Two J-school students reported from the Sichuan quake zone in the days that followed the disaster, where masses of people have been killed, injured and left homeless. Eliot Gao (above), a graduate student, reported stories for the L.A. Times and describes some of his experience here. Senior Yinqian Li, a native of Sichuan, worked on stories with J-school teacher Wyatt Olson for five days. Read her first-person account here.
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China Daily publishes students' Africa stories
 | The China Daily has published stories by three journalism students written while they were on the Africa reporting trip in May. |
Shantou students join African-Asian video conference in Ghana
 | Youth representatives from six countries including a group from Shantou University participated in a video conferencing session sponsored by UNICEF and the World Bank on May 26, 2008 in Ghana. |
Graduate student reports for L.A. Times in quake zone
 | Two times J-school graduate student Eliot Gao believed he was going to die as he reported in Sichuan Province during the two weeks following the catastrophic earthquake on May 12, 2008. |
Chinese ambassador meets Africa team in Ghana
 | Chinese Ambassador to Ghana Wenzhe Yu stood in front of the door of the meeting room looking every bit plenipotentiary. He shook hands with each member of the Africa reporting team in order to show his welcome. |
Student Work
Dramatic director
| Zhu Zhenshi is a well-known figure on campus with his pudgy body, mustache, bedroom slippers, and loud voice. Zhu, a J-school post-graduate student who will graduate from Shantou University this year, is preparing his thesis. At the same time, he is also busy with a new play. |
The Dreamers
| A summer night, the reservoir, breezes, moonlight, and friends, a night full of nature. And there is one more thing to add. A thing to make the night even more enjoyable: movies. |
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Spring semester ending soonFinal exams begin June 16, and the semester ends June 28.
Reporting Project
Feature Stories
Senior reports from Sichuan...and home
| In the dead of night, I was awakened by the persistent ringing of the telephone in my hotel room in Chengdu. "Are you scared?" my aunt said in a somewhat nervous voice. |
Student interns in D.C. meet political heavy-hitters
| "Wait a second," Rich McKeown said as went into his office to get another business card. He'd already given me one. The new card he gave me was all in Chinese, including his Chinese name. |
First group of interns to America depart
| Anybody can watch Hillary and Obama debating on TV. But how many people get to see them in person, or even have the chance to interview them? Some students of the J-school could get the chance to sit across from these politicians during two separate internships in the United States this summer and fall. |
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