What makes news news? We’ll share tips on how journalism differs from academic writing, and provide insights on how to report original stories, identify sources and get people to talk to you.
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Leah Bartos is an award-winning investigative journalist with more than 10 years of experience. While a writer at heart, she has also reported, researched and produced documentary films for PBS Frontline and ProPublica. Projects she’s worked on have won numerous awards, including two Emmys, as well as various awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors, Society of Professional Journalists, and the American Bar Association. She earned a master’s in journalism from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism (2011), where she was a Mark Felt Scholar in Investigative Reporting.Leah currently serves as the journalism advisor for Associated Students at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Lisa Osborn is News & Public Affairs Director (news advisor) at KCSB FM 91.9, the student-led college and community radio station on the campus of UCSB. Lisa works with two student news directors and a team of volunteer reporters to advise on the production of the KCSB 5PM News (Mon/Thurs) and KCSB’s weekly public affairs radio show, Inside Isla Vista (Weds 5PM). Prior to coming to KCSB, Lisa spent most of her broadcasting career as an award-winning reporter and news anchor at Los Angeles radio stations, and a music host (deejay) on a national radio network. She is also a voice over narrator.
