The Daily Gamecock
The Daily Gamecock (formerly The Gamecock) is the editorially independent student news organization of the University of South Carolina. It primarily serves the main campus of the University of South Carolina System in the state of South Carolina.
"The Gamecock" redirects here. For the 1974 film, see The Gamecock (film).Type
Online
University of South Carolina Board of Student Publications and Communications - Office of Student Media
Kate Robins
1908 (as The Gamecock)
English
1400 Greene Street
Russell House, 3rd floor
Columbia, SC 29208
United States
Content[edit]
The Daily Gamecock publishes all-original coverage of daily news, USC sports, opinion, and the arts & culture of the USC campus and Columbia, SC area daily online.
It also produces special print editions six times per year, either highlighting top content from its website or dedicated to a designated theme.
Awards and honors[edit]
The Gamecock has won many South Carolina Press Association awards and was a finalist for the National Pacemaker Awards for the Associated Collegiate Press in 1999. In October 2007, the Gamecock won the Sun Newspaper of the Year Award and ten other awards at the 2007 Southern University Newspaper Conference. The newspaper also won 31 SCPA awards in 2013. It also won first place in the "General Excellence" category (formerly "Best Overall") at the SCPA awards in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020, and 2021.
In March 2006, The Daily Gamecock was recognized by the South Carolina Press Association for excellence for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Eight Gamecock staffers drove to hurricane-affected areas in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi to report on the story.
The Daily Gamecock was awarded a "Top 10" national ranking by the Princeton Review in 2013 (#10). It was ranked No. 17 in 2011, the first time the newspaper appeared in the annual rankings.
Operations[edit]
The newspaper has a staff of more than 50 students, both paid and volunteers. It is led by an editor-in-chief and a senior staff. The current editor-in-chief, Kate Robins was appointed to the role on November 17, 2023, by the university's Board of Student Publications and Communications. The paper's senior staff are appointed by the editor-in-chief.