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The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Journalism students engage in election coverage

Journalism students engage in election coverage
Department Zoom call gives a behind the scenes perspective of news outlets during the 2020 presidential election.
Bethsabe Camacho and Ashley Grams November 4, 2020

Biola’s journalism department met via Zoom last night during the election. The panel, dubbed ‘Election night with the profs”, allowed students to analyze news coverage and hear from alumni guest speakers. Journalism professors Tamara Welter, Michael Kitada, Stewart Oleson and Michael Longinow...

Graduate who covered last week’s Midland and Odessa shooting: ‘You’re not alone in this’

Alumna Clarke Finney delivers the news to her West Texas audience.
Clarke Finney reveals how Biola prepared her to support the West Texas community under attack.
Brittany Ung, Web Editor September 7, 2019

Last Saturday, a truck driver was fired from his job. A couple hours later, he was driving down the highway in Odessa and Midland, Texas with an AR-15 style rifle, in a shooting spree that killed seven and injured 22, the New York Times reported. Clarke Finney, a 2017 graduate of the journalism program,...

“Newcomers to Neighbors” starts conversation about Middle Eastern migrants

“Newcomers to Neighbors” starts conversation about Middle Eastern migrants
Journalism book launch seeks to bring awareness to the stories of refugees and immigrants from the Middle East.
Maria Weyne, News Editor May 2, 2019

Every other year, journalism students in the Media Narrative Project class work together to create a book. This year, students created “Newcomers to Neighbors,” in which they told the stories of Middle Eastern migrants, hoping to fight the stigma that comes with such designation. The book was launched...