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BY The Dartmouth Senior Staff

Located on the second foor of Robinson Hall — afectionately known as Robo — The Dartmouth’s ofces buzz with reporters typing stories, business staf selling advertisements, photographers editing shots and editors providing guidance and banter. As America’s oldest college newspaper — founded in 1799 — we have undergone many changes over the past two centuries, and we continue to iterate upon and improve our practices every day. Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, The D published daily, and now, we’re back in person, writing articles, producing videos and posting regularly to social media accounts. Our website draws tens of thousands of visitors monthly, and with over 200 students on staf, The Dartmouth is one of the largest organizations on campus. We take pride in seeking the truth, and we are fully independent from the College.

Both the business and editorial staf ofer a wide range of learning opportunities to build valuable skills and to work alongside diligent and creative peers. Mentorship is an invaluable component of working at The D, and you can often find upperclassmen giving advice to underclassmen on classes, job interviews, campus social life and everything in between. We pride ourselves on our learning environment — many members of our editorial board had their frst experience in journalism at The D, going on to develop real-world skills in communication, management and editing. With a great network on campus and beyond, the D is a great place to gain practical skills while building lasting relationships. Our alumni have gone on to win Pulitzer Prizes, write for publications such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and hold positions at elite fnance and consulting frms.

If you have questions about the Editorial staf, feel free to email our editorin-chief at editor@thedartmouth.com. If you have questions about the Business staf, please reach out to our publisher at publisher@thedartmouth.com.

The Dartmouth welcomes you to Hanover, and we hope to see you in our ofces soon enough! Keep an eye on your blitz for information about our inperson open houses and our applications, available online now at thedartmouth. com on the “Join Us” page and due Friday, Sept. 16 at 11:59 p.m.

The news section keeps up with the pulse of our community, informing campus and our broader audience with happenings from all corners of the College. When news happens at Dartmouth, the community looks to The D for the important details. In recent months, we’ve covered topics such as the impacts of COVID-19 policies and outbreaks on students and staf, the efects of national politics and events on the lives of students and the evolution of sexual assault and misconduct policies at the College. More investigative pieces, on topics such as the cutting of study abroad programs and analyses of the College’s budget, allow us to dig deeper into campus issues and incorporate innovative techniques such as data visualization in the process.

Covering both club and varsity sports, the sports section keeps the Dartmouth community up to date with Big Green athletics. In the past year, we’ve ramped up our sports news coverage, showcasing profles of players and teams, coverage of Dartmouth Athletics controversies and a number of regular columns by dedicated student journalists who also happen to be sports afcionados. Now that sports are truly back, we’re excited to get back on the feld with players and provide top-notch coverage of Dartmouth teams.

The D’s arts and entertainment section highlights creative endeavors at the College, covering everything from performances and exhibitions at the Hopkins Center for the Arts to new movie reviews. Arts also features profles on the College’s own artistic talent — such as student playwrights, musicians and painters — and features student reviews of albums, books, flms and more!

Our opinion section gives columnists and community members a platform for lively debate on relevant campus and nationwide issues. Recent pieces have taken a stance on the College’s COVID-19 policies, climate change and the severe housing shortage on campus. Opinion also encompasses our comic section, where student cartoonists can use art as an avenue to comment on campus and popular culture. (Check out the “Badly Drawn Girl” series by Mindy Kaling ’01 for a notable example.)

The opinion section is also the home of Verbum Ultimum — weekly in-house editorials published by The Dartmouth Editorial Board. The Editorial Board consists of several opinion columnists, the opinion editors, the executive editors and the editor-in-chief.

The Mirror, our weekly magazine published every Wednesday, takes a critical look at campus culture through both long-form features and more lighthearted refections. In addition to photo essays, regular senior columns and “Through the Looking Glass” refection pieces, some of the Mirror’s recent work includes examinations of taboos, dating culture and religion at Dartmouth. and storytelling of the page to engage our viewers. We deliver content through various media formats, including a mix of graphics, sound and video content. Our approach is continually evolving, but the multimedia section currently produces video interviews, spotlights, live streams, podcasts and even a news broadcast show. Whether you’re an aspiring designer, an experienced video editor or a budding newscaster, the Multimedia section has a place for you!

Editorial isn’t just about the written word. Our reporting would not be complete without the hard work of our photographers and graphic designers, whose visuals complement each story we publish. Photographers at The Dartmouth give our readers a visual perspective on campus news, capturing events and scenes across campus and featuring them in print as well as online through our website and social media. Our design staf works to create visually appealing illustrations, covers, and infographics for all our sections, especially Mirror and Arts.

The D’s weekly print schedule means that Thursday nights are an especially exciting time in Robo. Members of our layout staff learn and use InDesign software — no prior experience necessary! — and work directly with the executive editors to arrange stories and visuals into the print version of the paper you can pick up and read every Friday.

The templating section also houses The Dartmouth’s crossword! Anyone is welcome to apply to try their hand at crossword construction — no experience necessary!

From conducting original surveys to visualizing data to complement our reporting, the data visualization team works with a variety of programs, including Qualtrics, R and Stata, to bring numbers to life.

Engagement is the newest section of The Dartmouth, created in 2019 to respond to the ever-evolving landscape of journalism and media. Our engagement team works to package and deliver our content on a variety of diferent online social media platforms, translating print stories for online viewership and working to consider how digital mediums can serve as platforms for storytelling. Interested in building our social media presence or newsletter writing? Join Engagement!

The Dartmouth’s podcast serves as an affiliate to the paper’s daily news. In addition to campus-specifc conversations such as breaking news and student spotlights, this podcast hopes to investigate relevant college and nationwide issues. Members of the staf will collaboratively produce, host and publish the show, as well as determine topics and guests. As the frst of its kind, the podcast team will be shaping an important piece of The D for years to come.

People are often surprised to learn that The Dartmouth is entirely studentrun and fully independent, receiving no funding from the College. In fact, The Dartmouth is the largest student-run business in Hanover, ofering students an unparalleled level of real-world experience. The business side of our staf works to ensure that the paper’s editorial content can reach its intended audience and remain an independent, unbiased source of information. Students with a wide range of interests can fnd a place in one of the various sections comprising the business staf.

The business development staff works closely with the publisher of the paper to manage a diverse array of business initiatives. Past initiatives involve brainstorming and implementing alternative revenue streams such as creating and selling a cofee table book of the newspaper’s archives, building a fundraising campaign, pursuing new strategic partnerships for the paper and exploring ways to increase our online footprint as the paper emphasizes its virtual formats. Students who are interested in economics or fnance and are willing to learn quickly about a variety of business-related endeavors would be a good ft for this staf.

Digital media and analytics focuses on The Dartmouth’s social media and online presence. The social media team develops and implements social media strategy on all platforms, while the analytics team works on boosting the readership of the paper and internal development through data and analytics-focused research and surveys. Staf members interested in UI/UX brainstorm ways to make our website more aesthetic and interactive for readers.

The fnance and sales staf oversees revenue generation for the paper. The staf is in charge of selling ads across the variety of advertising channels the newspaper has to ofer. Students build long-term client relationships to create mutually benefcial advertising packages and plans. The team works closely together to develop forwardlooking strategies and promotions. This staf is currently working on expanding beyond the Upper Valley and exploring national partnerships to advertise in The Dartmouth, presenting an exciting opportunity for students to engage with national businesses and partners.

The strategy staf works in teams to solve the paper’s most pressing problems and serves as the internal consultants for The Dartmouth. Where should we be distributing the paper every week? How should we redesign the website? How do we efectively recruit and retain talented staf? The Strategy Staf is a great place to work closely with peers to unpack the big picture questions involved in managing, developing and expanding a business.

Our growing software staf support the paper’s digital presence. The team has recently coded and developed a mobile app for the paper, available now on the Apple and Android app stores. Software Staf at The D troubleshoot issues with our website and maintain our mobile app to ensure that we continue delivering exceptional editorial content to our readers.