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This was a project of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism (CIIJ) at San Francisco State University that started a student-run Ethnic News Service to help provide better coverage of public affairs for the state’s 700 ethnic media outlets. CIIJ sought to “embed” SFSU students within community organizations to develop a series of multimedia stories on the impact of policy decisions on ethnic communities. The project is inactive.
Project Updates
- Bay Voices Amplifies the Lives of Youth of Color (October, 2008) - The Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism at San Francisco State University wanted to launch a new, student-run Ethnic News Service. The goal was help diverse ethnic media outlets improve their coverage of public policy issues and their impact on local ethnic communities. Journalism professor Jon Funabiki admits the project’s website had a false […]
- Ethnic News Service: Still Buffering (November, 2007) - During spring semester 2007, 13 advanced journalism students (including four photographers) enrolled in San Francisco State’s Ethnic News Service course. After learning about the role of ethnic news media in a democratic society, the students were assigned to complete four stories, including features and profiles about community leaders, such as the San Francisco Foundation’s Koshland […]
- Seeking Untold Stories in San Francisco’s Ethnic Communities (April, 2007) - San Francisco State University journalism students continued reporting stories for the Ethnic News Service although not all stories were posted to the website pending a new redesign. Students were assigned to cover the city’s ethnic communities with assignments such as this: “Far-reaching public policy stories can be found at the grassroots level. But these stories […]
- Students Reporting for Ethnic News Service (November, 2006) - The Ethnic News Service is building up to an official launch in fall 2007. The site, ens.ciij.org, is filled with stories by San Francisco State University students who are participating in the project, run by the school’s Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism. Last semester, students in the Cultural Diversity and U.S. Journalism course, […]
- Ethnic News Service Finds Partners in Preparation for Launch (August, 2006) - The early work on the Ethnic News Service, which helps cover public affairs of California’s 700 ethnic news outlets, has been all about the infrastructure. Programming bugs are being worked out, but the ENS site is operating, with a number of student-produced stories, photos, cartoons and videos. The Ethnic News Service is a project of […]
