CSUN Mass Communication Graduate Program

Marta Valier's audio series on the civil war in El Salvador won her the Outstanding Graduate Thesis/Project Award from 2019/2020. She traveled to El Salvador, met with activists and recorded their stories. Now, Marta is expanding her audio series into the podcast ''Voices of Central America,'' which has the important goal of preserving the memory of the conflict for those who lived through it and for people of Central American heritage in the U.S. ... #csunmasscomm #CSUN #journalism #MastersDegree #news #CSUNjournalism #ElSalvador #podcast

José Duran (class of 2019) produced a documentary for his graduate thesis project. He interviewed Academy Award-nominated actor Edward James Olmos, among other actors and activists for ''Latinos in Hollywood,'' which highlighted the Latino filmmaker's perspective in Los Angeles. José currently works as an assignment editor at KTLA and is a freelance writer for geek news portals.... #csunmasscomm #CSUN #journalism #MastersDegree #news #CSUNjournalism

Mass Communications alumna Tara Atrian's researched how white extremism proliferates in digital spaces for her final project. Her research work has become even more relevant in the recent months. Tara currently works in news production at KCRW and does freelance broadcast associate work at CBS Evening News #csunmasscomm #CSUN #journalism #MastersDegree #news #CSUNjournalism

Mass Communications alumna Karen Cruz-Orduña reports on the need for the several thousands of indigenous Oaxaqueños in Santa Maria to be counted in the 2020 census. Cruz-Orduña is a proud Oaxaqueña and her graduate thesis project ''Exploring Oaxacalifornia in the City of Los Angeles highlighted how Oaxaqueños in California create a new sense of identity in the US through cultural events, social practices and communal ties. #csunmasscomm #CSUN #journalism #Oaxacalifornia #Census2020 #news

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