More than 600 campus
and Bay Area residents
joined us for an
emotional discussion
where people shared
their personal stories
about being undocumented.

Videos:

Documentary trailer

Hearst Award Presentation
and community Interaction on
immigration issues.
 

"Education: Wheels Up"
Special International
Learning

Group gathering at their
Havana, Cuba hotel.
 

Browse a few pages of this
magazine edition: See Sample

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More JMC School News:

2009
JMC Students
Cross Country Post Election
Civil Rights
Learning Experience:

What did it take before
America elected its first
African-American President?

In Memphis, Tennessee at the site of the
assassination of Martin Luther King in
1968.   Enlarge photo

Photojournalism Prof., Dr. Michael Cheers,
takes the group across country.




Student video: Memories
 

The JMC School group sat in on news
production meetings, pitched story
ideas to report for the network,
and had fun with producers,
editors and anchors.
 

CNN anchor Kyra Phillips jokes with
RTVJ student leader
and trip video editor Justin Allegri.
 

When the group arrived in Atlanta,
they were interviewed
live on CNN by anchorwoman
Kyra Phillips who applauded
the SJSU Journalism School effort.

A year later she accepted our invitation
 to be keynote speaker at the
Spring 2009 JMC School Convocation
on the SJSU campus.

 

Special Guest Visit: 

March 10, 2014
the JMC School
hosted the west coast
university premiere
     of a powerful
personal story
about undocumented
immigration in America.

 Jose Antonio Vargas

Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist spent time
with JMC students and classes
discussing the importance
of good journalism
and diversity issues
in the media.


Vargas talks with JMC School professors
during a faculty luncheon.
Learn more
 

JMC School Alumni:
Did You Know...

In 2012, the JMC School
led a group of 36 students,
faculty and staff from the
SJSU College of Applied
Sciences and Arts
on a ten day fact-finding
 international
learning trip to Cuba.


"Education: Wheel Up to Cuba Project"

Links:
Melissa Rios' video story
Cuba trip press release

After they returned,
journalism students produced
a special magazine with
great feature stories, photos,
and videos on You Tube.

This SJSU Journalism School
Cuba magazine
is now being sold worldwide
on the HP Cloud.


Still Our
JMC Motto:
Learn By Doing!

Videos:
Update News selections

New JMC School
Bay Area PBS Program:
Equal Time

2008 Access magazine trailer
Update News behind the scenes
 

2013
Dorm Race Incident
Draws Campus Protests

Local & National Media
Coverage



Dr. Michael Eric Dyson,
noted Georgetown
University scholar, is interviewed by
his long time friend
JMC Professor, Dr. Michael Cheers

Dyson was invited by the SJSU
Administration to come to campus
and provide more perspective
on racial issues.

Dyson on race issues.

Video:
Dyson campus presentation.

Exciting Travel
& Unique
Learning Opportunities


"Education: Wheels-Up"
distance learning
projects began in 2009.


The JMC School sent
a group of ten
advertising, journalism
and public relations
students to the first
inauguration of
President Barack Obama
in Washington D.C.
in a very unique way.

They flew to Memphis,
to visit the site where
Dr. Martin Luther King
was killed in 1968, then
traveled by van through
the landmarks of the
Civil Rights
Movement in the South,
and reported on the
history, violence and sorrows
 that framed the meaning of
the election of the first
African-American
President of the United States.

2009 Inauguration Trip
Original trip website

Daily during their travels,
students took photos and video,
wrote stories and blogs
about their emotional
journey online.

Schools around the
Bay Area monitored the group
efforts. Local and national news
organizations covered their
educational mission.
For four days
in January,
CNN asked the JMC School
students to offer a
live Q & A report
at their four stops.

Student Insights & Profiles