Bwog
| Type | Student-run news website for the Columbia community |
|---|---|
| Editor | Rachel Deal |
| Managing editors | Maddie Stearn |
| City | New York City |
| Readership | 400,000 unique visitors/month |
| Website | bwog.com |
Bwog is an independent, student-run news website geared toward members of the Columbia University community. The website provides news, features, and commentary on issues affecting Columbia and Morningside Heights, Manhattan.
Organization
The staff of Bwog—which consists of about 50 students each semester—is composed exclusively of current Columbia and Barnard students.
The website was originally launched in January 2006 as the online incarnation of The Blue and White, with the intention of posting stories that warranted immediate attention, such as breaking news and free food alerts.[1] Since its founding, Bwog has grown into its own as a separate entity from The Blue and White, though they maintain amicable ties.
Bwog serves as a friendlier, more satiric counterpoint to the school's newspaper, the Columbia Daily Spectator. It has been described as the Gawker of Columbia media.
Bwog has published over 16,000 articles,[2] received a nomination for the U.S News and World Report Best Alternative Media Outlet of 2008 contest,[3] and has been cited in The New York Times,[4] The Wall Street Journal,[5] The Washington Post,[6] The Huffington Post,[7] Vice News,[8] and Slate.[9]
Bwog is published by Blue and White Publishing Inc., an independent corporation founded in March 2013.
Current management
Editor in Chief: Rachel Deal
Managing Editor: Maddie Stearn
Alumni
- Anna Bahr, speechwriter for Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti, formerly a reporter at The New York Times
- Taylor Grasdalen, undergraduate student at University of Minnesota
- Anna Phillips, reporter at Tampa Bay Times
- Eliza Shapiro, reporter at Politico New York, formerly of The Daily Beast
- Conor Skelding, reporter at Politico
- Peter Sterne, reporter at Politico
- Alexandra Svokos, writer at Elite Daily, formerly of The Huffington Post
- Juli Weiner, writer at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, formerly Vanity Fair[10]
References
- ↑ "About Us". Bwog. Blue and White Publishing Inc. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ "Archives". Bwog. Blue and White Publishing Inc. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ Go, Allison. "Best Alternative Media Outlet 2008". U.S. News and World Report. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ Somaiya, Ravi. "An Ivy League Newspaper May Be Going Mostly Online". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ Vilensky, Mike. "School's Out at Columbia, but a Debate Over Trigger Warnings Continues". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ Strauss, Valerie. "Malia Obama visits New York colleges with her mom". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ "Columbia Drug Bust: Five Arrested For Selling LSD, Pot, Cocaine". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ Ruble, Kayla. "Students List Alleged Rapists on Columbia University's Walls". Vice News.
- ↑ Hess, Amanda. "Student Journalists Exposed Columbia University's Rape Crisis. Then One of Their Own Was Accused.". Slate. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ "Juli Weiner, 26 - In Photos: 2015 30 Under 30: Media". Forbes. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
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