Former student stumbles on front page photo

Former student Eric Kayne, a free-lance photographer in Houston, happened on to what appeared to be a typical protest march in Oakland, CA.

But let Kayne tell the story from his Facebook post:

A group of anti-Donald
Trump protestors storm
into Oakland City HalI.

Interesting day yesterday. On spec, I went to downtown Oakland yesterday to photograph anything connected with the court appearance of Noor Salman, the wife of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Matee

Not five minutes there, I get a call to photograph an unrelated protest literally around the block at Oakland City Hall. At first, it seemed like many protests I've photographed: about two dozen people gathered outside city hall to exercise their free speech. When they began walking, I figured they were going to do a march around the building and then wrap up. I scrambled to the end of the sidewalk to photograph them coming down the sidewalk when all of a sudden, they all started to bolt into a side entrance.

Next thing I know, a protestor is having a tug of war with a security guard who kept repeating "No signs! No signs!" while the protester kept protesting "It's just PAPER! It's just PAPER!"

It's always nice to be surprised (sometimes) and I ended up getting the A1 dominant image in today's edition of the San Francisco Chronicle (extra bonus of headline from a Doobie Brothers song

:-))

See another story about Kayne here

Two former students show their work.

Each year about this time the San Antonio Express-News looks back at the old year and looks forward to the new year. These former students were photojournalists on The Ranger and The Fourth Write. Read their behind-the-work stories about the photos that were selected.

Pictures of the Year: Kin Man Hui

Pictures of the Year: Edward Ornela

Former student returns to her real passion.

Cathy Leigh Duncan

Catherine “Cathy” Leigh Duncan credits her time at San Antonio College for her ease of transfer to the University of Texas, her subsequent bachelor of journalism degree and her current position as director of communications for Institutional Advancement at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

“Beginning my college education in the Journalism Department at San Antonio College was the smartest thing I ever did. I wish I could take credit for this brilliant decision. But, I can't. I only began at SAC because financially I had no other options,” Duncan said. “Although Highlands High School classmates had teased me about going to ‘San Pedro High’ as they called it, I found a challenging, national-award-winning journalism program."

W.B. Daugherty, Lynnell Burkett, Jerry Townsend and Chet Hunt figured out all my weaknesses and then strove to make me a better writer, speller, designer and interviewer,” she added.

One of Duncan's responsibilities
at the UT Health Science Center
San Antonio is this magazine.

In Daugherty’s classes, one misspelled word meant an F on a story. If it wasn't perfect, don't even think about turning it in was his credo, she recalled.

Weeks after high school graduation, she learned that on second round I received the four-year Baumberger Endowed Scholarship, and after two years at SAC and working on The Ranger, she transferred to UT Austin's print journalism program.

“I can still remember my first semester in a writing class at UT Austin. I was so afraid the other students who had been at UT their first years were ahead of me in journalism knowledge. After our stories were graded, they were put in a box in alphabetical order, she recalled.

Click here to read his newest journalistic effort. Click here for an earlier post about Ben and his time at SAC and the Express-News. This is Ben's latest note about taking a break.

Former student featured on NBC News special

Manson, featured PEOPLE crime reporter and former journalism student Elaine Aradillas. Click here for earlier story about Elaine.

Former student moves from reporting to college PR.

Elaine Marsilio Krift

Elaine Marsilio Krift started in the journalism program at San Antonio College the spring semester after Sept. 11, 2001. "I remember seeing The Ranger's coverage of that day and being even more reinforced about pursuing a journalism degree."

Plus, she said she remembered walking by the journalism building and being in awe. As if to say, "One day I will be part of that program, and it's going to be great!"

"I went to Mr. Chet Hunt's office one day in between classes. (I was so nervous!) I wanted to be in the journalism program, but I didn't know how to make the first step."

She had spent her senior year of high school talking the new journalism teacher into letting her attend Journalism 101 class that year even though it was a freshmen class. "I knew my dream a little late in high school, but at least I had a dream. I knew my vision, and I wasn't going to let up. So, I went and talked to Mr. Hunt and said, 'I want to be in your program.' "

Former student appears on "Good Morning America."

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Elaine Aradillas, who worked at The Ranger as a reporter and editor, now works for People magazine in New York City. The Marshall High School graduate earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas and a master's degree from Columbia. She was a student at the Urban Journalism Workshop her senior year in high school.

Former student excels in sports broadcasting career

Jason Minnix

Former student Jason Minnix attended the college from 1993-94 and worked for The Ranger covering news and sports.

“While attending SAC, I worked at KTSA radio as the weekday morning show producer and part-time in the San Antonio Express-News sports department doing mainly agate work,” Minnix said.

He ended up withdrawing from school when the KTSA job became full-time.

“I picked up a part-time job on weekends at KZEP and from there decided I would focus on radio and not newspaper.” he said. “In the years since, I have worked at KJ-97, KENS Radio/TV, the San Antonio Iguanas, KGNB/KNBT where I hosted the morning show and was Sports Director for eight years, KLUP and I have been at ESPN San Antonio since the station launched in 2008.”

Twice Minnix has been voted the San Antonio Express-News Readers Choice Award for best local radio personality/team, winning in 2009 and 2011.

In his 20-plus-year career in radio, Minnix has covered all five Spurs championships, nine Super Bowls and every major sporting event in Texas from Final Fours to College Bowl games. Also, he has covered the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Houston Astros, Texas Rangers, Longhorns, and Aggies.

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