Contact Us

The Bottom Line is located in the Associated Students Annex at UCSB, also known as Building 434 on campus maps. We can be reached at 805-893-2440 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. We always welcome new members, story ideas, letters to the editor, guest editorials, advertising inquiries, and all other inquiries or comments.

Mailing Address

The Bottom Line
Associated Students 6081, UCEN RM 2537
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-6065

Advertising

The Bottom Line is always seeking advertisements for our newspaper and popular social media platforms. To advertise with us, please see our general advertising info. For all other advertising inquiries, email marketing@bottomlineucsb.com.

Contacting a specific section or editor

If you need to get in touch with a particular member or section of the editorial board, please contact the editor(s) directly at thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/edboard.

Share tips

Heard about something happening on campus, in Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, or California? If you know of anything that you wish to see covered by our newspaper, email content@bottomlineucsb.com with “News Tip” in the subject headline.

Submitting an op-ed or letter to the editor

If you wish to submit a letter to the editor, email opinions@bottomlineucsb.com.  Topics should be in response to an opinion piece in The Bottom Line or related to the local community, and approximately 500 words. Letters to the editor are shared on our social media platforms and will not be published in print.

Letters to the editor are subject to editing for spelling and grammatical errors, but content will not be affected. If you are not a student at UCSB, please attach a 1-2 sentence biography at the bottom of your piece stating your affiliations.

Please note that not every submission may be published. All submitted work must be original and not published on any other platform.

Correcting an article

The Bottom Line will correct articles as soon as possible and provide updated information whenever possible. To report a correction, email content@bottomlineucsb.com.

Donate

The Bottom Line is a non-profit, student-run weekly newspaper. Donations help support our staff with the equipment and resources needed to put out the best content for our community. To make a donation, email managing@bottomlineucsb.com. Thank you!

Permissible Use

All content on this site is copyright of The Bottom Line and may be used with permission only. The Bottom Line requires a small fee for the use of our content, exempting use for UCSB student groups only. For article use or if you have any questions, contact content@bottomlineucsb.com. For photo use, contact photo@bottomlineucsb.com.

Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes a copyright infringement, please email content@bottomlineucsb.com and we will remove it immediately. Please, also contact us if you have found The Bottom Line’s work copied in a way that constitutes a copyright infringement.