Celebrating

Years Of Journalism 1958-2018 Journalism Department 60th Anniversary ~ 1958 - 2018 Journalists and Librarians Celebrate 60 Years Together As the Dean of CSUN’s Oviatt Library, it is my pleasure to congratulate the It’s my pleasure to welcome alumni, family and friends to the CSUN CSUN Journalism Department as you celebrate your 60th anniversary. I’ve always Journalism Department’s 60th Anniversary Reunion Celebration. It’s exciting to thought that librarians and journalists had a great deal in common. We both val- have you here to help the Department’s faculty, staff and students commemorate ue democracy and free speech as a sacred trust in society. We fi ght against censor- this important milestone. ship. We love archives. We advocate for access to information. We value diff erent I have spent nearly 20 years – a third of the department’s history – serving points of view, but we also hold dear the search for accuracy and truth. as a faculty member, teaching key reporting/newswriting skills courses, and as The history of student journalism on the CSUN campus, primarily in the Sun- department chair, since Fall 2012. In that time, like the news and media profes- dial, has always been documented by the Library. At fi rst we kept paper copies, sions, the program has evolved signifi cantly. and later we microfi lmed the entire run of the Sundial. A few years ago, we began Today’s Journalism Department embraces technology, emerging as a to digitize the Sundial’s past issues, and, in leader on several fronts – from its converging student newsrooms and bilingual 2016, we completed the full digitization multimedia operation to its digital and participatory and citizen journalism proj- project. Today, every current and past ects. The Department’s curriculum has been transformed to refl ect the growing CSUN student and faculty member – and importance of digital media, global communications, citizen journalism, and indeed, anyone on the planet with an In- underreported communities in the United States. ternet connection – can look up each past With eight student media outlets in two languages and a thriving public issue of the Sundial and read about any relations agency, we have increased the visibility and reputation of our student topic documented by Sundial reporters, journalists as well as the faculty’s work in emerging fi elds. Our graduates are in from the historic to the mundane. Robert high demand, probably best exemplifi ed by the trio of 2018 broadcast grad- Kennedy’s visit to the CSUN campus was uates, who recently secured positions at the major networks – ABC, CBS and covered in depth by Sundial reporters, as NBC – in New York City. Our faculty and staff are high achievers, too, consis- were the contentious and sometimes violent tently earning top honors, regionally and on the national stage. student protests of the 1960s and early In this age of fake news, when some politicians and others consider jour- 1970s, the inauguration of each of the fi ve nalists the “enemies of the people,” we know the practice of Journalism, with CSUN presidents, and many other dramatic its adherence to First Amendment concepts and the principles of accuracy and moments in the history of the university. fairness, may never have been more important than it is now. Journalism, no The Library’s role in digitizing the matter where it takes our graduates, remains relevant and vital to the future of Sundial is not just for preservation purposes, but also to provide access to future our democracy. journalists, historians, and other interested parties who wish to look back on the We’re immensely proud of our program and its storied history, and look history and evolution of this amazing campus. forward to honoring our rich traditions during the 60th Anniversary Reunion Again, let me off er my congratulations to past editors of the Sundial, facul- Celebration. ty and students from the Journalism department, and members of the CSUN Journalism Alumni Association on a great run of 60 years. Thanks for being here!

— Mark Stover, Oviatt Library Dean — Linda Bowen, Department chair

Welcome fellow Matadors from 60 years of San Fernando Valley State College and California State University, Northridge. The Journalism Depart- ment has produced more than 4,000 alums who work for newspapers, radio and television stations, online outlets and public relations and marketing fi rms. They work in business, the law, government and every imaginable fi eld using the writ- ing and critical thinking skills honed in their four (or more ) years on campus.

When I graduated in 1967, I believe there were 20 of us who walked at graduation. Many of our graduates have gained national reputations, including the late reporter, columnist and editor Frank del Olmo and pop music critic and author Robert Hillburn, both of the L.A. Times. Making their mark in public relations were the late Lynne Doll, former president of the Rogers Group, and Bill Imada who founded the IW Group. And don’t forget the CNBC trio of Bill Griff eth, Sue Herara and Ron Insana, all of whom were on the ground fl oor of television business journalism. All the above as students learned journalism ba- sics and much more while at CSUN. The same goes on today in the department and those students deserve our support.

That’s what the Journalism Alumni Association (JAA) does year in and year out. We give scholarships to students, sponsor a speed mentoring program, and, for the last four years, we conducted a one-on-one coaching program for students who needed some extra help with their writing. We off er speakers for classes and of course serve as a forum for alums to reminisce and network.

If you are not already a member of the JAA, please take a moment to join this evening at the registration desk or online at https://www.csun.edu/alumni/ chapter/journalism. The cost is only $40 and you receive all the benefi ts of the university Alumni Association. Finally, be sure to follow us on Facebook, Linked The fi rst edition : February 1, 1957 in and Twitter.

— Bob Rawitch ‘67 President Journalism Alumni Assn. 2 Journalism Department 60th Anniversary ~ 1958 - 2018 Sundial encapsulated in Oviatt’s digital editions Wyatt Samuelson heart and attitude of students, faculty and staff on “When we digitize these documents, we’re “I like to come prepared when I write my sto- CSUN Today campus for more than 60 years. preserving history forever. These documents no ries,” he said. “I write my questions, outline my In order to preserve CSUN’s history, The Sun- longer have an expiration date,” he said. “We’re story and record so that I have a consistent story California State University, Northridge’s Sun- dial has been completely digitized and archived able to show a direct look into CSUN’s past, un- all around.” dial has been a part of the campus since it was in the Delmar T. Oviatt Library. This grueling altered.” Lau said he hasn’t decided exactly what he known as San Fernando Valley State Col- process of taking editions published and photo- Kutay was able to complete the archive with a wants to do after graduation. lege. When the fi rst issue was published in the graphing every page, then uploading them to a grant from the campus quality fee, a grant fund- “I do know that if I work hard enough, I will spring of 1957, the publication did not have a for- database, took the Oviatt staff years to complete, ed by and used for students. The grant allowed be able to fi nd something to do that I’ll really en- mal name. The cover showed a large black ques- with the help of the Online Computer Library him to hire students and faculty to complete the joy,” he said. “The Sundial is defi nitely preparing tion mark, with a call for students to help think of Center. The Sundial used to print four issues every process. me for this.” a clever name. week, but in recent years, publication was cut to It’s important for past students to see their

The Sundial NOVEMBER one printed issue each week and other coverage work at The Sundial archived, said Cynthia Raw- @thesundial S M T W T F S 14 15 16 17 18 19 @dailysundial off ered through The Sundial website. itch, journalism professor emerita and publisher 20 21 22 23 26 csunsundial 27 28 29 30 31 Publication schedule Publication special issue 21 Nov. “Student writers have covered CSUN’s pivot- from 1984-94. HTTP://SUNDIAL.NEWS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016 | VOL. 58 IS. 14 | FREE Big West champs head al points, from ethnic studies [taking] off to the “There would be no Sundial if there were no to NCAA Tournament

KENDALL FAULKNER title on the line, the teams t @KAY_ _FAULKNER fought into a double over- Northridge earthquake and the campus’ explo- students,” Rawitch said. “It’s a way for people to time until forward Jeremy Degraffenreidt scored the AFTER FOUR years, the game winning goal with 52 CSUN men’s soccer team seconds remaining, avoid- won the Big West Champi- ing the game going into onship title after beating penalty kicks. The goal sive growth,” said Gretchen Macchiarella, pub- look back at the good times they had at The Sundi- was assisted by midfielder rival Cal State Fullerton Titans on Nov. 12. Shane Steffes. The Big West Tourna- The golden goal was ment championship game Degraffenreidt’s second went into double overtime of the season and Quiroz lisher of The Sundial since 2015. “The digitization al and see the stories they wrote.” until CSUN was able to get took his second goal of the the game winning goal season with the tying goal giving them a 2-1 win. in the second half. In the second half, Ful- “It felt amazing to get lerton made the first mark the game winning goal,” of The Sundial is able to show those important Rawitch also noted that the digitization will on the scoreboard giving Degraffenreidt said. “With- them a 1-0 lead until fresh- out Shane, that goal would man Edwin Quiroz tied up have never happened, so I LAUREN VALENCIA / THE SUNDIAL thank Shane for that goal.” Anti-Trump protestors stand on top of a bus stop holding a banner that read "Rompe las fronteras" in Downtown L.A. the game with a shot to the on Saturday, Nov. 12. left corner. moments.” help alumni pursue employment opportunities. With a tied up game and SEE CHAMPS PAGE 12 a Big West Championship Stephen Kutay, a Digi- “People can now easily pull Protests overtake Los Angeles Demonstrators fi ll the streets of Downtown after Trump election tal Services Librarian at up the work they did at The BLAISE SCEMAMA San Francisco, Philadelphia, and t @BLAISESCEMAMA many other cities throughout the California State University, Northridge country. Most demonstrators have ANTI-TRUMP demonstrations expressed discontent with the the Oviatt, played a large Sundial and show it to an em- have erupted throughout the president elect’s stance on immi- country in the wake of last Tues- gration and women’s rights, as day’s election results. well as his general lack of political One of the largest protests so experience. far occurred Saturday morning One demonstrator who was part in the digitization ployer they are interested in near MacArthur park in downtown present during the Saturday dem- Los Angeles. onstration in MacArthur Park, a sundial.csun.edu Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Since 1957 According to The Los Angeles professor of Native Mexican Amer- Times, 8,000 people attended Sat- ican and U.S. histories from Mount urday’s protest. San Antonio College, April Tellez ALEJANDRO ARANDA / THE SUNDIAL ELLEN CHOI / THE SUNDIAL Demonstrations are said to shared her concerns for the future. CSUN mens soccer celebrates the win of the Big West process. When Kutay working for,” she said. “It can A protestor climbs a traffic light to voice hi campionship game with head coach Devila holding up have taken place in New York, SEE PROTESTS PAGES 6 & 7 opinion about the presidential election during Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, the trophy.         the march in Downtown L.A. joined the CSUN facul- potentially open many doors Students march for mental health NOEMI SALCEDO “The parade means a lot to me. I For peer educator Isabel Stef- t @DAILYSUNDIAL want people to know who we are, what fensen, the parade, and week-long ty, only about half of The for them.” we stand for, and what we are trying event also held a sentimental and A GROUP of students from The to achieve and accomplish. We want to personal value. BLUES Project held a Mental Health let them know that even if they might “I am an SOS (survivor of suicide). OBAMA WINS! Awareness Parade on campus to kick feel alone, they are not,” Russo said. When I came to CSUN and learned off Beat the BLUES Week. Many other peer educators, like about The BLUES Project I was fi lled Sundial was archived. U.S. elects first black The Sundial is completely With fi nals coming up, the peer Fernanda Vera of The BLUES Project, with a lot of hope because I was like educators of The BLUES Project felt that the parade held an important it is fi nally being talked about.” Stef- president in landslide marched around campus to show message. fensen said. fellow CSUN students that their “Just like we go to the doctor to get Steffensen also said people grew up WASHINGTON (AP) - who won’t agree with every mental health matters and that they check-ups for our body and our teeth, I in similar situations as herself do not “There were many Barack Obama swept to vic- decision or policy I make as run by CSUN students, with are there for support. think it is very important to get check- ova not feel ashamed for having cer- tory as the nation’s first black president, and we know that Student coordinator of The BLUES ups for our mental health because a tain feelings because she knows what NOEMI SALCEDO / THE SUNDIAL president Tuesday night in an government can’t solve every Project, Briana Russo, was one of healthy mind and a healthy body just it’s like to be in a dark place. The BLUES project team talks to a CSUN student about mental electoral college landslide that problem. But I will always the members marching amongst the makes the day and life better,” Vera SEE BLUES PROJECT PAGE 3 health awareness and beat the BLUES week before they marched overcame racial barriers as old be honest with you about the crowd. said. around campus. gaps [in] what we had at as America itself. “Change challenges we face.” every issue and story created has come,” he told to a huge McCain called his former throng of jubilant supporters. rival to concede defeat — and Gain experience working at a newspaper! Positions available: The son of a black father the end of his own 10-year – Copy Editor from Kenya and a white moth- quest for the White House. er from Kansas, the Democrat- “The American people have – Asst. Culture Editor that time, and many sec- ic senator from Illinois sealed spoken, and spoken clearly,” and edited by students. For – Photo Editor his historic triumph by defeat- McCain told disappointed – Opinion Editor ing Republican Sen. John supporters in Arizona. McCain in a string of wins President Bush added – Graphic Designer in hard-fought battleground his congratulations from the for more information go to: sundial.news/about/jobs – Audio Producer tions were missing,” Kutay states — Ohio, Florida, Vir- White House, where his ten- every story, there is a strict For decades, the newspaper’s student writers ginia, Iowa and more. ure runs out on Jan. 20. “May On a night for Democrats God bless whoever wins to savor, they not only elected tonight,” he had told dinner Obama the nation’s 44th pres- guests earlier. ident but padded their majori- Obama, in his speech, Over time, the name of the publication var- said. “We had to get into ties in the House and Senate, invoked the words of Lincoln deadline, and student writers have provided a taste of CSUN campus life, Mac- and come January will control and echoed John F. Kennedy. both the White House and “So let us summon a new Congress for the first time spirit of patriotism, of service since 1994. and responsibility where each ied, from The San Fernando Valley Campus State Stan- contact with the journalism Obama’s election capped of us resolves to pitch in and must be able to manage their chiarella said. a meteoric rise — from mere work harder,” he said. state senator to president-elect He and his running mate, in four years. Sen. Joseph Biden of Dela- In his first speech as victor, ware, will take their oaths of department and physically to thousands at Grant Park in office as president and vice schedule accordingly. “The Sundial gives the reader a feel for the dard, Daily Sundial, State Sundial, Valley State Sundi- his home town of Chicago, president on Jan. 20, 2009. Obama catalogued the chal- Obama will move into the lenges ahead. “The greatest of Oval Office as leader of a a lifetime,” he said, “two wars, country that is almost certain- a planet in peril, the worst ly in recession, and fighting al and fi nally to what is now known as The Sundial. go through their bound financial crisis in a century.” two long wars, one in Iraq, the Tandy Lau, a journalism school,” she said. “It’s the small stuff and the He added, “There are many other in Afghanistan. Its fi rst issue covered stories such as Delmar T. newspapers to fi ll in those and Asian American studies in-betweens that show CSUN’s student culture. I Oviatt, the college dean at the time, welcoming gaps, some of which were double major and student am excited that people are now able to see that students back from break, and various stories on beyond wear.” writer at The Sundial, said he with The Sundial archived.” TRAVIS HARMON / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Students line up at the Satellite Student Union to vote. For more photos, visit dailysundial.com. DAVID GUTTENFELDER / AP local activities. Kutay emphasized INDEX MORE INSIDE puts a lot of thought into his Macchiarella said the archive shows the Election Results 6 • ELECTION RESULTS: See a • PHOTO ESSAY: See what • AT THE POLLS: Read about • ONLINE: Read about the atmo- Photo Essay 7 breakdown of which states voted happened on campus, at the voters’ experiences at the Satel- sphere at McCain’s election party Opinion 8 red or blue. Page 6. Get a full list polls, at Obama’s and McCain’s lite Student Union and United and watch videos of students re- Lifestyle 9 of the props and measures that local offices and more. Page 7 Methodist Church. Page 4 counting their voting experiences From diverse protests to large events on cam- the value these archives Classifieds 10 writing and reporting process changing nature of the journalism industry and passed in tomorrow’s issue Sports 11 & 12 pus, the student-led Sundial has captured the hold for CSUN. Volume 51 • Issue 42 ©2008 Daily Sundial • A financially independent student newspaper for the paper. how students are contributing to those changes.

To see The Sundial archives, please visit the Oviatt Library website, http://digital-library.csun.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/Sundial

Journalism’s innovation honors longtime tradition

“Before there was a journal- Committee unanimously approved move into the majority, and by Fall ism department, before there a far-reaching redesign of the cur- 2017 represented close to 70 per- was even a journalism course at riculum that creates, for the fi rst cent of the Department’s students. Cal State Northridge, there was time, distinct options in Broadcast Now, Latina/o students make The Sundial, the University’s and Public Relations along with the up the largest number of our stu- feisty student newspaper.” main Journalism major. Eleven new dents: In Fall 2017, they comprised – Mayerene Barker, courses were added, including mul- nearly 60 percent of Journalism Sundial editor, Spring 1960 tiplatform storytelling, news literacy majors. and engaging diverse communities. Bilingual students published Today, The Sundial is a digi- Many other courses were updat- the fi rst issue of El Nuevo Sol in tal-fi rst operation focused on mobile ed to refl ect transformations in the 2003, as a four-page insert to The news delivery that epitomizes an profession. Sundial. The Spanish-Language innovative Department celebrating Always a practical program, Journalism interdisciplinary minor its 60th anniversary. The Sundial’s the Department established the started three years later. Today, El fi rst edition was published in Febru- Broadcast emphasis in the 1960s Nuevo Sol, the award-winning bi- ary 1957, predating by more than so students could report news and lingual multiplatform platform run a year San Fernando Valley State sports on the campus radio station. by students, produces projects on College and the Journalism pro- In the years since, the Department contemporary issues in Latino com- gram. Founding Professor Erling H. launched three TV broadcast out- munities with pioneering multime- Erlandson, veteran reporter/editor, lets, including Valley View News, dia content. Later this month, its had an abiding belief in basic jour- a weekly 30-minute newscast solely alumni will mark a milestone – its nalism education: “All journalists covering the San Fernando Valley, Quinceanera – a celebration of its Sundial newsroom, circa 1960s should study media law and history, in the 1970s; On Point, a weekly 15th birthday. learn a language, and minor in one public aff airs program, fi rst airing In Fall 2001, the Department of the liberal arts.” in 1996/97, and the latest, Mat- moved into the distinctive Manza- Professors DeWayne Johnson ador News, introduced in Spring nita Hall with dedicated classrooms, and Kenneth Devol joined Erland- 2014. Journalism student journalists teaching labs, studios and news- son in 1960 and 1961. They built continue to report the news in both rooms. a strong reputation in those early English and Spanish on KCSN’s These changes have brought years for a practical program incor- LatinAlt channel. renewed energy to a Department porating both print and broadcast The Public Relations program with 500 undergraduates and about writing and editing. Under their was added in the 1990s as the De- two dozen full- and part-time fac- leadership, the program was fi rst partment joined the College of ulty, plus eight staff members. The accredited in 1967. It has since Arts, Media and Communication. broader and deeper scope recogniz- been continuously accredited, with By 2000, ethnic and community es our strengths in ethnic and global diverse leadership. media had become vital. TV news- journalism, reporting on social jus- While founding faculty’s original casts in Spanish, Valley View en Es- tice and urban life and our creative curriculum plans remain refl ected pañol and Noticias del Valle, were use of digital and social media. in today’s course off erings, the pro- produced until 2008 – mirroring Like the original feisty Sundi- gram has blossomed well beyond its sweeping demographic changes on al, CSUN Journalism moves into modest beginnings with broadcast, our campus, the region and state, the future as a lively, transforming public relations and ethnic media where minorities have become the program dedicated to preparing at the forefront. In Spring 2018, majority. By Fall 2005, tradition- our students to work in a profession the campus Educational Policies ally underserved students began to changing at the speed of light. Sundial newsroom, circa 2017 3 Journalism Department 60th Anniversary ~ 1958- 2018 Sundial Memories together in “hot type” (for those of Wyneken rushed in and yelled “the on the roof and I was shouting ques- Robert Hilburn you who remember Linotypes, chases George Robertson President had been shot in Dallas.” tions from the lawn. It worked and Spring 1958/Fall 1960/ and mattes). During my time at Valley Fall 1965 It was of course Nov. 22, 1963. Ken I was able to write an essay that was I was the first editor of the Daily State (yes that’s what it was then), the quietly said, “class dismissed” and we both heartbreaking and informative. Spring 1960 Sundial at Valley State College when The college was so new in the fall Sundial moved from what we called all went down to then not-yet-Daily As a final exam, each student read the newspaper changed its nameplate of 1957, when I started classes, that “the pot factory” (we shared some of Sundial office, which was a tiny room their report. Mine included informa- on Sept. 21, 1965 from The Sundial we didn’t even know what to call it: the space with the ceramics studio) in in the Fine Arts Building next to the tion on the many children who had because we started publishing four The San Fernando Valley branch of the old Fine Arts Building to new digs Art Department’s potting wheels, and crawled into an abandoned refrigera- times a week – Tuesday through Friday. Los Angles State College or simply Los in Sierra Hall. watched Walter Cronkite reporting tor, got stuck inside and subsequently My fondest memories are work- Angeles State College, but the confu- I was also the first student news di- the limo race to Parkman Hospital died. As I was reading, I glanced up ing with a terrific team of student sion was cleared up the following July rector of KEDC-FM (now KSCN). It and then the announcement of the and saw that many of my classmates journalists who were supported by a when it was given its independence was a 10 watt station. We used to kid President’s death. were crying....at that moment, I real- dedicated team of sales people led by and named San Fernando Valley State that you could receive it off campus if I had not yet joined the Sundial, ized the power of the written word. Bob Rawitch, advertising manager, College. The enrollment was only the wind was blowing the right direc- but I did so the next semester, selling This experience took place nearly 50 who later went on to become an editor around 2,500, but the ambition level tion. Our first broadcast station from advertising. I was Business Manager years ago and I haven’t forgotten it. at the LA Times. Bob also worked on was high, especially in the journal- our new news studio (in Sierra Hall) for three semesters and then switched the news side and was the first Sundial ism department where Dr. Erling H. was the Johnson vs. Goldwater elec- to editorial, making a quarter of reporter to cover the California State Erlandson welcomed a small group of tion night in November 1964, which I what I had earned on the business Larry M. Kushner College board of trustees meetings. My time at Valley State gave me students—many of us from Reseda announced along with another former side. I served as editor for Fall 1966. I started working at the Sundial in the time I needed to advance my High School—and let us pretty much Sundial editor, Tom Sanger. Most of My last semester I took a night class my sophomore year as a reporter and professional skills. Being Co-Photo design the paper we wanted. I was all, I remember the high calibre of the from a L.A. Times editor, John Foley, eventually got promoted to city editor, Editor on the Sundial with Al Jacobs editor of The Sundial my freshman, department’s three founding faculty who liked a series I wrote on whether managing editor and finally editor in during 1970 was a great experience. sophomore and senior years (I was members, Erl Erlandson, DeWayne newly-elected Gov. Ronald Reagan my final semester before graduating. My classmates became life long ineligible my junior year because I was Johnson and Ken Devol. All have would impose tuition at the state’s One of the biggest headlines friends. While working on the news in student government). passed on now… but their memories colleges and universities. John put in during my semester as editor was on paper we formed a club; the Matador Where many colleges wanted the remain for so many of us. a good word for me with the Times Oct. 27, 1965 during the height of the Gourmet Society. We had a lot of fun, newspapers to only reflect campus city editor, Bill Thomas, who weeks Vietnam War. It read: “Draft Extends and a real learning experience to boot. news, we were allowed from the start later offered me a summer internship Call of Married Men.” The headline I have fond memories of my days at to cast a wider view. The result was Leah Cartabruno before I went to Northwestern Univer- topped an in-depth report about Valley State. stories ranging from a Q&A with sity for a master’s in journalism, where 1965 how the Selective Service announced John F. Kennedy, who was still a U.S. True to my double majors of I met wife Cynthia. In early June that “childless married men are now Senator, to our favorites in the Acad- political science and journalism, I was 1968 I returned to a reporting job on eligible for induction.” It hit me hard emy Awards competition. Erlandson serving on the student government the Metro staff, ironically days after John Rogers since I was, in fact, a childless married even found a way for us to publish an board when the Dean of Students Bobby Kennedy’s assassination, and Spring 1972/Fall1972 man – one of nearly 5,000 students on I arrived in the evening “preview” edition of the next said to me: “If I tell you why I want spent 29 wonderful years at the paper campus at the time. fall of 1968 when the morning’s paper, just the way the Los you to do something, you’ll do it.” I as a reporter and editor. department was fairly Angeles Times did. The idea was to was shocked when working for the Perhaps my favorite story as editor small, only about 50 better acknowledge the large number California Assembly the Speaker said was published Nov. 9, 1965 – “Doors majors and five full- of adult night students on campus. the same thing to me. Closed to Press. Finance Meeting Bars Sandi Leonard Barrett time faculty as I recall, This freedom led to some pretty Near the same time at college, be- Daily Sundial.” The article about two I have many fond but it would explode indulgent things, but it also encour- ing sports editor of the Sundial was fun Sundial reporters and a photographer memories of working in the years to come as the Watergate aged the staff take its responsibility (or and then I became the editorial editor. barred from an Associated Students on the Sundial and tak- scandal erupted and for a brief time simply its opportunity) seriously. The That was the actual beginning of my finance meeting even generated cover- ing journalism classes it seemed everybody wanted to be paper made all the things we learned experience that eventually stretched age in the LA Times. that preceded my 1968 Woodward and Bernstein. in journalism classes meaningful, and to the California Journal magazine as In my last story for the Dai- graduation from Valley While I was there I had the good that experience prepared me for my managing editor. My performance ly Sundial –“VSC from Citrus to State College. One fortune to have some of the finest first newspaper job. To a remarkable was affected by the dinging of the news Concrete”—traced the growth of the memory that stands out is working instructor-mentors I’ve met during my degree, there was nothing in the first machine that interrupted my news class college over the past decade and plans on a long term assignment for the 50 years in journalism, including Mike year in the real world of journalism as I ran over and read that President for the next five years that included Investigative Reporting Class. We met Emery, Ken Devol and Pete Wilson, that I hadn’t experienced on the Sun- Kennedy was shot. a College Union building, new track one day a week for 3 hours and each who composed the nucleus of the fac- dial and I will always be thankful for Although it took me five years to and housing projects. student selected an area of concern to ulty when I arrived in 1968 and each the foundation and inspiration of those get my BAs because both departments investigate, write the paper and then of whom I remained friends with until years in Northridge. would not count the same elective present findings to the class. I chose their passing. Zena Beth McGlashin, toward graduation, the basis was set Bob Rawitch to investigate abandoned refrigera- Tom Reilly and Larry Schneider for working eventually in the Carter Fall 1966 tors and their subsequent hazards. I Like most of you, I have so many would come later and they were key Bob Tarlau Administration and at NASDAQ when remember meeting with a man who memories of my time at San Fer- mentors as well. Steve Jobs brought Apple on board headed a group whose goal was to Fall 1964 nando Valley State College and most The Sundial, however, was When I was The and then back to the California Leg- eliminate this hazard, particularly as revolve around the Daily Sundial. key to my development as a print Sundial editor in fall of islature. CSUN helped me establish it related to children. This gentleman But the one that stands out was in the journalist. It was there we applied 1964, it was a twice a my mental foundation and skills for the was a roofer and we arranged to meet middle of not-yet-Dr. Ken Devol’s what we learned in the classroom to week publication. It was political and news career I enjoyed. at his work. Since he was very busy, we also the last semester we put the pages Mass Comm course at 8 a.m., Tom conducted the interview while he was a real-life environment. At various Mentoring a generation of student journalists Victor Rojas “I knew I wanted to be a journalist by the was working at his alma mater, San Fernando “I spent 42 years here, and those were the time I was in ninth grade,” Rawitch said. “I was Valley State College, later renamed California best years. It was also the toughest years,” said In 1973, Cynthia Rawitch began teach- in the class that put out the school newspaper, State University, Northridge in 1972. He was a Rawitch. ing in an emerging journalism department at and I fell in love with the act of asking questions, part-time professor teaching a reporting class. Several students went on to have successful California State University, Northridge. What being nosy and getting to stick my nose where Ken Duval, who was the department chair at careers as journalists. A few returned to cam- began as a temporary position, flourished into other people couldn’t, wouldn’t or shouldn’t.” the time and Robert’s old mentor, asked him if pus, however, and followed their dreams, as she a 42-year long Rawitch received her master’s degree at his wife Cynthia would be interested in teach- did many years ago to inspire and influence the career with the Northwestern University in Illinois, and while ing in the expanding department. next generation of young journalists. university, help- she was there she met Robert Rawitch. He was “I’ve only been married four years Ken, but Professor Stephanie Bluestein was Cynthia ing transform an also an aspiring journalist and after graduation I’ve learned not to speak for my wife. Here’s her Rawitch’s student in the late 1980s for a class infant journalism the newly married couple moved to Los Angeles. phone number. You can call her and ask her,” in media ethics. She recalled Rawitch invoking program into a “We came to California, a place I thought I Robert Rawitch recalled telling him. a strong work ethic with her students. This is well-respected would never live,” explained Rawitch. “[Rob- Cynthia Rawitch explained that although something Bluestein tries to implement now, as department. ert] went to work for the L.A. Times and within she loved teaching not being part of the story she teaches the same class years later. Rawitch be- a few months I went to work at the Associated was a difficult adjustment to make, but it stuck. “We wanted to work really hard for her. She gan her career Press in the Los Angeles bureau.” “I fell in love with the university, I fell in love had very high standards,” Bluestein said. “She as most journal- For four years, Cynthia worked for the As- with the department, I fell in love with teach- was just so very passionate about journalism ists do, with a sociated Press. She began as a “cub reporter,” ing in a way I never thought would be true,” and it was important to her.” natural curiosity covering local stories, including the San Fer- Rawitch said. As an administrator, Rawitch worked dili- that developed nando Valley earthquake of 1971. Towards the She worked first as a professor, then as pub- gently to raise funds for the department. She into a passion. end of her career at the Associated Press, Cyn- lisher of the Daily Sundial, department chair worked on making scholarship availability more COURTESY OF CYNTHIA RAWITCH Growing up in thia became pregnant with her first child and and finally culminating with her role as vice pro- accessible for students who needed the money New York City, she ended her time reporting. vost towards the end of her career. During the to further their education. In addition, with the attended Joseph Pulitzer Junior High School, “The four years that I was there, I loved do- 10 years she was publisher of the Daily Sundial idea and help of students, she established the named after the famous publisher Joseph Pulit- ing it, made lifetime friends doing it and it was she ushered student journalists through stories first Spanish language television newscast on zer, who helped introduce “yellow journalism” just an interesting job,” Ratwitch said. on topics as complicated as suicides and profes- campus, called “Valley View En Español.” She to the world. During Cynthia’s pregnancy, her husband sor shootings. officially retired in 2016. 4 Journalism Department 60th Anniversary ~ 1958- 2018 times I was sports editor, city editor the “streaker” and the Daily Sundial, opportunity to travel the world and co-editor, and we broke stories edited by myself and co-editor Steve plying my trade in far-flung reaches on everything from racism in the Rosenthal, published a front page picture ranging from China, to England to athletics department to corruption in of a naked couple streaking across France to Spain to Japan. There’s Elevating unheard student government. Along the way campus. This was much to the chagrin been many celebrities, talented there were of course numerous fondly of the Board of Publications which didn’t collaborators and wonderful friends remembered hijinks, fueled in large appreciate the esthetics of frontal nudity. made along the way. voices in college part by marijuana and hormones. But We had fun! I have great memo- All this began years before though I’ll leave those for the reunion’s war ries of trips to the Grand Canyon and with other celebrities, collaborators stories. Fresno to attend SDX Conferences and friends… I left CSUN in 1973 with a degree and of being amazed to experience an At a place called San Fernando and career in journalism and for the past 45 years April snowstorm (Flagstaff, not Fresno). Valley State College. Baraa Alkassir print journalism has been my calling. Somewhere I have the pictures! The celebrities then had different For the last 31 I’ve been employed by Some went out of bounds! A billings: “Doctors” of sorts: Adolfo and Delia Flores wanted to secure their son’s life financially, The Associated Press, working as an mysterious and annoying “telephone Dr. Feldman. so they enrolled him in Bravo Medical Magnet High School, a public editor in New York, a writer in Los tapper” is rumored to have resulted in Dr. Emory. high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. They were Angeles and a correspondent in the a student suspension and, of course, Dr. Devol. upset with his decision when it was time to pick Midwest. the widely read, Smutsman, pushed Someone simply known as “Doc.” a college and major. some buttons. These esteemed journalism profes- “I wanted to be writer. I liked books and I We bonded with our faculty! We all sors on our sleepy campus. Each had thought, what is it to write one? Then I was in Kitty Dill-Durich looked forward to the annual progressive an abiding passion for sharing their It was in ’72 that I clutched a high school and realized that I can be nosy, look spaghetti dinner when faculty members knowledge and advice. bachelor of arts degree from CSUN into things, play detective,” said Adolfo Flores, opened up their homes and served meal They were teachers and they (then Valley State College). Having CSUN journalism graduate and national secu- courses. It was a great opportunity to were friends. paid my way through school, I was rity correspondent for BuzzFeed News. meet and mingle with Ken Devol, Earl We needed them as both in those very conscious of what it takes to be His parents were concerned about him not Earlandson, Mike Emory, Larry Schnei- days. My Sundial co-editor and dear simultaneously working and dashing making any money and not finding a job. Flores der, “Doc” (Dewayne) Johnson, Sam friend to this day, Ross Goldberg and I to campus for classes, especially pointed out that that journalists in Mexico, Feldman, and Tom Reilly. share the dubious distinction of being while being in Ventura County. My where his parents are from, are “not viewed in the only editors in the paper’s history major: Journalism. Related Minor, the best way.” when it wasn’t part of the journalism English. Adolfo and Delia Flores own a restaurant now after they worked Ross K. Goldberg department or Associated Students due Then in ’80, in much the same most of their lives in the restaurant business. Flores said they always to a spat between those organizations. circumstances, there was another Fall 1974 made sure he was safe and far from any negative influences, since he The term “college Rather than allow us to list in the diploma, this a CSUN Master of Arts grew up in Montecito Heights where a lot of gang activity occurs. experience” is very much independent waters we found ourselves in Education, Educational Psychology, Although his family helped him avoid danger in his younger years, in fashion these days; not in, they helped guide us from afar in Counseling and Guidance. Flores now is fueled by it. sure it even existed when our memorable and tumultuous tenure The latter is how I found two swell “I love my job,” said Flores. “Last week I was in Texas talking to sex I entered San Fernando in Sierra Hall. friends living in The Valley who let me workers and drug addicts for a story about a border patrol serial killer. Valley State College in Indeed, that experience as the first sleep on their sofa when I was too tired I get to do that. My work, they fly me to run around this little town and 1971. But regardless graduate student to serve as Sundial to drive home safely; and how I con- ask people questions and find things out. It’s fun. I like to ask questions of the vernacular, we all knew that’s editor has held me in good stead for a nected with fabulous Karen Cozzens. and hold people accountable.” what we were seeking. Some found it staggering 45 years. Years before she would marry Stan Hib- Growing up, Flores, did not see enough Latino journalists in through Greek societies, some through And for that I am forever grateful. the written media. His parents and other relatives looked up to televi- don, Karen and I were sharing a Reseda college athletics and some through the- sion anchors and reporters, rather than writers. apartment (Saticoy and Keswick) when ater or band or assorted clubs. There “In The Sundial and especially El Nuevo Sol there was a lot of im- THE EARTHQUAKE struck. were even those for whom classes were Steve Wyard portance placed on elevating voices of the unheard, voices of Latinos,” To let our respective families enough. Everyone had their own Class of ‘75 Flores said. know we were safe, I dashed down- recipe. For me, I found my experience The J-Department was smaller in Professor José Luis Benavides was the first person to give Flores stairs with coins in hand to the single and sense of belonging as part of the 1969; the 100 class was a chance to do “real journalism” outside school, through the Span- pay phone. journalism department and, more spe- being taught by a brand ish-language student publication El Nuevo Del Sol. Returning upstairs, Karen in- cifically, my years on the Sundial. The new instructor: Mike “It is very significant and important for the [student] portfolios to quired: “What did the families say.” Sundial offices were our halfway house Emery, who seemed to have stories that are larger than just campus life and also the fact that Stunned, I gawked: “Oh my gosh, between classes and home -- a place be the personification of now [journalism] is a digital medium,” Benavides said. “It breaks the I forgot to call them…. I called The to go, a place to make friends and a “The Absent-Minded boundaries of the print matter. Now [journalists] have to be mindful of Star [newspaper].” place to make memories that still burn Professor.” Tom Reilly reaching local as well as national and sometimes international audience.” Downstairs I rushed a second time. bright 45 years later. It was more than taught basic reporting; Pete Wilson Flores was inspired by Benavides to be part of the bigger picture But by now, phone lines even out of putting out a newspaper and learning instructed while drinking cups of coffee and to feel the impact of his journalism. state were clogged. It would be several our craft. Remember the Journalism and chain-smoking cigarettes (you “He invited me to a reporting project in Tijuana to do a story about days before our families knew we were banquets? The progressive dinners at could smoke anywhere on campus AIDS and the Latino community, so we went to an AIDS hospice and OK. Karen’s wonderful mom Shirley profs houses? The Friday afternoon then), Erl Erlandson and Ken Devol spent three days with the patients getting their stories, and we did this big and dad (Ken Cozzens, a Ventura po- basketball games in the upstairs gym? took care of the upper division classes issue so it wasn’t only focused on the CSUN community,” Flores said. lice captain) role-modeled for me that The laugher, the smiles, the pure joys while Doc Johnson handled Photo After graduation, Flores wrote first for the Pasadena Star-News and they could disagree, make up and be and the snap, crackle and pop that Journalism. Students and professors then the Pasadena Sun, as a city hall and public safety reporter, respec- friends. It was from them I learned it come with youth? freely interacted at such events as The tively. In 2014 he was part of the L.A. Times’ team covering the Isla was quite OK to get mad then kiss and I had the privilege of being editor Progressive Dinner (each professor Vista shootings that was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in the breaking news make-up. Life lessons. of the Sundial in my senior year and hosted a different course at their home, category, and he won a National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ After ’72, I was hired by Marv that experience will forever remain my with beer being available from salad award for feature writing in 2015. Sosna, Editor of the awards-winning back belt from college. My co-editor to dessert) and the Journalism Awards His work this year as the national security correspondent for Buzz- News Chronicle, Thousand Oaks. As became godfather to my only child. Banquet. Such activities promoted Feed has made him a leader in immigration coverage at an important Editor of the Living sections (Family, My sports editor honored me by mak- a collegiality that often engendered and turbulent time in our country’s history. He was a key correspon- Food, Religion, Youth, Life and ing me best man at his wedding. And lifelong friendships -- in my case, Tom dent on one of the biggest stories of the year: the massive caravan of Variety) I would have the privilege my mentor professor became a trusted Reilly was a mentor, counselor, friend Central Americans migrants who traveled across Mexico to the U.S. of working with Karen. What luck! friend until the day he died. and occasional co-conspirator, without “He’s at the forefront of reporting and writing about remarkably And every so often, our paths still To Jim and Mike and Sam. And to whom I would not have graduated. consequential issues of our times. It’s gratifying to see his work attract cross. Fate. Steve, Greg, Willie, Dave, Kim, Terry, How did we put out a daily paper so much attention on the national stage,” said Linda Bowen, chair of Killer, Ken, Diane and so many others. back then? No PCs, laptops, cellphones the journalism department and former assistant managing editor/ Thanks for the memories and the or anything like that -- Al Gore hadn’t features editor for the Santa Barbara News-Press. “My colleagues and I Kim Kent Wyard magical time. Here’s hoping the best is gotten around to inventing the internet are proud of his successes and know he’s only getting started.” Spring 1974 yet to come. yet -- so reporters typed their stories For those of us in the on manual Royals or Underwoods and early 1970s, the Sundial sent them to a copy editor, who made and the “J-Department” Jim Yeager the necessary revisions with a thick lead elevated CSUN from a pencil. Pages were laid out on a paper commuter school to a Fall 1974 I’ve been fortunate sheet by the news editor, and every- much more enhanced enough to live ­­— what thing was sent to the Backshop, the and personal experience. for me – has been domain of Vic “The Bear” Herman, It was the era of the Viet Nam War an amazing career whose volcanic temper and propensity and some of us covered an antiwar including serving as to fling razor blades and stick them demonstration. Secure with our LAPD morning City Editor in the ceiling made dealing with him issued press passes we marched from for The Los Angeles almost as scary as the knowledge campus to the Bank of America on Herald -Examiner, Worldwide Head that you’d have to pass Dr. Devol’s Reseda Blvd. and had a sit-in. At least of Public Relations for Universal Law Class in order to graduate. The one Daily Sundial photographer was Studios’ Theme Parks, Senior Vice Backshop actually had state of the art himself photographed in handcuffs President Corporate Communica- equipment that utilized computerized despite a press pass! tions for Warner Bros., founder of keyboards and a photographic “cold We dealt with workforce issues! breakwhitelight Public Relations type” process for typesetting, but copy It was a challenge to put out a daily with such clients as LiveNation, The had to be put through a waxer and newspaper particularly in 1973 when Emmys, Union Station, Lionsgate, pasted up on page forms before being the Associated Student support dis- Merlin Entertainment, Six Flags, taken to the printer. appeared. That cut into the student Steve Madden, M&M’s World and So in the end, what did deciding to stipends which impacted the morale PHOTOS COURTESY OF ADOLFO FLORES even serving as President of CSUN’s go to Valley State, studying Journalism and enthusiasm of the labor pool. Journalism Alumni Association. and working on the Sundial mean to Flores reporting during caravan migration in Tijuana, Mexico. We took risks! 1974 was the year of My work has afforded me the me? Just about everything, actually. 5 Journalism Department 60th Anniversary ~ 1958- 2018

most shocking death was the chopped up and regional senior newspaper, The Valley Messenger, journalism, television, film, and other facets of Sarah Baisley buried parts of a murdered PE teacher caught in in Yucaipa, California, for 28 years. I continue to the entertainment industry. There may not be Spring 1977 a love triangle by a bookstore student employee, work as a writer/editor—thanks to the journalism a strong connection with other alums to help in A highlight during my term Laurie Anderson (who was later convicted). skills I acquired nearly 40 years ago at CSUN’s those industries -- but with hard work and skills as editor was when Dr. Ken JOURNALISM - The Journalism depart- Daily Sundial. Also, “thanks for the memories.” learned, CSUN alum are able to compete with Devol arranged for some of us ment was fabulous. It was after Watergate and the best in the world. Yes, there are advantages to attend the USC journalism Nixon resigning, as J students we were taught to to going to USC, UCLA, Stanford, North Car- banquet featuring Ben Bradlee, search for truth, interview multiple sources and Eric Sondheimer olina, Columbia, etc., but if you put yourself in executive editor of the Washing- properly spell names. Professors Mike Emery, the right situation -- hard work with some talent ton Post, as the keynote speaker. Class of 1980 Sam Feldman, Maynard Hicks, Cynthia Rawitch My favorite memory is being sports editor and supersedes talent with little hard work. Just take a Afterwards, we got to drive him to Burbank (and her famous Times reporter husband, Bob interviewing football coach Jack Elway in his small look at some of the notable alum. Airport to catch his flight to Santa Barbara. Rawitch) set the bar high. enclosed coaches’ office. He was a big-time smok- But when we got there the private plane, CSUN got me a PAID internship at Blue er, and it was before the days of no smoking in which was scheduled to take him, wasn’t there Cross which lead to two public relations schol- offices, so imagine doing an interview as Country Ron Epstein so I offered to drive him. We found him a arships then a full time job in corporate PR. I Jack smoked away. One of the most entertaining, hotel to stay overnight. I showed up early the Spring 1990 was president of PRSSA and active with student nicest people around and the father of John Elway. I came to CSUN because next morning in my Volkswagen Beetle. I had chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, the Society of Pro- It was an exciting time to cover CSUN football of the highly-regarded Jour- him all to myself the next couple hours to talk fessional Journalists. Loved my time at CSUN! and at the same time cover John Elway at Grana- nalism program. I looked at shop, editor to editor, about the dynamics of da Hills High as a stringer for the Daily News. other schools, but none had the a newsroom. He said most of his reporters hands-on training that would get watched the clock to get out in time to make Pat Biby Teeters me a job, or the faculty who were their DC commutes except for Bob Wood- David Foy working in the field and could ward. His Watergate fame had not gone to Spring 1979 Nearly 40 years later, my Fall 1981 teach what I needed to know and prepare me for his head. Bradlee could count on him to show I remember most of all the people .. I made memories as the Daily Sundi- what I would find. up early every morning and be the last one to lifetime friends during my three semesters on the al’s editor for the Spring 1979 My decision to come to CSUN was a life leave. Sundial during 1980-81 — as reporter, Opinion semester at CSUN remain vivid. changer. I got a world-class education from For my last issue, I asked him if he could Editor and Editor in Chief. They are too numer- I was fortunate to work with a professors who cared, and guidance from those write something for the Daily Sundial. Bradlee ous to mention but Gail Dicker (now Pinsker), talented, creative staff that took who were a few steps ahead of me in life. I got sent me an op-ed piece which we published Bill Mazal, Jeff Curtis, Karen Fredericksen, Gail pride in every issue we published. involved in the department – first at the Daily in the same issue where the banner headline Minkow (now Morgan), Richard Pusateri, Abe The Sundial, consequently, received a SPJ/SDX Sundial, then at KSCN and along the way with was about Dr. Robert Heath being fired after a Hernandez, Jay Harn, Terry Clawson, Corrine Mark of Excellence award that spring, named as the CSUN chapter of the Society of Professional year-long battle. Associate Editor Lee Whitney Ohana Clawson, Maria LaGanga, Key Bowline, one of the “best all-around student newspapers” Journalists. diligently attended disciplinary hearings, dug Marla Kneely (was that her maiden name???) in a four-state area. We were proud. I made amazing contacts along the way who and reported on the first tenured professor to be instructor Roger Wetherington, Professor Bill I attribute much of the credit for that award helped me in my career, and met fellow students fired in CSUN’s history. I’m so grateful for the Thomas and the late Teri Hutchison are the to former CSUN professor and Sundial Publish- who have become lifelong friends. In my junior opportunities, experiences and fine people at the ones that quickly come to mind ... er Bill Thomas, our mentor and guide. He also year I even got introduced to a girl in the Jour- CSUN Journalism department. By the way, it The Sundial was really a true family. I loved led our staff through a revolutionary change in nalism Department. A couple weeks later we was great fun organizing the progressive dinner, the people there and I treasure the times I had newspaper production—replacing typewriters went on our first date, and 3 years after that (in with dessert culminating at my house. there with everyone. If I had to remember a sin- with computers. In our Jan. 22, 1979, issue, we 1992) we got married. gle story it would be covering Ronald Reagan as wrote that the Sundial would begin using “new I covered sports and news for the Sundial. I he addressed a huge rally at Devonshire Downs video display terminals, the latest in electronic learned how to be a good writer, to make sure I Dr. Melinda Sue Norrin (then owned by CSUN) during October 1980 as editing.” Feature Editor Carroll Lachnitt wrote a spelled everything correctly and hit my deadline. he was on the cusp of winning the presidency. Class of 1981 follow-up story with the headline, “Land of ‘Lou I then learned how to be a good editor, and then CSUN was known as a But stories were sort of secondary to the non- Grants’ has new inhabitant—computer”—an- a good leader. I learned that my way is my way, “commuter” school when stop partying, dating and friendships that were cient history in today’s newspaper business. but it’s not necessarily the best way. I learned to I attended from 1976 until part of my Sundial experience. Another memorable story was when 10,000 trust others. 1981. I was fortunate to join Today, my wife and I run our own publishing the Journalism department copies of the Sundial were stolen from campus distribution boxes. The “theft” was resolved business and it’s built on the foundation and and work at the Matador Stuart Levine principals we learned in Sierra North. bookstore so I observed CSUN when the newspapers were later found dumped on a lawn. It all may have been due to a dispute Class of 1986 If someone would have told me 30 years ago as employee and student. To this day I remember being that the first time I set foot in the Daily Sundial Pleased to have known student Golden Mike with a student organization over a controversial a freshman in a Journalism or motion picture advertisement they did not like. office would change my life, I wouldn’t have -be award winners Bill Griffeth and Rick Holicker at Communications 100 course and lieved it. But it did – and I’m eternally grateful. that time. Charges were dropped, and freedom of the the professor telling us that while FRIENDS - Sadly, two amazing friends press prevailed. being a reporter, writer and/ committed suicide. Scott Rubenstein was a My most vivid memory is of several of my or editor was a noble profession Robin Heinz Bratslavsky straight-A student and Bookstore Manager who CSUN professors telling me that working as a and important to society, it was small town newspaper editor would be their ideal Spring 1992 murdered both parents before taking his life. certainly no way to make a living. Wages would I was Sundial editor in Spring 1992, the job. I took their words to heart, and that’s what I Nadine Grigoriev, another student and Matador always be low and while you might survive you semester of the Los Angeles riots. CSUN police do today. My husband Darrel and I have owned a employee overdosed on antidepressants. The would never thrive. Although money was never made our staff leave campus as the unrest began, a driving force in my career choice, I didn’t want which meant we could not publish the paper to completely ignore it either. for the next day (unheard of in Sundial history). With that in mind, I seriously contemplated Sundial photographers went out on their own changing my major to accounting, in which I and captured some of the first images of the Making herself at home had some success in high school. After taking an citywide turmoil. A few editors who were room- Raychel Stewart nie raced around the Los Angeles area teach- accounting class, however, I realized it would be mates took the police scanner to our off-campus ing at Pierce College, Moorpark College, and a terrible mistake. Whether or not I’d be ever apartment to follow the news. At 13, she knew she loved journalism. She CSUN all while beginning her doctorate de- be able to afford a house on the hill or a ritzy The Sundial also became an unwilling was a reporter and editor for her junior high gree in 2009. Feeling overwhelmed, Bluestein vacation every year didn’t matter. I had the pulse participant in a controversy between the athletics and high school’s newspaper in Bakersfield. was thrilled when a full-time teaching position of journalism running through my veins and that department and the Black Student Union. Our But when it came time to decide on a college, at CSUN opened up, and joined the faculty. was not to be ignored. coverage of campus happenings was called un- her decision was based on location, so she The following year, she became Dr. Steph- So with that in mind, joining the Daily fair —­ even racist — at times. The newspaper’s could be right next to her grandma in the San anie Bluestein after earning her doctorate Sundial was where I found my calling at CSUN, diverse staff answered the charges with grace Fernando Valley. degree in Educational Leadership and Policy meeting like-minded students who understood and continued to provide balanced coverage of Today, Stephanie Bluestein is an associate Studies. the thrill of a byline and the rush of a breaking campus news and events. professor at CSUN, and a winner of Jour- Apart from teaching, Bluestein is also a news story. Whenever I had time to kill between Working on The Daily Sundial as a reporter, nalism Educator of the Year in the Two-Year member of the Association for Education in classes, I would instinctively head to the Sundial copy editor, managing editor and editor in chief College Division from the Education Coalition Journalism and Mass Communication, the newsroom, which felt like a second home. was the highlight of my college experience. and three Pulitzer Prizes as a part of the Los American Educational Research Association, There was always a story to work on or edits It was transformative for me as a student and Angeles Times staff. and is President of the Society of Professional to be made for stories not yet published. More taught me so much about the craft of journal- “It’s so weird that I only applied to this one Journalists in the Greater L.A. Chapter. importantly, though, the newsroom was a place ism. I made lifelong friends, got my first “real” university, I end up getting three degrees from it, where I could always find a friend who shared job through Sundial connections and even met and I end up teaching here,” Bluestein said. “All common interests. The conversation could range my husband (via The Sundial business office). because grandma lived in North Hollywood.” from favorite interviews to the latest Dodger Bluestein entered CSUN as an enthusiastic win. Also, it was pre-Internet, so you actually therapist-to-be. However, when freshman year talked to people instead of looking into a phone. Elena Epstein ended, she was far less enthusiastic. Feeling un- I will always recall my time at the Sundial as an exceptional training ground for my career. And Class of 1992 satisfied with her career choice and grades, she When I think back to my for that I’m incredibly thankful. enrolled at Los Angeles Valley College, where college years, my best and most she began taking journalism classes. memorable memories revolve She returned to CSUN ready to take on David Kano around the Journalism De- being a student journalist and determined to When people hear ‘California partment and my work at the graduate. Bluestein worked at The Daily Sun- State University Northridge’ or Sundial. Learning to be a reporter, dial for two semesters and got a taste of what CSUN -- the name doesn’t seem late nights finishing a story on the journalism field is like. She went on to re- to hold prestige or merit with deadline, grabbing dinner from “the roof ” of port for Los Angeles Daily News and was even- most individuals. In fact, the the old Sierra North building and being with my tually hired as a trainee at the San Fernando name may not have that affect wonderful fellow reporters and editors – that was Valley Edition at Los Angeles Times, where she on students or alumni. How- college for me. Not only did my friendships and spent the majority of her career as a reporter. ever, as both an undergraduate and graduate my career all revolved around the Sundial, I even After earning her master’s degree, Stepha- COURTESY OF STEPHANIE BLUESTEIN student from CSUN, I can attest to the tools met my husband while working at the Sundial. I it has provided me to work professionally in will forever be grateful for my experience there. 6 Journalism Department 60th Anniversary ~ 1958- 2018

Ivy (Ybuan) Sudjati Spring 2003 My time at the CSUN’s Daily Sundial will always be memorable How Paul Bond Ruined The Sundial for me. I graduated in May 2003 with a double major in Journalism Jed Bookout But on Jan. 17, 1994, the and Asian American Studies and Northridge earthquake hit, dras- valued my time at this wonderful Although many students tically changing the face of the university immensely. I began at suspect their teachers don’t like campus as well as the tone for the Sundial as a staff writer, then moved up to them, Paul Bond knew for sure. the entire semester. become the city editor and eventually, in my last “My managing editor at The “We had already prepared year at CSUN, became the editor-in-chief. It’s Sundial and I were sitting in our first newspaper and the top hard to imagine that at 23-years-old, under the the back of a classroom,” Bond story was about how NAFTA, a sage guidance of Manley Witten, I was respon- recalls. “A professor said to the new trade agreement at the time, sible for managing a staff of 19 editors and 17 class, ‘journalism is a very com- might affect CSUN and the staff reporters where we had to churn out a daily petitive field. Ninety percent of surrounding area,” Bond said. paper while juggling a full class load. Although you will never work in journal- “That all went by the wayside.” it was at times quite stressful, I learned so much ism. And you two’ — which is Bond drove for four hours about time management, the importance of when she pointed to me and my in hostile traffic to go to school the press and was always proud to be part of a managing editor — ‘never will.’” the morning of the quake, which handful of universities at the time that actually Bond, who is now a writer for registered 6.7 on the Richter published a daily paper (to a circulation of over The Hollywood Reporter, was scale and killed 57 people, in- made editor in chief of The Sun- cluding two CSUN students. On 37,000 no less!). PHOTOS COURTESY OF PAUL BOND dial in January 1994 after return- the freeway, piles of concrete As EIC, one of my main goals was to provide Bond interviewing Jay Leno, one of the many celebrities that visited campus after ing to CSUN following a semester from fallen bridges were en- better representation and cultural awareness the 1994 earthquake. in covering a lot of the events and issues that at Georgetown, where he gradu- gulfed in flames due to various pertained to the diverse student population. Al- ated from The Institute for Polit- oil spills. Upon arriving at the disks that had the copy editing to every day to aspiring journalists, though I am not currently working in the industry, ical Journalism. Prior to the start campus, Bond discovered the sci- one of our guys, who was a track some of whom go on to careers the journalistic bug still lives, as I find myself of the spring semester that year, ence building in flames, the park- star,” Bond said. “He would run of their own. documenting my life experiences through various Bond looked forward to establish- ing structure crumbled, and the half a mile to the art department “He brought a passion that forms such as social media, blogging and photog- ing a focus on hard news with a Oviatt library cracked and tilted. with these stupid floppy disks, really transformed who I am,” raphy. I appreciate my experience in the Sundial bipartisan, non-biased approach. But where many saw chaos, run back, grab another.” said Austin Dave, the Chief Mul- newsroom and take the lessons and growth that I Bond saw news. The disaster could not sustain timedia Journalist for The Signal was able to attain there with me everywhere I go! “Me and my chief copy edi- the paper for an entire semester, in Santa Clarita. “I now know Congratulations to the Daily Sundial and the De- tor went into the crumbled park- and after four or five weeks, the how to be concise, how to get to partment of Journalism for 60 years of excellence ing structure,” Bond said. “We staff started focusing on more the point in a way that’s not cut and for providing students with such a strong and wanted to be the only reporters controversial pieces that offend- and dry that paints a full picture. thorough foundation. Go Matadors! on the planet with pictures inside ed many students and faculty on He taught us that through his the crumbled structure.” campus. own passions.” After the earthquake, most “I wanted to buck the trend Almost 25 years after both Danielle Directo-Meston of CSUN’s campus was con- on campus that I saw,” Bond Bond and the earthquake erupt- Fall 2008 demned. Temporary trailers said. “It was so politically cor- ed in tandem, his most notable It’s been a decade since I were hauled into the area and, rect, so stifling, so group think memory about CSUN takes was editor in chief of the Daily following a brief delay of the and I hated it. And they knew I place in a classroom. Not too Sundial, but I remember that start of the semester, CSUN in- hated it because of the stories I long after the original campus fall 2008 semester like it was formed The Sundial they could wrote.” had been ruined by the earth- yesterday. Under the guidance of resume production. When he’s not working at quake, a professor told Paul her new publisher Melissa Lalum, our Following a short period in The Hollywood Reporter, Bond thoughts about his vision for the class ushered the paper into the which the paper had to be print- acts as an adjunct professor of paper. social media age and blasted the Sundial’s very ed at Cal State LA, Bond and his journalism at College of the “She said, ‘You’re ruining first tweets and Facebook updates. We reported staff were given a trailer on cam- Canyons in Valencia. His work at The Sundial,’” Bond stated. on issues that land on the front page every se- Damage sustained at CSUN from the pus to run The Sundial. CSUN directly informs the work “Which was weird to me. At least mester: Expired elevator permits, executive pay 1994 earthquake. “We would give the floppy he does now, which he passes on people were paying attention.” raises, and the ever-prevailing parking problem. We also had our share of defining stories: The unconstitutional passing of Prop. 8, massive en- rollment cuts, our SPJ award-winning coverage of grad student Esha Momeni’s imprisonment In Appreciation in Iran, and heartbreakingly, the deadly Metro train crash and the death of one of our own ed- The Journalism Department, Journalism Alumni Association and the Oviatt Library itors. Among the many unforgettable headlines, wish to thank the businesses and individuals below who donated goods or services to the online silent auction. however, this one stands out the most: “OBAMA WINS!” (I know, I buried the lede here.) On the night before President Barack Sponsors Individual Donors Obama’s historic election, we had two versions ABC7 L.A. Dodgers Robin Abcarian of Wednesday’s paper ready to be put to bed. Editors, reporters, friends, and significant others Aquarium of the Pacific L.A. Parent Magazine Lori Baker-Schena were huddled in Manzanita Hall 140 around Arizona Diamondbacks L.A. Philharmonic Joe Butitta the newsroom TV and pizza, anxiously glued Benihana L.A. Times Leah Cartabruno to CNN for the name of the next command- er-in-chief. We were a staff of multi-generation Brent’s Deli L.A. Zoo Robert Hilburn Angelenos, immigrants, first-generation Amer- Center for the Performing Arts at CSUN NBC Andrea Leener icans, DREAMers, mothers, first-time voters, CSUN Daily Sundial New West Symphony Craig Leener long-time voters, progressives, and conservatives, CSUN Oviatt Library Nina’s Tong Thai Massage Steve Lopez all collaborating together to put out a university paper before deadline. CSUN Theater Pacific Theaters Patt Morrison Like newsrooms across the globe, we fed off Department Pantages Theater Jennifer Rofe Rawitch the electricity of the election and the incredible CSUN University Corp. Paper Source Steve Springer rush that comes with chasing a breaking story. Experiencing the night of November 4, 2008 Falafel Palace Pechanga Resort and Casino Milt and Debbie Valera as a college journalist, however, was a powerful Fastsigns Tarzana Petersen Automotive Museum Robi Wax moment for me as a writer and first-generation Geffen Playhouse Rosie’s Barbeque Filipina-American. I’ll never forget the profound- ness of being surrounded by a diverse team of Jasmine Thai Ross Dress for Less students from all walks of life converging to see Restaurant Staples Special Thanks the first black president claim victory. KNX Radio/1070 Trader Joe’s Professor Gretchen Macchiarella’s Written in honor of Manley Witten and Dylan Miles KPCC/89.3 Valley Performing Arts Center J310 classes L.A. Angels Younes & Soraya Nazarian Alex Menchaca, designer L.A. Clippers G. Rand Rodriguez, 1964-2018 Dalton Turner, designer

Graduating from CSUN after attending other colleges, G. Rand Rodriguez was a journalism major and editor-in-chief of The Daily Sundial in Fall 1988. He met his wife, Juli, while she was Features editor, and they married shortly after- If you are not already a member of the CSUN Journalism Alumni Association, please join to support the Journalism Department and stay in touch ward. Married for nearly 30 years, they had four with alums. By joining the CSUN Alumni Assn. and designating the JAA as your chapter of choice, the chapter gets a portion of your dues and you get children: Rex, Hunter, Chloe and Fifi. Rand died a host of other benefits including discounts on services, various kinds of insurance and more. Even if you don’t need the benefits, please consider joining of cancer on Oct. 2, 2018. He was 54 years old. the JAA. You can sign up tonight at the registration desk or go to https://www.csun.edu/alumni/chapter/journalism and sign up later online. 7 Journalism Department 60th Anniversary ~ 1958 - 2018

A much deserved thank you to all PR class lured the full-time faculty who taught, coached, supported, nudged, encouraged and maybe even at her to journalism times threatened the more than 3,000 students who have gone Natalie Schetritt one presented, she felt excited through the San Fernando Valley realizing this was an area of study State/CSUN journalism program By the first semester of her she could potentially excel in. She fourth year at CSUN, Xiomara was captivated by the content. She over 60 years. And a further thank Morales was lost, unhappy and loved the subject and professor’s you to the hundreds of part timers thinking about dropping out, re- commentary. She observed the who did the same but are too gardless of how few classes she whole class, even though she was numerous to mention. had left to her communications not enrolled in it. degree. Then she got into a brutal “Dropping into this class ig- car accident on her way to class nited something within me,” says that left her injured and without Morales. 60 Years of transportation. For a moment she thought she Journalism Faculty After two and a half weeks of would switch her major to journal- missing class, Morales decided to ism and be in school for as long as it Past Full-Time Faculty return to school by Uber and talk took. After some thought, she decid- COURTESY OF XIOMARA MORALES Lori Baker Schena to her professors about a plan of ed to stick with her communications action. As she waited for a pro- major and find a way to incorporate alities and prepared me for the “She is talented and never Bert Barer fessor to return to the office, she her newfound love of journalism. real world,” Morales says. turns down an opportunity to Ken Devol (deceased) overheard some students nearby With a fresh sense of ambition, She got an internship at Pow- learn. … Her ambition and drive Erling Ehrlandson (deceased) talking about their presentation Morales found a way to make it er 106 radio station, supporting will take her far,” said senior ac- while waiting for class. Morales to class every day from that mo- her decision to work in public re- count executive Kim Bitran. Michael Emery (deceased) impulsively decided to attend this ment on. She wanted to learn all lations. And in December 2017, Though she is grateful for her Sam Feldman (deceased) unknown class, slip in the back that she could about the field. The Morales graduated with honors communications degree, she at- row to spectate. following semester, she enrolled in and got hired full time as a recep- tributes a lot of her personal and Keith Goldstein (deceased) “I was in such a low place, three journalism classes on top of tionist at the radio station. When professional growth to the CSUN Zena Beth Guenin looking for anything to inspire her communications classes. the PR and sales assistant position Journalism department and the Felix Gutierrez something inside me again,” says “Something about these jour- became available, Morales was the classes she took within it. Morales. nalism classes helped me grow first to apply. After getting rejected “If I hadn’t walked into that Dennis R. Hart The lecture focused on public out of my shell, learn to deal with three times, she finally got hired PR class, I don’t know where I Jack Robert Hart relations campaigns. After every- many kinds of people and person- her fourth time applying. would be today,” she said. Susan Henry James Hill Amani Ismail World Jerome Jacobs (deceased) Harold Y. Jones traveler Dwayne B. Johnson (deceased) stays put at Kim Karloff R. Kent Kirkton CSUN Melissa Lalum Fernando Martinez Rick Marks

Profesora Retis is what her stu- Bryce Nelson dents call her. Katherine Orloff Jessica Retis was born and Tom Reilly (deceased) raised in Peru, but a love of travel and journalism took her to Lima, Natalie Ryder Redcross to Mexico City, and eventually to Cynthia Z. Rawitch Spain. In Spain, Retis was able to Maureen Rubin continue working in media, began teaching and got her Ph.D. in con- Lawrence Schneider (deceased) temporary Latin American studies. R. Larry Snipes “I wanted to come back to Mexico but at the same time I Charles St. Cyr wanted a better life for my family, William Thomas so I decided why not L.A. ... It’s Ray Tippo close enough,” she said. Retis feel into love with the com- Joe Webb munity at CSUN because it was Roger Wetherington the Latin community she loved and JORDAN NATHAN longed for. She is now one of two full- Pete Wilson (deceased) time faculty teaching in the Spanish Manley Witten (deceased) Language Journalism minor. “This professor is CSUN’s Setting students up for success gem,” said former student Mon- ica Gonzales. “She really cares Current Full-Time Faculty, Colorado and Maria Cortez, carried him through to graduate Jordan Nathan about her students. She really puts who works in Yakima, Washing- school at the University of Mis- including FT lecturers in the effort to try to get everyone Movement and noise from ton. souri, and there to his future wife, Linda Bowen (chair) to understand Spanish media and the setting up of cameras and A broadcast journalism ma- Reva Hicks. the issues regarding it. I seriously Jose Luis Benavides equipment can be heard all jor, Mario Saucedo has been at “I met the wife and that’s the cannot thank her enough for ex- around the news studio. Lincoln CSUN for four and a half years. big deal, she and I came out to Elizabeth Blakey panding our minds and pushing Harrison circles around the set He helps work on CSUN On California six months apart to her students to do better.” Stephanie Bluestein for CSU Northridge Wednesday Point by writing scripts, finding get our jobs, and this is where we In May, Retis was awarded David Blumenkrantz journalism department On Point guests and makes sure that each have been since,” Harrison said. CSUN Excellence in Teaching production, turning on lights and show he is in will be ready to go. After 23 years working at Benjamin Davis award, for the second time. At the flipping switches. “Whenever your story airs ABC, he started at CSUN as a award event, Professor Pat Swen- Marcella De Veaux After 15 years, his unusual on Valley View News [Harri- broadcast journalism professor son recognized the many places mix of journalism and engineer- son] will send you an email and in 2003 and later became the TV Bobbie Eisenstock that Retis’ former students work ing education has become central he will contact some profession- Lab Media Production Special- and “extensive professional recog- Daniela Gerson to the broadcast productions. His al journalists and they can send ist. He estimates he has helped nition for her work and teaching, a David Grewe forever growing portfolio col- you feedback on what you did,” produce about 500 shows since continuous record of publication, lection of student work on his Saucedo said. 2007. Taehyun Kim multiple CSUN research awards, computer shows generations of Growing up, Harrison was “Lincoln is invaluable,” said and engagement in the wider CSU Gretchen Macchiarella journalists who are now working something of a tinkerer working Aron Bender, the Interim News community.” all around the country. He keeps with devices and electronics. This Director at KSCN. “His work Jessica Retis “But to me,” Retis said, “the track of graduates he has helped got him interested in engineering ethic and knowledge are incom- real reward was reading the letters Sally Turner who now have jobs in the field and radio broadcasting which led parable. Lincoln has had a major that former student wrote about Melissa Wall and stays in touch with many him to obtain his high school job impact and influence on hun- me and how much I have impact- of them, such as Shelby Bracho, at his local radio station in Baton dreds of students’ success and Arvli Ward ed their lives made all of my work who works in Grand Junction, Rouge, Louisiana. His interests careers.” meaningful.” Yue Zheng 8