This Fall 09 semester, the Department of Journalism is proud to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Daily 49er. We invite all students, alumni, former 49er reporters and editors, professional media colleagues and the surrounding community to join us congratulating the newspaper and celebrating six decades of outstanding journalistic service to the campus!
The J-Department and the Daily 49er organized two amazing events on Nov. 13: an open house at the 49er newsroom and a small celebration in the Pyramid Annex. Those events were attended by dozens of former and current Daily 49er journalists; as well as by current and former journalism faculty and CSULB admnistrators.
The Daily 49er also published a 60th Anniversary special editon on Nov. 12. Click here for photos from the events, and here for a PDF copy of the anniversary collector's edition.
The Department of Journalism at CSULB is proud to keep an up-to-date list of employment and scholarship opportunities for students.
The information - as updated as possible - is available on BeachBoard; on the binder located in the main office of the Dept. of Journalism; or here, on the Web site, by click on "Resources" on the left.
On Oct. 27, 2009, KTLA Morning News Co-Anchor Michaela Pereira came to CSULB to talk to students. For an hour and a half, Pereira told students about her career, followed by a Q&A from students.
Click here to see a slideshow of Pereira's visit.
Thank you to all student volunteers who worked with the "The Good News Foundation"--a charitable organization that funds journalism scholarships and mentors aspiring journalists--on the big fundraising event they had on Oct. 3 in Santa Monica.
"The Good News Foundation" was founded by some of the top female TV anchors and reporters in the Los Angeles area, including Wendy Burch, Christine Devine, Pat Harvey and Ana Garcia. The organization "is dedicated to promoting true networking among the women involved in the Los Angeles television news market." Their Saturday event was chaired by former L.A. mayor Richard Riordan.
We got a very nice thank you note from Christine Devine, FOX 11 News host and one of the event's organizers, who was very impressed with our student volunteers. Go Beach!
Welcome to the Department of Journalism at California State University, Long Beach. We hope you'll find here what you're looking for. These are exciting times for the j-department.
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In an event organized by Department of Journalism Professor Carla Yarbrough, a group of recruiters from ESPN came to the department in September of 2009 to talk to students about internship opportunities and their future careers in the journalism market.
Click here to see a a slideshow with pictures from the event
The Department of Journalism became one of the first four departments at CSULB to join iTunes U, the Apple initiative focusing on speading educational content. At this point, the department is using iTunes U to showcase student work.
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The Department of Journalism once again organized a Careers Day in Journalism & Public Relations for our current students and recent graduates. The Fall 09 version of Careers Day happened on Oct. 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the USU Ballrooms (Student Union, 2nd floor).
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Once again, the department will be offering the Summer Study Abroad program in Brazil. This time, a group of students will be going to Belém, in the Brazilian Amazon, to study scientific and environmental journalism. The trip will be part of JOUR 312-I Global News Media, a G.E. Capstone course.
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On May 12, 2009, the Department of Journalism at CSULB became the first on campus to use the new Flash media server. Journalism has made available the full video of the Spring 2009 Careers Day, taking advantage of the latest technology.
Click here to watch the videos from Spring 09 Careers Day
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The Department of Journalism hosted its annual Journalism Day on April 28, 2009. The theme for this year was "Global Media, Global Citizens," with panels discussing both international journalism and international public relations. The keynote speaker was award winning journalist Pete Fuentes.
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The 2009 edition of the Beach Byline - the alumni magazine from the Department of Journalism at California State University,
Long Beach is now online and available
for download. Just follow the link below
for your choice of downloading the whole magazine, or each article separately
as a PDF.
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What started as a class assignment becomes a front-page story: CSULB Journalism major Kelley Frances Smith writes for the Orange County Register about Slater Barron, a Long Beach artist who uses laundry lint as her primary art material.
Smith, who was a student in Prof. Peter Larsen's Feature Writing class last fall, found Slater Barron at a local art show, and remembered having met the unusual artist when Prof. Larsen asked his students to come up with interesting characters for a profile story.
Click here to read the Orange County Register's story.
The Journalism faculty started the new 2008-2009 academic year with its annual faculty retreat on Sept. 5. On the agenda, important discussions about the upcoming re-accreditation process, curricular issues, and the j-department's internal assessment and self-study. Click here to read more.
Daily49er.com recently attracted national attention by becoming the first university in the nation to launch using College Publisher 5.0. CP 5.0 is a publishing platform and content management system used by more than 500 online college news publications in the country.
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Journalism student Shannon Poe scored an interview with Pulitzer-winning author Ray Bradbury, in which the legendary author of "Fahrenheit 451," among other classics, discusses the upcoming closure of used bookstore "Acres of Books," a downtown Long Beach landmark.
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The CSULB Department of Journalism hosted its first of many professional workshops in June 2008 featuring training in multimedia reporting. The two-day workshop was led by trainers from the Los Angeles Times. Click here to see slideshows and videos produced by the more than 20 people who attended the workshop.
CSULB Journalism Professor Donna Wares has written and recently released "Great Escapes: Southern California" just in time for summer. The book is a collection of exceptional Southern California road trips, from San Diego to the Gaviota Coast, from Catalina Island to the Mojave Desert. You'll find weekend getaways and nature hideaways, places to relax and reinvigorate your creative spirit, even if—especially if—you don’t have time to take a two-week vacation.
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