Education

College: How to graduate in four years

By Marsha Wescott Opinion College is a time in a young person's life to experience a different world than high school. There are frat parties, going to class at noon, and doing your own laundry. Many enter college with sights set on things other than education, yet there are a small few who purposefully want to graduate in four years while simultaneously having the “time of their lives.” With budget cuts and financial issues getting in the way, how is it that students can graduate “on ...
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Educate me!

By Lindsey Graham-Jones Opinion Whether you’re a student at one of California’s 112 community colleges, 23 California State Universities, or 10 University of California campuses, buckle up ... ‘cause you’re in for a ride. Transfer student orientation at San Francisco State this fall was a total buzz kill. All the preemptive excitement of finally transferring to the big leagues from a modest city college vanished. The eight pre-registration units we had been promised were no longer availab...
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Journalism internships can lead to jobs

By Christian Goepel After 13 intense weeks, over 50 written and photographic bylines, and a glut of short uncredited pieces in print, my media internship with the Marin Independent Journal is coming to a close. As I reminisce about my assignment, I most relish the broad variety of experiences that the internship afforded, including the ability to write, research, edit, and photograph for a daily newspaper that appears to be overcoming the cruel demise that has befallen many similar print m...
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SF State meets Oakland Media Academy

By Jour 570 Opinion Writing Team Photos by Dalton Blanco It was an experiment of sorts: Teaming up SF State Opinion Writing students with 60+ students from Oakland's Media Academy to come up with some interesting "breaking news" blogs about campus life. Each student in the advanced writing class had the task of leading three to four high school students on an expedition of "What's Happening Around Campus." They had the extra pressure of creating a story that would fit neatly into thei...
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Journalist Alan Mutter: Start a blog

By Derek Chisamore and Nakita Espinoza Journalism ain't what it used to be, but there's no need to give up hope, says former SF Chronicle editor-turned-venture capitalist Alan Mutter. “Everything has changed,” Mutter, 60, told students in Venise Wagner's Mass Media class. “Newspapers are struggling.” There are three forces disrupting journalism according to Mutter: economics, technology and consumer trends. A culmination of shrinking audiences, a weak economy, faster software, and wh...
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