News Listing
-
May 08, 2024Len Sellers' 'parting words' – Retirement speech at SF State Journalism graduation celebration, May 25, 2001
-
February 07, 2024Are you interested in journalism, photography, design, social media or covering a community? Contact journalismclubatsfsu@gm…
-
December 19, 2023The San Francisco State University Department of Journalism today announces its role as independent local monitor for a plan…
-
November 07, 2023The vote is in! Current student editors and the rest of the publications committee have chosen the new EICs for next semeste…
-
September 25, 2023SF State Photojournalism alum, Sarahbeth Maney, will be joining the ProPublica newsroom as the first fellow in the Diamonste…
-
September 14, 2023Juan Gonzales was honored at El Tecolote’s Golden Legacy Gala on Aug. 26 in San Francisco, which celebrated five decades of…
-
August 31, 2023Both Golden Gate Xpress and Xpress Magazine were named as finalists for the ACP Pacemaker Awards. Winners will be announced…
-
August 22, 2023SF State Journalism alumni Ximena Loeza and Sebastian Miño Bucheli will serve as members of the inaugural cohort of the Cali…
-
August 22, 2023SF State Journalism alumna, MJ Johnson is a finalist for the 2023 Student Academy Awards for her short documentary “god Bles…
-
August 22, 2023Assistant Professor Josh Davis is being honored by the College Media Association as an Emerging Advisor for his work with Go…
-
June 12, 2023Alumnus and San Francisco Chronicle Photographer Stephen Lam is a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his photos documenting th…
-
June 07, 2023SF State bilingual journalism student Andy Damián-Correa was named a summer journalism intern for the Environmental Health N…
-
May 18, 2023SFSU Photojournalism senior Gina Castro will receive the 2023 Fran Ortiz Photojournalism Grant to continue work on her proje…
-
April 17, 2023Golden Gate Xpress journalists discussed the protest that erupted following a talk by anti-trans activist Riley Gaines. Read…
-
March 30, 2023Dr. Cristina Azocar gave a presentation as inaugural speaker at Westfield State's National Women's History Lecture Series. H…
-
March 09, 2023Journalism students partnered with El Tecolote to write an article about how improper dental care for incarcerated people cr…
-
February 24, 2023Interested in what area young people think about the future of our region? Students from San Francisco State University shar…
-
February 22, 2023Students can license historical footage for their own work for free, while most filmmakers must pay to do so. Read the artic…
-
February 17, 2023Professor Sachi Cunningham, a fearless big-wave photographer, was profiled by The New York Times. Read the article.…
-
February 08, 2023Associate Professor of Journalism Sachi Cunningham comments on the potential for AI to transform photography and photojourna…
-
January 20, 2023Professor Emerita of Journalism Betty Medsger discussed how the arrest of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, highlights thre…
-
November 21, 2022Assistant Professor Josh Davis elected to NPPA boards of directors Read the article
-
November 21, 2022Alumna Adriana Morga is host to AP News Money TikTok Watch here
-
November 07, 2022Congratulations to Juliana Yamada on winning the photojournalism shoot-out at MediaFest 2022! Read the article.…
-
October 12, 2022Alumna Jessica De La Torres reports on teen farmworkers in the US agricultural industry and the challenges they face. Read t…
-
October 07, 2022Alumna Sydney Welch, a Bay Area photojournalist, was featured for her coverage of the Bay Area’s hip-hop scene. Listen the p…
-
October 05, 2022Alumnus Joel Umanzor joined The San Francisco Chronicle as a 2022 Hearst Fellow. Read the full article.
-
September 04, 2022Professor Emeritus of Journalism Jon Funabiki was interviewed in “Paper Chase,” a documentary chronicling Japanese American…
-
August 22, 2022The Journalism Department seeks a work-study student to work as a computer lab assistant Days/Hours: Mondays-Thursdays, 5-6:…
-
August 16, 2022Journalism Department Professor Emerita Yvonne Daley, who touched countless lives as writer and teacher, died Aug. 9 at a…
-
June 14, 2022Associate Professor of Journalism Cristina Azocar discussed the lack of federal recognition for Indigenous tribes from the B…
-
June 13, 2022Student Leticia Luna will be doing a summer internship with the San Francisco Chronicle.
-
June 06, 2022Assistant Professor of Journalism Joshua Davis wrote an op-ed about the campaign to recall San Francisco District Attorney C…
-
May 13, 2022Congratulations to the following students for being selected to receive Journalism Department scholarships for 2022-2023. G…
-
May 09, 2022Alumnae Sara Donchey (‘12) will be the graduation speaker for the journalism classes of ‘20, ‘21 and ‘22. Donchey worked on…
-
May 09, 2022Journalism Alumnus of the Year Michael Robinson Chávez (‘94) is a staff photographer at The Washington Post covering issues…
-
May 09, 2022Alumna and Professor Cristina L. Azocar (’93) has been busy since being promoted to full professor in 2021. Dr. Azocar just…
-
May 09, 2022Former San Francisco State professor and alumnus Jon Funabiki(72’) will be awarded the Journalism Department’s 2022 Distingu…
-
April 21, 2022The work of two SF State Journalism alumni is featured in “Lift Every Voice: A Celebration of Black Lives,” a new book that…
-
April 15, 2022SF State Journalism alum Breanna Reeves ('17) has been awarded a USC 2022 Center for Health Journalism California Fellowship…
-
April 11, 2022To whom does San Francisco’s oldest neighborhood belong? For many years, the Mission has been the battleground for protest…
-
April 07, 2022Journalism alumnus Alex Emslie won the 2021 SPJ Norcal award for podcast journalism for ‘On Our Watch', which investigated h…
-
April 06, 2022Paul Ghusar’s (’21) documentary film “God save Cab Sauv” won third place in the White House News Photographers Association A…
-
March 02, 2022By Zac Zavala The Society of Professional Journalists Northern California Board awarded Professor Cristina Azocar and Assist…
-
February 21, 2022SF State Journalism Department Alumnus Alex Emslie won the SPJ NorCal award in Podcast Journalism for “On Our Watch.” His…
-
February 21, 2022Award by The Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California chapter for creating a Bilingual Spanish Journalism de…
-
February 01, 2022"Rachele Kanigel comes from a long line of readers. In this podcast, Rachele shares her life story with us. Today, she's the…
-
November 30, 2021Assistant Professor of Journalism Lourdes Cárdenas was interviewed by KRON-4 on Nov. 22 about the department's ground-breaki…
-
November 05, 2021Three SF State Journalism students will receive fellowships to do internships at Bay Area community news organizations next…
-
September 28, 2021San Francisco State University’s Journalism Department will launch the first Bilingual Spanish Journalism B.A. program at a…
-
September 07, 2021The Journalism Department is excited to introduce three new adjunct instructors joining the faculty for the Fall 2021 semest…
-
September 02, 2021Associate Professor Sachi Cunningham is back in the classroom after a productive year-long sabbatical in which she completed…
-
August 31, 2021The Journalism Department seeks a responsible undergraduate or graduate student to work as a photo tech assistant.Days/Hours…
-
August 19, 2021The Journalism Department seeks a work-study student to work as a computer lab assistant Days/Hours: Mondays-Thursdays, 5-7…
-
August 19, 2021The Journalism Department seeks a work-study student to work as a communications assistant Days/Hours: 5-10 hours a week, fl…
-
July 14, 2021Golden Gate Xpress, the student newspaper at San Francisco State University, was named one of the Associated Collegiate Pres…
-
May 21, 2021Photojournalism major Adriana Morga, president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists student chapter at SF Sta…
-
May 17, 2021The Department of Journalism has awarded $3,000 Fran Ortiz Photojournalism project grants to photojournalism senior Harika M…
-
May 07, 2021The Journalism Department has established a new fund to help students realize their journalistic dreams. The Student Profess…
-
May 06, 2021Amaya Edwards’ project focuses on Black birth justice. From her proposal: “Black lives matter as they are being brought into…
-
April 30, 2021The San Francisco State University Journalism Department is looking for a journalist with extensive experience in investigat…
-
April 26, 2021After applying three times, SF State alumnus Sarahbeth Maney was selected for a prestigious photojournalism fellowship with…
-
April 20, 2021Two SF State journalism students finished in the top 10 of the third multimedia competition of the 2020-2021 Hearst Journali…
-
April 20, 2021When Kale Williams first read a press release about a polar bear that had been abandoned by its mother and raised by zookeep…
-
April 19, 2021San Francisco State University’s student publications have announced their new editors-in-chief for Fall 2021. Chris Ramirez…
-
April 07, 2021When it comes to representing the voices of SF State journalism students, the members of the Student Advisory Board have the…
-
March 18, 2021Eloise Kelsey, a photojournalism major, won 9th place in the Photo Picture Story/Series Competition of the 2020-2021 Hearst…
-
March 18, 2021Journalism Professor Venise Wagner is one of three professors to receive a Marcus Transformative Research Award from the Col…
-
March 04, 2021David Sjostedt, who was editor-in-chief of Golden Gate Xpress in Summer and Fall 2020, has placed 15th in the Multimedia Inn…
-
March 03, 2021The SF State Journalism Department is now hosting an official student chapter of NLGJA, the Association of LGBTQ Journalists…
-
March 02, 2021Professor Jon Funabiki, who championed social justice journalism and diversity in media during a five-decade career as a jou…
-
February 25, 2021He interviewed Jimi Hendrix before the rock legend overdosed and Jim Jones before the People’s Temple founder and his follow…
-
February 05, 2021The Society of Professional Journalists Northern California Chapter is honoring Professor Jon Funabiki with the Distinguishe…
-
February 01, 2021While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep people apart, the Journalism Department is establishing a new San Francisco St…
-
January 15, 2021As a constitutional law expert who teaches media law at SF State, James Wagstaffe often explains to his students that while…
-
January 15, 2021When Associate Professor Kim Komenich teaches JOUR 435 Photojournalism III, he usually sends students out to document aspect…