TV Producer Shares her Path From CSUF to the Major News Network Alumna Vanessa Rumbles ’07 (B.A. communications-radio/TV/film) made the jump from working behind the scenes for Cal State Fullerton TV shows to winning a news Emmy for her work at CNN. Rumbles has always had a love for current events, but her alma mater helped turn that passion into a dream career. How did you choose Cal State Fullerton and your radio/TV/film (now cinema and television arts) major? I grew up watching Court TV, the O.J. Simpson case and CNN, and knew early on that I loved current events and storytelling. When I toured the campus, I liked that professors had real-world experience and I saw that I could get the same. I felt at home and thought, “This is where I have to go.”