Good evening! I’m pleased to finally share the next big step in the evolution of this newsletter.
Morning, Trojan is moving under the umbrella of College Brief, a new nonprofit I’m founding that will replicate this newsletter model at college campuses across California. We’ve already hired writers at UC Irvine and Cal Poly SLO to write Morning, Anteater and Morning, Mustang newsletters.
We’re going to keep doing what we’ve always done best: Curating campus, local and state stories in succinct (and well-written) emails you can read in under two minutes.
Morning, Trojan has always been about bridging the gap between inconsistent social media news consumption and more traditional news reading habits — and getting college students to engage with campus and regional stories that they might not otherwise read.
Our model has been successful at USC thanks to your loyal readership, and we’re excited to bring the same type of content to a wider audience.
So what does this mean for you? Well, nothing really. When we return in January, the newsletter will look almost identical — save for the new logos — and I’ll still be the one writing every morning.
But I do have an ask. We need to raise $150,000 to expand to our goal of 12 other college campuses over the course of the 2024 calendar year. Most of that money will come from large donors and foundations, but right now, every dollar counts.
Have you been enjoying this newsletter? Please consider donating a few tax-deductible dollars to help launch College Brief — and keep Morning, Trojan running come January. You can do so here.
Thanks, all, and good luck on your finals. See you in January!
An aside: Thank you to Christina Bellantoni, Tess Patton and Nataly Joseph who let me incubate this project at Annenberg Media.
