Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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' T' , 11. fp, ic' f A 1 ri Q! , ' . , 9405 Sintra fl!!! Dr. Marie Y. Martin, Valley's president for the first months ofthe school year, stops to read the newspaper clippings being posted on the cafeteria bulletin board by Ben Rose. gh, , Y' 4,1 f f.f7'l 5 fir, iz. . ,,.,,, X., M M . V, 12.6 E ' STE' From college Valley College is in the news and it's no accident. It's the result of many things: students with a nose for news and, of course, newspaper contacts, a sports bureau, a news bureau and good community relations. How does Valley College get in the news? A large portion of the answer comes from the many facets of the journalism department which include public relations facilities at Valley. Students training in newspaper and public relations work find a niche on the staff of the I ll mv.-K, I

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- liafronar HEY 131858 'FR Iibaftiff? E 3 2 f . . To Boiugfi W, ,. fy 10 -5 .5 T' ' ' -W. -7 Youth N slltfl N 0 C3 YGSI' l l l l l i l l news bureau. Others join the sports publicity staff. Each of the staffs has a student director and is advised by a member of the faculty. Students on the News Bureau are assigned specific newspapers to-which they report the activities and events of Valley College, Addi- tional news releases are sent to radio and tele- vision stations keeping the community informed on all campus events. Along with classroom lectures, actual news- writing practice is part of the course curricula taken by sports and News Bureau students. T ,gr M - -1. ' K . .-fn R K W 0 W AMW, . .., Jeff Sillifant, Valley student, hands news copy to Ed Goodpaster, managing editor of the Valley Times Today. Former Valley students now Times employes look on. From left, Lynda Elyea, Carol Wolff, Dave Wright, Dave Siddon, Jeff Goldwater, John Millrany, Charlene Schueller, Joanne Anderson, display product on which they have worked, lurid headline and all. In addition, them students receive invaluable experience in the form of personal contact with staff members of the community newspapers. Organized in 194-9, the News Bureau works closely with the photography classes supplying newspaper photos to accompany news copy. Many of Valleysjournalism majors move out of the News Bureau, into professional newswriting job. Frequently Valley graduates go through upper division journalism education financed by work resulting from contacts made at Valley. 55