San Francisco State University Journalism Department

04/15/2025

Our next Xpress decade celebration is TOMORROW, Wed. April 16 at 6 p.m. in the Golden Gate Xpress newsroom, bringing together staff, advisors and supporters from the 2010s. Can't make it to campus? Out of the area? Join us via Zoom and we'll loop you into the reception. Join us for refreshments and appetizers as we reminisce and reconnect!

https://sfsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/bC3IRhDHQ2uKWTQf-ZYNhw

03/18/2025

In his latest documentary project, SF State Journalism photojournalism Professor Emeritus Ken Kobre tells the story of Baby Z in 'Life with Half a Brain.' What if doctors told you the way to fix your infant son's chronic seizures was to remove nearly half his brain? Zacchaio Thiele's parents faced just such a decision: A hemispherectomy to help save their son's life. 'Life with Half a Brain' is free to stream on Tubi, or available to rent or buy on Prime Video.

Go inside the lives of several people navigating the world with epileptic seizures, each with their own unique story, perspective and struggle.

10/25/2024

Sharing this academic leadership opportunity at University of Arizona School of Journalism by request:

Internal management, oversight and evaluation of:Enrollment, curriculum, and instructional materialsIn-person and online delivery of curriculumPersonn...

10/24/2024

Los Angeles Times billionaire owner block's plan to endorse Kamala Harris for president.

Mariel Garza, the editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times, resigned on Wednesday after the newspaper’s owner blocked the editorial board’s plans to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president. “I am resigning because I want to make it clear that I am not okay with us being silent,”...

10/05/2024

Terrific story by KQED's Madi Bolanos shines spotlight on a wicked chapter of Palm Springs history when the city bulldozed and burned hundreds of homes of black and brown families.

Negotiations continue over some type of compensation for Black and Latino residents who were burned out of their neighborhood 60 years ago. How the city of Palm Springs chooses to move forward could set a national precedent for reparations.

09/19/2024

Sending strength and support to fellow journalist Garry Pierre-Pierre.

Racist emails. Swatting. Intimidated sources. The Haitian Times has been receiving some of the same threats that it has been covering in Springfield, Ohio.

09/12/2024

My computer coughed up this 2018 photo from one of my classes at San Francisco State University Journalism Department. We were using handshakes as a way to compare the differences between centralized, decentralized, and distributed models of media networks. The students seem happy, if only for the chance to say hello to a real live human being.

09/09/2024

”When [The San Francisco Standard] initially requested these documents, the city’s chief medical examiner’s office attempted to charge its usual price of $49 per report, meaning the full data set would have cost more than $35,000.

After an attorney representing The Standard argued that this was a violation of public record laws, the agency agreed to change its policy to charge just 10 cents per page — the price of printer ink and paper."

Thank you SF State Journalism alumnus David Sjostedt for your important reporting on the tragic human loss of our overdose epidemic, and for illuminating this oppressive, illegal policy from the San Francisco Medical Examiner.

I'm not a fan of the focus on trauma experienced by those who found the bodies, though I found very powerful David's personalization of these victims and reflections from their families.

More than 700 people have fatally overdosed on San Francisco's streets. Some residents say they're desensitized to finding death on their doorsteps. Others are forever haunted.

08/12/2024

When your computer coughs up a random photo from 10 years ago. Ill have more to say later ...

08/05/2024

Longtime Oakland journalist William Gee Wong will talk about his memoir Sons of Chinatown this Saturday at the San Francisco Public Library. Added treat: He will be in conversation with filmmaker Felicia Lowe.

William Gee Wong will be in conversation with award-winning documentary filmmaker Felicia Lowe about Chinese immigration during the Chinese exclusion era through the Angel Island Immigration Station and subsequent integration of the second-generation in an illegal immigration success story set among...

08/01/2024

07/24/2024

JUST 48 HOURS left! Win one of three $75 gift certificates by completing and submitting San Francisco State University’s Journalism Department Alumni survey. Your feedback helps us prepare future students! The survey is open until Friday, July 26, 2024 and the winners will be chosen at random from all submitted surveys.

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07/03/2024

* DEADLINE EXTENDED* SF State Journalism alumni, you can win one of three $75 gift certificates by completing our Journalism Department Alumni survey. The survey deadline has been extended to July 26, 2024 and the winners will be chosen at random from all submitted surveys.

https://sfsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5oMtwNujsCoBLqS

04/12/2024

SF State Journalism alumna Mariel Garza ('89) has been named editorial page editor of the Los Angeles Times, for which she has served on the editorial board since 2015.

The following announcement was made by Executive Editor Terry Tang: I’m very happy to announce promotions for Mariel Garza and Susan Brenneman in the Opinion Department.