A small country doesn't have news!!

By Gloria Medina, City College of San Francisco ESL student

Katy Kam Yap is from Panama and she has been here in San Francisco for one year and four months.

Gloria: Katy, do you follow the news?

Katy: Yes, but not often.

Gloria: What interests you?

Katy: I like to read articles about: science, crime and entertainment.

Gloria: Where do you look?

Katy: I read the newspaper Sunday and search on the New York Times website.

Gloria: Who do you believe?

Katy: I believe what is written in the newspaper because it's the only alternative that I have.

Gloria: Are your perspectives being represented?

Katy: I am from Panama and I have not seen news about my country. The only news I saw was few weeks ago that was a big crime, it’s very sad because I didn't like to see that the only time that Panana apeared in the news was just for the incident that happened.

Is He A News Junkie ?

By Qing Liang, City College of San Francisco ESL Student.

I had a good time to interview my classmate Leon, he is from China and has been in America for one and half years.

Qing: Do you follow the news?

Leon: Not really. It depends on the topics of the news.

Qing: What interests you?

Leon: I'm interested in the news that is about sports, technology, society, and politics.

Qing: Where do you look?

Leon: I usually read the newspapers in the library during my lunch break at work. If I have time, I will go to a website like sina.com or sfgate.com to search my interesting news at home. Most of the news I read is in Chinese, which is my first language.

Qing: Who do you believe?

Leon: It also depends on the topics the person talk about. For example, the recent news I'm interested in is San Francisco's 2011 Mayoral race, and I would like to believe in David Chiu, because some of his views of how to help the economy of San Francisco seem workable.

Qing: Are your perspectives being represented?

Leon: I think my perspectives are being represented when the news interests me, and it is also related to my benefits, such as the news about the cut down service of the SF Muni. Because I often take bus to school, I disagree with it strongly.

Hot Issue!!

by Karen Yip,

City College of San Francisco ESL Student

I interviewed my friend, Kazumi Saeki. She is from Japan, and she has been in San Francisco for eight months.

K: Kazumi Saeki

I: Interviewer

I: Do you follow the news?

K: Yes, I often check the news.

I: What interests you?

K: My home country's news and world news, especially the news about Korea and China.

I: Where do you look?

K: I look on Yahoo Japan and Yahoo US.

I: Who do you believe?

K: I believe in famous broadcasters, especially the broadcasters in news TV channels which for young people at the night, such as News 24 and News Zero.

I: Are your perspectives being represented?

K: It depends. For example, I would believe in Japanese articles about good events in my country rather than the US, but I also believe in bad issues about Japan written by Americans.

**Photo: Kazumi Saeki(right), Karen Yip(left)

My interview with Yao Ming on his retirement....naaa just kidding :)

by Yan,City College of San Francisco,ESL student.

I, Yan from Yangon, Burma have been studying in San Francisco for a month and a half interviewed Amy from Guangzhou,China who has been in San Francisco for a year and few months.

YAN: Do you follow the news?

AMY: Nope not really. I only follow news when I have school work which isnt that often.

YAN: What interests you?

AMY: What interests me? I would have to say world news and yeah U.S sports news.

YAN: Where do you look?

AMY: mostly online New York Times and yahoo are my source and sometimes also newspaper in my own language like Xing Dao Newspapers.

YAN: Who do you believe?

AMY: I believe in main idea of the news but not the perspective opinions of others.

YAN: Are your perspectives being represented?

AMY: No cause I don’t believe in it cause sometimes the news does not tell the truth of my culture.

News aren't old

by Martini Mok, City College of San Francisco ESL student

I have interviewed Ecaterina Patrasco few days ago and her nickname is Katrin. She comes from Russia and has been living in San Francisco for 3 years.

Martini: Do you follow news?
Katrin: Yes. I follow news every day. I follow about world news.

Martini: What interests you?
Katrin: Everything.For example: world news. Just like, I saw horrible news yesterday about elderly couple, he is 70 and she is 58 years old, who adopted a baby from Russia. The doctors have seen bruises and cuts on few different occasions of the baby. The ultimate blow over the head broken the boys skull, which result it in death.

Martini: Where do you look?
Katrin: I will watch Russian TV and listen to NPR every day. Sometimes, I listen to KQED twice a week. Left: Me Right: Ecaterina Patrasco

Martini: Who do you believe?
Katrin: I believe Russian TV such as Vremia

Martini: Are you perspectives being represented?
Katrin: Never because after listening to the news, I never discuss it with anyone.

News equal to Your Life?

by Rachel Tan, City College of San Francisco  left:Rachel, right:Gloria This is Gloria Esmeralda Medina Espinosa who is my interview partner. She comes from Mexico and has been in San Francisco since 2009. Rachel: Hello, Gloria! Do you follow the news? Gloria: Yes, I read news on the weekdays. Rachel: What interests you? Gloria: I like economic news and world news. Rachel: Where do you look? Gloria: San Francisco newspaper and online on the bloombery site. Rachel: Who do you believe? Gloria: I don't believe a lot, the news usually makes the events bigger than normal. Rachel: Are your perspectives being represented? Glroia: Not really. They always cover bad news. Every news about Mexico is about drug wars, and even I read that I feel scared to go back to my hometown.

news are allways news

Alex Yeon
September 30, 2011

By Marisela Magana, City College of San Francisco ESL Student

I would like to introduce my classmate Alex Yeon who is from Korea but he has lived here in San Francisco since July. He studies ESL 150 at the City College of San francisco. He likes to follow the news every day in the evenings and his favorite web is "naver" a Korean web side on the internet. He is interested in entertainment, sports and shoking news. He doesn't like to shadow politics and economics. He trust in his Korean web side (naver) and Google because they show the true. He doesn't have any perspectives yet because he has only lived here two months.