Emerald History
The Emerald was founded in this year.
1899
In AP style, these numbers are written as numerals rather than spelled out.
1-9
This film depicts reporters uncovering the Watergate scandal.
All the President's Men
Before joining the Big Ten, Oregon spent more than a decade competing in this conference.
PAC-12
This Oregon law was created by a Daily Emerald reporter.
Oregon Shield Law
This commonly used piece of punctuation is (controversially) omitted in AP style.
Oxford comma
This recent spinoff of The Office depicts a struggling local newsroom.
The Paper
This former Oregon quarterback became the program’s first Heisman Trophy winner.
Marcus Mariota
This Daily Emerald alum wrote And the Band Played On, an investigative account of the early AIDS epidemic and the government failures that allowed it to spread.
Randy Schiltz
AP style avoids introducing acronyms using these punctuation marks.
Parentheses
This city is where the movie Spotlight depicts an investigation into abuse in the Catholic Church.
Boston
This Oregon women’s basketball player became the program’s all-time leading scorer in 2023.
Sabrina Ionescu
This is the circulation of the Daily Emerald.
2,500
AP style uses this instead of 12:00 p.m.
Noon
This government scandal is depicted in the film The Post, uncovered by journalists.
Pentagon Papers
This Oregon head coach led the Ducks to their first national championship game appearance in 2010.
Chip Kelly
The Daily Emerald went on strike over administrative interference in this year.
2009
Since 2019, AP style writes percentages using this symbol instead of spelling the word.
%
This film follows a freelance videographer who exploits crime scenes to sell footage to local news stations.
Nightcrawler
This Oregon coach’s name is now attached to the annual award given to the nation’s top collegiate track and field athlete.
Bill Bowerman
This period saw the Daily Emerald shift to a digital focus, end daily print publication and redesign its homepage into a magazine-style layout.
The Revolution, 2012
AP style exempts these four major West Coast cities from needing a state identifier on first reference.
Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle and San Francisco.
This sitcom follows a television journalist working on the fictional news program “FYI.”
Murphy Brown
This Oregon defensive player became the program’s first top-10 NFL Draft pick under Dan Lanning.
Christian Gonzalez