The Iowa State Daily Publication Board selected two Daily editors to be editor-in-chief (EIC) for the 2025-26 academic year during their meeting Wednesday.
Brayton Kohl will serve as editor-in-chief during the fall semester, and Claire Cosier, who was selected as editor-in-chief-elect, will succeed him during the spring semester.
Kohl began with the Daily as a reporter in the fall of 2023 and became academics editor in August. Cosier started writing on the politics desk as a reporter in the spring of 2024 and began as politics editor in October.
The pair’s joint strategic plan calls for togetherness, building on existing trust and establishing a monthly print publication.
“Being EIC is a unique opportunity to better serve the Iowa State and Ames community more broadly,” Kohl said. ”It’s also an opportunity to influence young aspiring journalists and enable them to hone their skills and strengths.”
Kohl’s winter graduation gave the board a unique opportunity to select Cosier as the first editor-in-chief-elect.
“I am really passionate about journalism and the Iowa State Daily,” Cosier said. “Having the opportunity to lead such an incredible newsroom is really cool.”
Both plan to create a “Know Your Editors” series to “put a face behind” the Daily’s stories.
“People like to see who is writing their stories and so we would like to begin that series starting up right at the beginning of the fall semester,” Kohl said.
Additionally, Cosier and Kohl are planning to maintain the types of stories that are currently being published.
“I would hope that we would continue to do the same type of bigger stories as well as the smaller coverage stories next year,” Cosier said.
