| Categories | Blog |
|---|---|
| Format | Online |
| Publisher | Students at New York University |
| Total circulation | 200,000 |
| Founder | Cody Brown, Lily Quateman |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York University |
| Language | English |
| Website | nyulocal |
NYU Local is an independent news blog run by New York University (NYU) students. It is the companion publication for NYU along with the Washington Square News , 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. [1]
Since 2008, alumni of the blog have gone on to work at various prestigious media and journalism companies such as NY1 , CNN , The Atlantic , New York Magazine, BuzzFeed, ThinkProgress, MSNBC, Time , Newsweek , and TheNew York Times . [2]
NYU Local was founded by Cody Brown and Lily Quateman in 2008. [3]
NYU Local made news in 2009 when it embedded a live blogger into the Take Back NYU! Student Protest. [4] The protest coverage, which spanned for three days, received links from prominent news websites. [5] [6] Gawker cited NYU Local as the "Definitive Food Court Occupatory Journalism source." [7] New York Magazine, said NYU Local has done, "an excellent (and really, grueling) job of covering the student protest circus over at NYU.". [6]
NYU Local has since made headlines with its coverage of the Palestinian refugee crisis, [8] the university's dealings with pay inequity, and its role in hosting various conferences for journalists and youth. [9]
