CSUN Mass Communication Graduate Program

12/01/2020

Trine Bay Larsen has always had a passion for human rights. When she was in the Mass Communication program Trine was inspired by the work of program coordinator and professor Melissa Wall and developed an interest in the plight of refugees.

Her thesis documented the lives of refugees in her native country of Denmark, where she now works as a project coordinator for an EU-backed campaign to fight loneliness.

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10/26/2020

During her time at CSUN, Mass Communication alumna Sarah Shabbar actively participated in the workshop One of Us, which provides camera and training for the homeless community to document their own lives.

Shabbar learned how to film and photograph, but most importantly she listened to the participants' stories.

Through the workshop and the mentorship of its creator, professor David Blumenkrantz, Shabbar developed her thesis project, an online portal with the goal of "Destigmatizing the image of homeless women in Los Angeles, California."

Shabbar conducted several interviews and allowed the women to tell their own stories, free from reporting biases or prejudices found in news coverage of the issue.

She formed a deep bond with the women she interviewed and credits the master's program with her becoming a better storyteller and activist.

You can check out Sarah Shabbar's thesis project here: http://www.sarahshabbar.com/personal-stories.html

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10/20/2020

Marta Valier's audio series on the civil war in El Salvador won her the Outstanding Graduate Thesis/Project Award from 2019/2020.

She traveled to El Salvador, met with activists and recorded their stories.

Now, Marta is expanding her audio series into the podcast ''Voices of Central America,'' which has the important goal of preserving the memory of the conflict for those who lived through it and for people of Central American heritage in the U.S.

10/07/2020

José Duran (class of 2019) produced a documentary for his graduate thesis project.

He interviewed Academy Award-nominated actor Edward James Olmos, among other actors and activists for ''Latinos in Hollywood,'' which highlighted the Latino filmmaker's perspective in Los Angeles.

José currently works as an assignment editor at KTLA and is a freelance writer for geek news portals.

09/29/2020

Mass Communications alumna Tara Atrian's researched how white extremism proliferates in digital spaces for her final project. Her research work has become even more relevant in the recent months.

Tara currently works in news production at KCRW and does freelance broadcast associate work at CBS Evening News

09/24/2020

Mass Communications alumna Karen Cruz-Orduña reports on the need for the several thousands of indigenous Oaxaqueños in Santa Maria to be counted in the 2020 census.

Cruz-Orduña is a proud Oaxaqueña and her graduate thesis project ''Exploring Oaxacalifornia in the City of Los Angeles” highlighted how Oaxaqueños in California create a new sense of identity in the US through cultural events, social practices and communal ties.

09/11/2020

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09/11/2020

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