Under California law,[1] Daily Titan is editorially independent from the university and the College of Communications.
[3] Daily Titan was given its current name and began publishing four editions each week in fall 1969.
Roughly 60 reporters, editors and advertising sales executives, chosen each semester, form the staff.
The news and advertising faculty advisers do not exercise editorial control.
On March 18, 2020, Daily Titan suspended daily print editions because of the COVID-19 pandemic; it has printed weekly editions during the school year since August 24, 2020.