Founded in 2008 to cover discussion and NYU news, NYULocal.com receives, on average, 200,000 unique visitors each month. NYU Local publishes around 10 posts a day Monday through Friday. The blog is run by NYU undergraduates and is editorially independent from New York University. In 2008 NYU Local was profiled by PBS.[1]
NYU Local was founded by Cody Brown and Lily Quateman in 2008.[3]
NYU Local made news in 2009 when it embedded a live blogger into the Take Back NYU! Student Protest.[4] The protest coverage, which spanned for three days, received links from prominent news websites.[5][6]Gawker cited NYU Local as the "Definitive Food Court Occupatory Journalism source."[7]New York Magazine, said NYU Local has done, "an excellent (and really, grueling) job of covering the student protest circus over at NYU.".[6]
NYU Local has since made headlines with its coverage of the Palestinian refugee crisis,[8] the university's dealings with pay inequity, and its role in hosting various conferences for journalists and youth.[9]
