The Daily Nexus prides itself on simulating a professional newsroom, allowing aspiring journalists the opportunity to create journalistic pieces with guidance from their peers.

At the Daily Nexus’ core is accessibility. Because UC Santa Barbara does not have a Journalism major, we encourage anyone interested in writing to pursue working at the Nexus. The Daily Nexus is completely student-driven, thus allowing peer to peer help.

Once writers step through the door, we extensively train them for their interests. Whether that be someone who has never written a news article before, or someone who wants to switch from writing opinion to writing about arts and culture, as editors, we are there every step of the way, to give productive feedback. We also give our staff exposure to how a “real" newsroom operates. Additionally, we host internal workshops to further elevate the knowledge of our staff on a diverse range of topics such as diversity, equity and inclusion, layout and newswriting.

Each section is run by dedicated section editors. Their leadership guides writers and content creators to uphold the Daily Nexus’ level of professionalism. Also, whenever there is a leadership opportunity we first offer the opportunity internally, allowing growth within the newsroom.

As a newsroom, we understand the importance of the internet, specifically how social media influences readership. Through the leadership of the editor-in-chief, Pricila Flores and the team of digital editors, Melody Xu, Aidan Dobbins and Abby Wolf, the Daily Nexus’ presence on social media has grown exponentially. Melody’s leadership, responsiveness and expertise has led to a growth of followers and engagement on Instagram. Her eye for graphic design and responsiveness to the news team has reached 28,000 Instagram accounts from Dec. 7 to March 5.  We are preparing our team for the new type of social media journalism.

Our determination to journalism won the Daily Nexus five awards at the National Associated Collegiate Press conference in San Diego for excellence in writing, photography and data driven journalism.