Welcome! Whether you’re a freshman terrified of stepping on the ‘M’ in fear of failing your first blue book exam or a senior dreading graduation day and taking the first step into the real world, The Michigan Daily is here to guide you through the year and keep you up-to-date on the latest campus news.

Who we are

Our staff of about 150 student reporters, photographers and designers work together to put out a daily newspaper that reflects the traditions and standards upheld by generations of Daily staffers from the past 121 years. Some days, we produce a paper with front page stories that take hours of reporting, research and investigating. Other days, we’re running around the second floor of the Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building scrambling to meet 2 a.m. deadline.

The Daily is run entirely by students. We receive no funding from the University, which ensures we have complete editorial control and can freely report any University wrongdoings. The student journalists at the Daily take their jobs seriously and often work until the early hours of the morning to produce stories that inform students, faculty, staff and Ann Arbor residents about issues that affect their lives.

Connecting with you

Over the past few months, the Daily has expanded the way we deliver news in an effort to get you the stories you want — when and where you want them. In keeping up with the ever-evolving digital landscape, we have increased our Facebook and Twitter use.

After a Facebook competition with the school down South last semester, the Daily became one of the most ‘liked’ college newspapers in the nation. (And thanks to you, we beat the Buckeyes.) We’ve also increased the number of Twitter profiles and have accounts for almost every section of the paper. You can follow us: @michigandaily, @michdailysports, @michdailyarts, @michdailyphoto and @michdailyfball. In October, we will compete against The State News to see which school newspaper can dominate the Twittersphere — stay tuned to learn how you can help us crush the Spartans.

What’s new

This year, the Daily has appointed its second-ever public editor (also known as an ombudsman) who will write columns about good and bad Daily coverage, decisions made by Daily staff and respond to readers who have concerns about anything they see in the paper. We’ve created this position in order to keep us accountable for our coverage and to better address your concerns. To contact the public editor Imran Syed, please e-mail publiceditor@michigandaily.com.

In the coming months, you’ll notice more online videos and new blogs, including ones devoted to fashion and crime notes. We’ve added new e-newsletters. Visit www.michigandaily.com/subscribelist to sign up for breaking news, football, arts, Ann Arbor news and more. The Daily also created a website, www.maizeandbluereview.com, where students can view results of teacher evaluations and grade distributions by instructors. In another endeavor to connect the University community, the Daily recently launched www.themichdiff.com. Have a short, funny story that could only happen to a Wolverine? Share it on the website, where you’ll find other maize-and-blue related anecdotes that will surely make you laugh — or cry.

Share your thoughts

We recognize that the Daily wouldn’t exist in print or online without you. At the end of the day, your support, opinions and ideas make this paper one of the best in the country. (And I’m not just being biased. In April, the Society of Professional Journalists named the Daily among the top 10 college newspapers in the United States.)

We want to keep open communication with readers going. If you’re part of an organization that wants to publicize an event or saw something on campus that would make a great story, e-mail news@michigandaily.com to let us know. We can’t promise to include everything in the paper, but we’ll do our best.

While we strive to get every name, fact and quote right, we’re human and make mistakes. But it’s important to us that they’re corrected. If you spot an error, please let us know by sending an e-mail to corrections@michigandaily.com. You can also voice your opinion about a story by sending a letter to the editor at tothedaily@michigandaily.com or contact me personally at steinberg@michigandaily.com. We welcome all feedback, whether it’s constructive criticism or just criticism.