Blog Post 1- March 2, 2026
So far, I have chosen to focus on Latina student journalists. My sources will include the editors of Mundo Azteca and the contributing student writers, as well as their experiences. As well as the students involved in the NAHJ(National Association of Hispanic Journalists). I have emailed the board members and am trying to schedule interviews for this week and next week. I hope to capture the process of a student going from a staff writer to a leadership position and growing in their journalism career.
After my interviews are complete, I will reach out to Dr.Temple and ask for the applicant demographic information for journalism as a major. Besides the board members of NAHJ, I will also ask the contributing writers, such as Ivana Bustamante, Joselyn Munoz, and Abigail Segoviano. I will also need to schedule interviews with Emily Barrera, multimedia editor at Mundo Azteca, and contributing writers. I also plan to reach out beyond SDSU grounds and gain information about other student newspapers in San Diego.
Blog Post 2- March 16, 2026
The message behind the art was what stood out to me. At first, I didn’t really understand the title because “sweeps” was an uncommon term. The topic of homelessness is talked about, but mostly as an issue that needs to be handled. That homelessness has become an epidemic, and people are being discarded. I learned that becoming unsheltered happens more often than we imagine. Students are often victims of the system and fall short on income.
For the most part, the unsheltered have always been portrayed as people who gave up on their lives. Usually, they’re unclean, and a lot of the time, they’re just looking for a fix. They give an aggressive and unfiltered version of themselves. I grew up in a neighborhood where the income was lower for most, and children, even at my school, couldn't always come with clean clothes. One year, a close family friend of ours started turning to drugs and eventually became homeless. His story was as tragic as he put his family through lots of hardship. I see these people on the streets and think to myself how quickly life can take a turn. I never imagined it could be someone so close to me. My own sister, living abroad in London, had trouble finding a place to live that was affordable, and luckily had a friend who let her live with her. Otherwise, my sister would have been a homeless student, much like councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera experienced.
Sweeps Kill is a great opportunity to bring a different perspective to light. To bring a voice to the people who don’t have one. Talking about how current policies and mandates have consequences and how they directly affect the people being targeted is important. Policies should be created after hearing from those who will be affected; otherwise, they will do more harm than good.
A journalist's job is to hear all sides of the story and report on real events with evidence to back it up. From the Screening Circle, the most important takeaway is to reach out to those who have experienced being unsheltered and ask how and why. To dive deeper and capture not only the situation they're facing, but also solutions. To be a journalist is to provide perspective and be able to break the stereotypes in place.
Blog Post 3- April 6, 2026
For my infographic, I plan to show the demographics of applicants to SDSU and the number who are majoring in journalism. I plan to compare and contrast with previous years to show a rise in Latinas majoring in journalism. This could be significant if the number highlights how we are still in the minority. So far, I have the total number of applicants, and those majoring in journalism, but not specifically Latinas. There is missing data, but that could be significant to the story as to why that is.
I want to include data from other schools as well to compare how SDSU is progressing versus other schools in San Diego, where the majority of the population is Latino. It would be important to also include data from real-life newsrooms and see how the data in schools reflects or denies the data from the real world. How big news outlets diversify their newsrooms and which ones Latinas who are trying to pursue journalism would get more representation in.
Blog Post 4- April 27, 2026
The Pulitzer Center has a Network Fellowship. The two networks that are the most intriguing to me are the Rainforest Investigations Network and the Ocean Reporting Network. Their projects focus on topics of global importance, with an emphasis on stories that have gone underreported in the mainstream American media. They cover critical issues in areas of: climate, environment, global health, peace and conflict, human rights, and artificial intelligence. I want to be a future travel reporter/writer on the forefront of underrepresented regions and investigating critical social and environmental issues.
My goal is to eventually become fully skillful and experienced enough for worldwide reporting and investigating. The skills I would need for projects like these are overall more research on climate and environmental issues. I have travel experience, and I enjoy learning about the Ocean and Rainforest regions. For issues like these, the most important skills are research and extended in-person excursions. Immersing oneself in the culture and climate of where a story is set is also important, and I think I am adaptable. These are group trips, and so being cooperative and being able to take on any role necessary is valuable, which is a skill I share.
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