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Emily Kim (Forschen) Jenkins

California, San Diego
As seen in: CalMatters, CalMatters College Beat, The Daily Aztec, KPBS-TV (San Diego, CA), Piedmont Exedra
Covers:  Arts, pop culture, education, higher education, justice, accessibility

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Emily Kim (Forschen) Jenkins’s Biography

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Please note that I changed my name, so 'articles' below does not update correctly. The portfolio section is up to date! The top six stories are my personal favorites, the rest are in chronological order after that.

You can see my words and art in the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint, Open Campus, CalMatters, WBEZ (Chicago), KPBS (San Diego), and more. Please see my LinkedIn for a full resume.

Emily Kim (Forschen) Jenkins’s Journalist Portfolio

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Convoy District Blooms in Adversity, from Past to Present

Convoy District Blooms in Adversity, from Past to Present

As Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month comes to a close, the spotlight isn't fading from this …

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An Equitable Frontier: The Man Making Sure Space is for All

An Equitable Frontier: The Man Making Sure Space is for All

With an extensive professional background ranging from the U.S. Air Force to NASA, Catlin is embarking on his…

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First-Generation Chinese Family Donates $5 Million to SDSU Black Resource Center

First-Generation Chinese Family Donates $5 Million to SDSU Black Resource Center

Gus Thompson was born into slavery sometime in the early 1860s. The city of Coronado was founded shortly afte…

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How Have Hate Crime Laws Changed Since We Started Calling It Hate?

How Have Hate Crime Laws Changed Since We Started Calling It Hate?

Like many other civil rights directives, recording hate as a significant concern of law enforcement was not a…

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New Report Deems UCSD 'Deficient' in Combating Antisemitism

New Report Deems UCSD 'Deficient' in Combating Antisemitism

The University of California, San Diego received a ‘D’ grade on Thursday from the Anti-Defamation League’s (A…

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Is new support the key to success for formerly incarcerated community college students?

Is new support the key to success for formerly incarcerated community college students?

For formerly incarcerated students, community colleges frequently offer the most versatility and accessibilit…

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Articles

¿Quién falta en los colegios comunitarios de California?

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By Emma Hall Verified, Emily Kim (Forschen) Jenkins, Emily Margaretten Verified, Oden Taylor
| CalMatters Verified
En resumen La inscripción en los colegios comunitarios de California se desplomó durante la pandemia. Aquí están las historias de algunos de los estudiantes que se fueron. Read this article in English. Los colegios comunitarios de California han visto caer su inscripción en aproximadamente una quinta parte durante la pandemia de coronavirus, con más de 300,000 estudiantes menos inscritos en el otoño de 2021 en comparación con el otoño de 2019.
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Who's missing from California's community colleges?

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By Emma Hall Verified, Emily Kim (Forschen) Jenkins, Emily Margaretten Verified, Oden Taylor
| CalMatters Verified
In summary California’s community college enrollment plummeted during the pandemic. Here are the stories of some of the students who left. California community colleges have seen their enrollment drop by about a fifth during the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 300,000 fewer students enrolled in fall 2021 compared with fall 2019.
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DA Staff Recs: Guilty pleasure songs

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By Morgan Ray, Eugènie Budnik, Maritza Camacho, Emily Kim (Forschen) Jenkins
| The Daily Aztec Verified
by Morgan Ray, Eugènie Budnik, Maritza Camacho, Emily Forschen , Owen Pratt, Sumaia Wegner, and Jazlyn Dieguez|February 14, 2022 Ryan Hardison Everyone has a unique guilty pleasure song that they can’t help but belch out loud whenever they hear it or it’s a must-listen when singing in shower – here’s our picks for the best guilty pleasure songs.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was editor-in-chief of my community college paper before writing my first published piece. My first paid gig was CalMatters' CJN.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Every lead in every Hallmark movie who "has to get" this ambiguous, nondescript story but keeps getting distracted by small towns and men

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Journalism is all about examining power structures and holding them accountable. Being a journalist is doing that in an accessible way.

Awards

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Associated Collegiate Press Award

2020 - Podcast

Devin Bradshaw and I co-hosted a podcast called Spouse Material in which we discuss, um, being adult virgins (but for good reasons!). In this award-winning episode titled “What Is An IUD?”, we discuss sex education in public and private schools and discover that Devin doesn’t know anything about contraception.

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2023 - College Media

The editorial board of the Daily Aztec, which I served on in 2022 as the Design Editor, won in the College Media category.

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2022 - College Media - Second Place

Along with a handful of other editors of the Daily Aztec, we won the regional College Media second place award.

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