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Khoury Williams

(He/Him)
Culver City, Long Beach
As seen in: Long Beach Current, The Union (El Camino College)
Covers:  News, Sports, Arts and Life, Features, Opinion
He/Him. Editor-in-Chief at @lbcurrent 🗞️ | Former EIC for @eccunion (2021-23). Black, proud, big nerd culture fan and vegan food enthusiast. 🤓

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Khoury Williams’s Biography

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I am a journalism major and assistant copy editor for the Daily Forty-Niner.

I am currently in my first semester at Long Beach State University and I started my undergraduate journey at El Camino College in 2018 where I became editor-in-chief of The Union, student news publication for two years.

The journalism program and El Camino made me realize that I was always meant to be a journalist and through knowledge and the amazing opportunities that I was given, my passion for journalism grew so mu…

Khoury Williams’s Journalist Portfolio

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Nursing students, employees report dissatisfaction with the program

Nursing students, employees report dissatisfaction with the program

Nursing major Emily Angiolini is one of at least 30 nursing students and employees who have reported disorgan…

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El Camino’s president saves the world through community and connection

El Camino’s president saves the world through community and connection

Having first worked on a farm with her family at 11-years-old to venturing out on her own as a first-generati…

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Braids, locs and curls: Best local Black-owned hair care spots

Braids, locs and curls: Best local Black-owned hair care spots

Black hair comes in all styles, textures, sizes and colors, yet racial hair discrimination is still an ongoin…

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An El Camino trustee's dedication to 'The City of Champions'

An El Camino trustee's dedication to 'The City of Champions'

On the corner of South Market Street and East Hillcrest Boulevard lies Market Nails, a staple of Inglewood's …

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Registration deadlines extended for Spring 2024 semester - Daily Forty-Niner

Registration deadlines extended for Spring 2024 semester - Daily Forty-Niner

Deadlines for registration, drops and more have updated time frames for the Spring 2024 semester.

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New college, same faculty struggles - Daily Forty-Niner

New college, same faculty struggles - Daily Forty-Niner

My new student experience at Long Beach State was met with strikes and class cancellations, but I couldn't th…

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Articles

‘I’m just a fighter’: CSULB alumna helps save man on death row

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By Khoury Williams
| Long Beach Current Verified
Long Beach State alumna Elena Encarnacion and Charles "Sonny" Burton rejoice as Sonny no longer has to face death row. Photo courtesy of Elena Encarnacion. Elena Encarnacion ran down the hotel hallway when the news came in. After four years of working on the case, she learned that Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey had commuted Charles “Sonny” Burton’s death sentence two days before his scheduled execution on March 12.
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Most CSU students use AI. Is the tool helping or harming them?

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By Khoury Williams
| Long Beach Current Verified
The CSU conducted its first systemwide survey on artificial intelligence, making it the largest AI survey in higher education to date. Rehansa Kulatilleke | Long Beach Current Most devices on each of CSU’s 23 campuses have at least one artificial intelligence chatbot tab open. This was proven in a study released by San Diego State earlier this month, which found that 94,000 students, faculty and staff in the CSU system shared their opinions on AI.
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Selling weed with a woman’s touch

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By Khoury Williams
| Long Beach Current Verified
Renee Gaumond, the General Manager of small-business Stilo Supply Weed Dispensary and Delivery Long Beach on April 4. According to the shop's official website, they work with over 93 popular cannabis product brands. Charlotte LoCicero | Long Beach Current Renee Gaumond didn’t know much about weed until she went to her first cannabis trade show. Although she described it as a “culture shock,” she quickly adapted and now runs her own business as general manager of Stilo Supply Weed Dispensary.
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Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Peter Parker

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Adobe Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro), AP Style Guidebook, Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Canon R8 Mirrorless Camera

Why did you become a journalist?

I have always had an interest in journalism through video games and my uncle who is a local radio host. I love writing nd talking to people.