We report the bold stories USC needs.

We’ve exposed major flaws in the school’s cybersecurity systems. We’ve uncovered seismic cuts to scholarships and employee benefits. Once, we mailed the university president a “Moron of the Year” trophy.

You’ll find no news outlet that breaks bigger stories while having more fun doing it.

When we’re not reporting major scoops, we’re writing the daily newsletter — our bread and butter.

On weekday mornings, you’ll receive a two-minute email brief that aggregates the day’s biggest USC, Los Angeles, and California stories. We trawl dozens of news websites, then synthesize the five most important articles into bite-sized, snarky briefs. Click the link if you want to read more; scroll if you don’t.

Reading the news is hard. We do the legwork for you.

Our subscribers include students who run clubs, service organizations, student government, media, and participate in Division I athletics. We count USC trustees, executives, deans, senior faculty, healthcare officials, staffers, alumni, and parents among our readers.

Reporters, editors, and business executives at The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, LAist, The San Francisco Standard, and San Diego Union-Tribune also read Morning, Trojan.

The newsletter is written by Tomoki Chien. He’s a USC journalism student and reporter at The San Francisco Standard, where he has covered homelessness, serial offenders, casino feuds, and “naked samaritans.”

A rotating cast of USC student journalists also occasionally contributes reporting. The newsletter is copy edited by Anna Hsu, a USC computer science student who previously led a team of editors at Annenberg Media.

Morning, Trojan is USC’s only student news outlet that isn’t funded by the school.