Local news is so important. Think about it, unless a story is so horrific or so wonderful and unusual that it merits national coverage, where else are you going to find news that matters most to you? Where else are you going to hear from people in nearby communities?
I’m grateful for my move to Florida from Ohio at this stage in my career. I ve spent a lot of time in Florida in recent years, so It’s an opportunity to marry my professional life with my personal life. I’m thrilled about the opportunity to lead coverage for the opinion page. I look forward to engaging with the community in different ways, whether it’s through digital subscriptions, print, social media, a Facebook live event or eventually public events when things get back to normal following this worldwide pandemic that has forever changed our lives.
is an SDSU graduate who majored in journalism. She lives in Manteca.
“I’m graduating during a pandemic” is something I never thought I’d hear myself say, but here we are. Just in this month alone, I’ve felt every emotion there is and have struggled to express what it means to be leaving my college years behind.
While graduating during this time is historic and a major highlight in my 22 years of life, every now and then I think of how I experienced campus life at San Diego State University for only one semester and a half.
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Someone has to tell you, an adult, this? What the heck? Weren’t you raised right? Didn’t you learn at an early age to wash your hand when you finished your business? Someone really had to tell you to wash your hands after wiping your behind? Really?
What does director, producer, writer and professor Spike Lee, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price have in common? There are many similarities but let’s focus on one specific issue. Recently, Mayor Lightfoot called the media out on the diversity issue.