embedded by Embedded Videovimeo J Camp 10th anniversary documentary J Camp alum and superstar assistant Jackelyn Ho put together this documentary on the 10th anniversary of J Camp, which was screened at the closing reception on August 3 and at AAJA’s gala banquet on August 7.
Desmond Bedlow, Steel Drummer By Neel Thakkar and Natesh Sood J Camp Live! Staff Writers Desmond Bedlow plays his music on the street, but is in every way a professional. He has his own website and MySpace page; he has released three CDs; and he makes a living off his craft. Bedlow, 51, has played [...]
By Francis Lopez J Camp Live! Staff Writer When in doubt about your student rights, turn to Professor and Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism at Kent State, Mark Goodman. On Saturday, 42 aspiring journalists – including me — met Goodman, who gave students advice on how to deal with their high school publications if any [...]
By Yahui Liang J Camp Live! Staff Writer A first time visitor to Los Angeles, I am awestruck by Santa Monica’s Palisades Park. The towering palm trees, the golden sand, the blue expanse of ocean that stretched endlessly – it looked as though everything was pulled straight out of a postcard. But I never realized [...]
By Courtland Thomas J Camp Live! Staff Writer Are California girls the only ones to have it going on? No, I found out. The summer sun beats down on the streets of Santa Monica as residents and tourists mesh together to form the crowd of Sunday beach goers. While some non-natives stick out — the [...]
By Courtland Thomas J Camp Live! Staff Writer It’s one in the afternoon. It’s after lunch. More than half of the 42 Journalism Camp students are sluggish and ready to crash. Darkened lecture hall lights only add to the desire to sleep. However, a woman dressed in casual wear – as opposed to our business [...]
By Lindsey Txakeeyang and William Chan, J Camp Live! staff If you are looking for the number one place to go “number two,” make a pit stop at the Santa Monica Pier. Santa Monica Pier’s public restroom was recently named a Top 10 finalist in the America’s Best Bathroom contest, sponsored by the Cintas Group, [...]
By Yuning Zhang, J Camp Live! staff Kamen A. Chalakov has learned the art of living cheaply. You’ll find him on the warm, sun-basked boardwalk of the Santa Monica Pier painting portraits for tourists. But the competition is tough, especially among all the other artists clamoring for those tourist dollars. “I depend on tourists,” said [...]
Jose Martinez, editor of the Loyolan, visited with J Camp students Tuesday morning and passed out copies of the student newspaper — as well as sharing a lot of helpful advice to his high school counterparts. For students, it was a good chance to become informed on news about the campus they had been walking [...]
By Leslie Nguyen-Okwu, J Camp Live! staff From covering Michael Jackson’s 2005 trial to traveling to Japan, Celeste Durant once lived the life of a globe trotting journalist. But she’s since traded her reporter notebook for a career in public relations, and now works as the director of communications and media relations at Loyola Marymount [...]