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From left to right: Maverick Hamrick adjusts the camera for a student film (photo courtesy of Sean Monney), Susana Serrano hosts a cooking show (photo courtesy of City College Media), and Vince Outlaw covers a basketball game (photo courtesy of City College Media)

Radio and Television at City College to be merged with Digital Journalism program

The two programs are to be united under the Film, Journalism and Media Production label
Luke Bradbury, Multimedia Journalist December 12, 2023
The goal of the consolidation is to simplify and clarify course progression for students. 
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Jillian Fortner, pictured at the Newscene anchor desk in the City Times Media studio, started her career with CCTV in 2021. Photo courtesy of Jillian Fortner

City College’s Jillian Fortner took home a student Emmy this summer. Here’s how she got started.

Now a multimedia journalist at KTVZ in Bend, Oregon, Fortner credits City Times Media for her success
Keila Menjivar Zamora, Multimedia Journalist September 12, 2023
Jillian Fortner won a Regional Student Emmy in June for her work with City Times Media in June. If you tuned in to City Times Media’s weekly TV news production, Newscene, in the last two years, you most likely saw her. 
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Jakob McWhinney works on a story at his computer in is cubicle at the Voice of San Diego office in downtown San Diego on May 5, 2023.

City College alumnus becomes voice of education issues in San Diego

Jakob McWhinney’s reporting on education draws influence from his own educational journey
Sean Monney, Multimedia Journalist May 8, 2023
Jakob McWhinney was finishing his 5-month internship at the online news organization Voice of San Diego when it posted a job opening for the education reporter position.
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Kathryn Gray, editor-in-chief of City Times, receives her third place JACC award

City Times Media takes home 15 awards from JACC Conference

The annual convention, which is run in conjunction with ACP and CCMA, bring together 2- and 4-year students from across the nation
Keadan Bradley, Social Media Producer March 16, 2023
San Diego City College journalism students took home 15 awards from the statewide publication and on-the-spot competitions held by JACC at its annual spring conference in San Francisco last weekend.
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Ida B. Wells archival photograph

REVIEW: “Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice”

San Diego City College hosts “Black Film Fridays” with a depiction of Wells-Barnett’s legacy of journalism and activism
Philip Salata, Multimedia Journalist February 11, 2022
This hour-long biographical piece depicts the life and work of journalist, activist, and African American suffragette Ida B. Wells-Barnett, whose methodical and uncompromising voice served as a guiding beacon for Black rights throughout the post-Reconstruction era.
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Soccer player kicks ball

City Times rings in the holidays with a call for coverage suggestions

As 2021 comes to a close, what do you think City Times should focus on in 2022?
Jakob McWhinney, Multimedia Journalist December 20, 2021
Journalism exists to empower its audience, and with City College's campus gradually coming back to life, the need for input from students becomes ever more important. So … what would you like to read about? What do you think your fellow students should know about? What information would help you be a better informed and prepared student? Let us know about your concerns, questions or frustrations. 
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Ikedra King on a voice-interview as she was unfolding a story Alumni for San Diego City College’s City Times newspaper. David Ahumada/ City Times

Student honored by San Diego Association of Black Journalists

Yakira Delgadillo, Staff Writer April 18, 2018

April 18, 2018 It was a special night last Friday evening for San Diego City College Digital Journalism Department. The San Diego Association of Black Journalists held its Annual Scholarship Reception...

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Onward and Upward

Journalism students shine after community college education
Ikedra King, Arts Editor April 18, 2018

Underrecognized majors at San Diego City College such as Radio, TV, Film and Digital Journalism programs have continued to produce successful contributors to their respective fields of news and entertainment....

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Student injured in arrest

Mike Madriaga December 3, 2016

The cement is his bed. The staircase an umbrella. The double-paned glass a mirror to check his dreadlocks when the street lights are activated, which also illuminate his handwritten Peace 101 notes. He...

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Alumnus alleges police abuse, stops traffic on C Street

Mike Madriaga November 21, 2016

San Diego police blocked a key street through City College for more than an hour around midday Nov. 16, while an African American alumnus lay on the ground accusing officers of roughly removing him from...

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Photographer inspired by his days at City

Mike Madriaga May 8, 2016

He is known as a talented videographer and a photographer by his co-workers at The San Diego Union-Tribune – but don’t take their word for it. On May 3, David Brooks, a former City College student,...

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$27,100 for City College students

A variety of scholarships are made available to San Diego City College students through new application website
Mike Madriaga December 15, 2015
A variety of scholarships are made available to San Diego City College students through new application website
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