JMS News

Jesse Marx, student media manager at JMS, helped edit and fact-check a Pulitzer-finalist investigative series by the San Francisco Chronicle on deadly police chases. The reports exposed systemic issues, highlighting nearly two deaths per day, often innocent bystanders, with little officer accountability.

Bella Ross (‘20) started her journalism career at SDSU with a passion for politics and activism. Being a freshman during the 2016 presidential election, Ross was the one leading protests around campus with a megaphone in hand.

When Will Fritz (’19) was at SDSU, he was known as a passionate and driven student journalist. At the Daily Aztec, he stood out as an accomplished senior staff writer, writing 190 stories in three years and eventually taking charge as editor-in-chief.

Dr. Alanna Peebles, professor in San Diego State University’s School of Journalism and Media Studies, took her course JMS 545: Media and Youth to new heights this semester.

Alina Ajaz is the recipient of this summer’s School of Journalism and Media Studies-Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship.

Honoring outstanding students whose work is advancing storytelling, representation, and learning innovation.

While many SDSU students use spring break as a time to rest and recharge, 34 JMS majors embarked on an impactful journey to Hangzhou, China to learn about the country, its media ecosystem and what it is like to be a college student there.

New course provides hands-on journalism training to help students share Imperial Valley’s evolving story

The School of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS) at San Diego State University has chosen the next student leaders for its independent, student-run media organizations: Bella Biunno and Calista Stocker as co-editors-in-chief of The Daily Aztec and Sammi Thomas as the new general manager of KCR College Radio.

Kemi Giwa’s journey from a newsroom enthusiast to a political communications expert began in the Bay Area.