted Rall, political cartoonist
• Dick Wald, former president of NBC
• Steven Waldman, journalist and founder of Beliefnet.com
• Michael Waldman, speechwriter and advisor for President Bill Clinton
• Sharon Waxman, New York Times reporter
• James Wechsler, chief editor of the New York Post
• Herman Wouk, author
• Paul Zimmerman, columnist for Sports Illustrated (as "Dr. Z")

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[edit] See also

• Columbia University
• Morningside Heights
• List of New York City newspapers and magazines

Alma Mater Columbia University is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. ... Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City and is bound by the Upper West Side, Morningside Park, Harlem, and Riverside Park (some now consider it part of the Upper West Side). ... This is a list of New York City newspapers and magazines. ...

[edit] External links

• Columbia Daily Spectator online
• The Eye weekly magazine