Richie Rodriguez, the Daily Forty-Niner Community Engagement Manager, wants to establish the publication as a strong organization that is a reliable voice for the Long Beach community. The community engagement manager’s role is to assist the publication in its efforts of rebuilding and maintaining relationships with organizations on and off[Read More…]

Beach Media, the business team that represents the Daily Forty-Niner, flew out to Minneapolis, Minnesota to attend the College Media Business & Advertising Managers conference from Oct. 13 to 16. The two organizations met with other business teams from across the United States to share their experiences and insight on[Read More…]

Moving along the 2022-2023 academic year, the Daily Forty-Niner is working toward building a community in and out of the newsroom. We caught up with their EIC and Managing Editor to find out more about their plans for the publication. Kristina Agresta, Managing Editor, previously served as the social media[Read More…]

By Zayra Rodriguez The Journalism & Public Relations Department held their signature JPR day event virtually on Wednesday, April 20. JPR Day features panels of media and PR professionals discussing their experience in the workplace, including networking and mentoring opportunities for students. The half-day event concludes with an awards ceremony[Read More…]

By Loc Hoang   Gary Metzker, design adviser for the Daily Forty-Niner and DIG MAG, has been named one of three “Friends of Scholastic Journalism” award winners by the Journalism Education Association (JEA). This national award is given to individuals who have made significant contributions to scholastic journalism. “I did[Read More…]

The Daily Forty-Niner staff secured 11 California College Media Awards, including five first-place awards, at the 2021 CCMA Contest on Saturday, Mar. 20, 2021.   The Daily Forty-Niner won first for ‘Best Podcast’ by former podcast editor Manny Valladares, ‘Best Illustration’ by Alina Schwider, ‘Best Feature Photograph’ and ‘Best Non-Breaking[Read More…]

In honor of Women’s History Month, we caught up with some of our past female editor in chiefs  to showcase the amazing work they did and find out where they are now. Former Editor in Chief Joanne Tucker previously held the position during her senior year at Long Beach State [Read More…]

On Friday, Feb. 26, Madalyn Amato, editor in chief of Daily Forty-Niner, spoke on the Good Day LA morning show about the challenges she has faced while being a student journalist for Student Press Freedom Day 2021.  “I got into journalism to really give a voice to the voiceless and[Read More…]