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Spring 2000

the buzz from the Journalism Department

Raking Muck at the LAPD

Scott Glover, (Class of '92), is winning kudos for his investigative stories on the Los Angeles Police Department.

By Joshua Wolfson
When Los Angeles Times reporter Scott Glover learned that six pounds of cocaine was missing from a Los Angeles Police Department evidence locker, he thought he might be on to a good story. What he didn't know was how big it would become.

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	Move Over, AP Colleen Fischer Students create CSU wire service to share news stories A Decade of Coaching Colleen Fischer Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism celebrates 10th anniversary One Newsroom, Three Voices Yvonne Daley Curious about the new publication class? Here's an update on the changes afoot. Where the Jobs Are Donna Gifford A veteran dot-comer -- she's 25 -- offers advice on breaking into Web journalism. And the Winner Is... San Francisco State Journalism students win big in recent contests. John Burks Named Chair SLUG! Staff Report The veteran professor has inspired a generation of students with his sharp insights on writing and editing. Who better to lead the department into the 21st century? Plus his 10-point plan. The Big Guy Goes to Bangkok By Greg Gangitano Professor John Burks has had a front-row seat on the greatest media show on earth - the explosion of online journalism. In December he flew to Bangkok to share his observations - and the journalism department's response - with Thai journalists. Telling the Story Through Pictures By Colleen Fischer A wounded bald eagle. Women riding llamas. A line of ballerinas. Just hours after editors at the San Francisco Chronicle considered these very photographs for the next day's paper, Kathleen Hennessy presents them to her Visual Storytelling class. "Now you guys get to be editors," she says. The New Basics By Layla Appleman Used to be that all a good journalist needed was a pen and a notebook. But in an industry increasingly driven by technology, good reporters now need to have access to a computer, know how to navigate basic programs and be able to surf the Web. Trio of Editors Named to Lead [X]press By Rachele Kanigel Are they nuts about journalism or just plain crazy? Editors say they're excited about the challenge of the new publication.


	Loud and Clear By Virginia Pelley Magazine writing instructor Don Menn is trying to reach out to young people with a magazine that speaks their language. 21st Century Journalism: The New Curriculum By John Burks Curious about where the department is headed? Check out the text of John Burks' speech to Thai journalists, in which he reports on how we're preparing students for the new millenium. He Wrote the Book on Photojournalism By Joanne Hanlon Twenty years after the first edition came out, Ken Kobre's textbook is still seen as the bible of photojournalism. Tools of the trade By Professor J.T. Johnson Cyberspace can present a frustrating trudge though a boggy swamp or an easy cruise in the fast lane if you know where you're going and how to effectively use the tools to get there.