Karen Datangel
San Francisco
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The Chairman of The Tortured SF Sports Fans Department. Politically left-center. My views only. 🚫 unsolicited DMs. #SFGiants #FTTB #DubNation #Ballhalla
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Karen Datangel’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Karen Datangel was a timid kid with a big imagination, the oldest of three American-born kids from Filipino immigrant parents living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She enjoyed her writing assignments in elementary school and wrote even more in her spare time, so she took her love of writing to her high school newspaper and decided on Journalism as her major in college. She graduated with her B.A. in the field from San Francisco State University in 2011.
She got her first big break the year befo…
Karen Datangel’s Journalist Portfolio
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Interview
See all 10 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
I believe it was a Student on Campus poll for my first high school newspaper staff writer assignment.
How is social media changing news?
It is creating and shedding light on stories that otherwise may not have made it to traditional print media, and in real-time too.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Carrie Bradshaw