The Chronicle Experience Fund
When you support the Chronicle
Experience Fund, you are supporting the Duke
community' s best source of independent news
and analysis, as you help develop outstanding
leaders through journalism.
“The Chronicle was the most
significant experience
I had at Duke.”
Karen Blumenthal '81
Wall Street Journal
Columnist and Author
Putting out a daily newspaper – with
no supervision from administrators or faculty
– gives students unmatched experience in
journalism, management, leadership and life.
Hard lessons learned under deadline pressure
serve Chronicle staffers well, whether they
go on to become practicing journalists or
enter careers in academia, business, law or
medicine.
“The Chronicle is an
incubator, a place to test
creative new ideas.”
Will Robinson '11
Chronicle Editor, 2009-10
The Chronicle recruits the most talented
students at Duke – people with interests
in advertising, marketing, business and
technology as well as editing, reporting and
photography – and sets them free to define
how journalism will be practiced in the
decades to come. The Chronicle now reaches
70,000 people daily on an interactive website
designed and maintained entirely by students.
It owns and operates the student homepage,
QDuke, and is a longtime sponsor of the
student body presidential debates.
“My experience managing a
staff of 125 volunteers was
vital to my employer
giving me an interview.”
Jessica Moulton '99
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Chronicle experience makes Duke
students even more attractive to graduate
programs, professional schools and
employers. Chronicle alums can be found
at The New York Times, Wall Street Journal,
Washington Post, L.A. Times, Newsweek,
the National Journal, and Congressional
Quarterly, but also in successful careers in
law, business, academia and other fields.
Why Your Support Matters
“You were there in 301 Flowers
at 3:01 a.m.”
Richard Rubin '00,
Tax Policy Reporter,
Bloomberg News
Chronicle staffers form lifelong bonds
as they work side by side in close quarters on
a shared goal. Ask many Chronicle alumni
what they remember most fondly from their
time at Duke, and they list being a member of
the 301 Flowers community alongside such
experiences as being first with a big story or
traveling to a Final Four.
How Your Support Helps
Your gift will help ensure that students
can create their own Chronicle experiences
– and that the Duke community will benefit
from a lively, independent source of news –
for another century to come. Your gift is also
a commitment to the future of journalism,
providing critical resources to students who
are experimenting with the technologies
and practices that will redefine the craft.
Investments in innovation (such as the
purchase of QDuke), internships at major
media outlets, increased opportunities for
career networking with alumni and assistance
for students on financial aid are just a few of
the critical functions that your generosity will
make possible.
Your support is critical if The Chronicle
is to continue to be the primary source of
independent campus news for the Duke
community, a training ground for leaders and
a laboratory for the future of journalism.
The Chronicle became fully independent
from Duke University in 1993, and now
operates under the Duke Student Publishing
Company, an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization. It does not receive student fees
or direct subsidies from the university. Today’s
Chronicle has a healthy balance sheet, a
solid reserve and a continued commitment to
publishing five days a week. But additional
revenue streams – including philanthropic
support from its alumni and friends – are
essential if The Chronicle is going to thrive for
the long term amidst fundamental changes
in the advertising and media business and an
unsettled economy.
How to Give
The Duke Student Publishing Company
is grateful for your support to the Chronicle
Experience Fund. To make a pledge or a
gift using your credit card, please use the
attached response card. You can also visit
alumni.dukechronicle.com/ and make a gift
through our secure online service. For specific
questions about the processing of your gift or
to inquire about other methods of giving, such
as stocks/securities, please call 919-684-0377
or e-mail chroniclegiving@duke.edu.
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Spring 2011