My college magazine needs your help!

February 8, 2015
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“Xpress is a San Francisco State University student-run magazine, serving the SF State community for more than 40 years. We cover arts, culture, sports, tech, and so much more.

We’re a public university, and with budget cuts, we lack the funding we need. As a result, we are unable to include every writer’s story in our print issues. We also lack a good amount of newsstands on campus. More importantly, we can only have a select number of colored pages.

We believe that Xpress is an important voice on campus. Our goal is to raise $1,000 so we can get more newsstands, colored pages, and print every writer’s story Anything helps. If you are unable to donate, please share this post about our fundraiser and magazine. We are a team of writers and photographers who are passionate about storytelling. We want to share stories with all of you.”

Here’s a link to our IndieGoGo campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/newsstands-for-the-students-xpress-magazine

Daffodil Altan on writing and reporting

December 11, 2014
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Daffodil Altan from the Center of Investigative Reporting spoke to SF State journalism students about working as an investigative multimedia journalist. She has produced multimedia stories for Frontline World. In addition, she has also written for many publications like the San Francisco Chronicle and Mother Jones. Altan gave students tips on writing and reporting on ‘invisible’ communities. She also offered valuable advice on networking, interviewing and news ethics. I live-tweeted during the event. Here are a few of my tweets:

https://twitter.com/catherinereport/status/542839359980838913

https://twitter.com/catherinereport/status/542839685202972673

https://twitter.com/catherinereport/status/542842193199636480

 

“Children’s rights: what matters most to young people around the world? – interactive”

December 9, 2014
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This week’s multimedia story takes a look at children’s rights. Click on a photo to reveal what matters to each child. I like the way this piece is designed, but it would have been more personal to see a video clip or audio interview that went along with each child’s photo.

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2014/nov/20/childrens-rights-what-matters-to-young-people-around-the-world-interactive

French classics: duck confit

December 3, 2014
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Here is this week’s multimedia story. This is the third part of a series of videos exploring French food. Chef Bruno Loubet finds inspiration from the garden of famous impressionist painter Claude Monet. He decides to make a duck confit, which is basically cooking duck in its own oil. I’ve had duck confit and it’s fatty…but extremely delicious. Loubet chooses to make the confit with ingredients like red onions and beetroot marmalade. The video illustrates the 5-shot method that we discussed in my online journalism class.

Photos of the world’s most iconic buildings

November 25, 2014
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This week’s multimedia story isn’t really a news story, it’s more of a photo showcase. The Guardian recently released a collection of photos shot by photographer Gabriele Croppi. He shot photos of iconic buildings from around the world, from Times Square, New York to Paris, France. Croppi has good photo compositions and well-set scenes. I wish the captions told me more about each place’s iconic building. It would have been nice to read a few fun facts.

Here’s a link to the photo collection:

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/nov/27/bold-and-beautiful-famous-buildings-emerge-from-the-shadows-in-pictures