That's not true!!

by Katy Kam, City College of San Francisco ESL Student

This is Rachel Tan who I interviewed last week. Rachel is from China and she has been in the United States since 2010.

Left Rachel Tan and Right Katy Kam

Katy: Do you follow the news?

Rachel: Yes, I follow it every day.

Katy: What interests you?

Rachel: Well, Everything related with entertainment interest me. Also I like fashion, design in clothes and news about health.

Katy: Where do you look?

Rachel: I look for news on the website New York Times, the Sing Lang, a Chinese website and also the Tencent website.

Katy: Who do you believe?

Rachel: I don’t believe what the newspaper says in case of the design, that says: you might look very good with this style. But I like to read what they say.

Katy: Are your perspectives being represented?

Rachel: My perspectives are being represented a few times, and different people have different opinions about the same entertainment. Even if my opinion matches others, it could be fake.

Difference makes confused

by Amy Chen, City College of San Francisco ESL Student

Left Yan, right Amy

The respondent, who is named Yan Thein is from Burma Myanmar, has been in San Francisco for a month and a half.

Amy: Do you follow the news?

Yan: Yes, but I usually follow the sport news.

Amy: What interests you in the news?

Yan: Sports, and fashion news interest me the most, but I am also interested in world’s news, and US’s sport news.

Amy: Where do you look?

Yan: I look online, like Yahoo, YouTube and HYPEBEAST for fashion news.

Amy: Who do you believe?

Yan: I don’t really believe in the news, because the information may vary from site to site.

Amy: Are your perspectives being represented?

Yan: Nope, I don’t think so, because while in my country, we always get the made-up stories in the news.

Shocked News

By Leon Gao, City College of San Francisco ESL Student

I interviewed Qing Liang who is from China and has been San Francisco for almost 3 years.

Here is our Q & A.

Leon: Do you follow the news?

Qing: Not really. I just follow news sometimes.

Leon: What interets you?

Qing: I am interested in the news about entertainment and social security. For example, I followed the news about the Sichuan earthquake and the Japan earthquake. The news really gave me a big shock.

Leon: Where do you look?

Qing: I only use the Internet to look news with my computer at home. Chinadaily.com.cn is one website I use most often.

Leon: Who do you believe?

Qing: It depends on the situation in the news. Mostly, I support the one which I am interested in.

Leon: Are your perspectives being represented?

Qing: Sometimes I have the idea with prejudice. For example, the economy is not so good in the United States now, but I disagree strongly that the government cut the budget of education and increase tuition time after time. Maybe the news which I support or against is based on our benefits.

Which one do you believe in?

Karen (left) and Kazumi (right)

by Kazumi Saeki, City College of San Francisco ESL Student

My friend, Karen Yip is from Hong Kong and has been here for two years. She fallows the news through the Internet. Her favorite website is Yahoo Hong Kong. She believed news reporters on TV when she was in her country. She is interested in home country news, world news and entertainment. Karen is strongly concerned about nature and animals because of this ecology system. Her perspectives depend on the news channels because she thinks some of them are reported subjectively. For example, when she watched the news on the Apple Action News about a girl who fell down from the fifth floor, they reported that the girl was curious so she climbed out of the window even though the fact was not clear. On the other hand, on the TVB News, they reported that the girl might act like that because of her curiosity. Karen would believe in the TVB News rather than the Apple Action News in this case. That's why she prefers to watch the news channels which are reported objectively.

Different Culture

by Vivian Zhao, City College of San Francisco Student

Widad (left) and Vivian (right)

I want to introduce my partner Widad. She is from Morocco. She has lived in San Francisco for one year. She is a full time student who wants to study psychology. She likes to smile, her smiling is so pretty. She likes to talk with people. She is outgoing. She follows the news by herself sometimes, and she also watches some news arabic and english with her father. She is interested in the world news, including entertainment and politics. Most of time she gets the news online, the website is www.abrabic.com that covers the news all around the world. She is not sure that some fact is reported by news, but her perspectives are being represented frequently.

Where is the funny news??????

By Alex Yeon, City College of San Francisco ESL Student.

I interviewed Marisela, who is from Mexico and has lived in San Francisco for four years

Interviewer: Do you follow the news?

Marisela : Yes. Sometimes I read newspaper or watch TV news.

Interviewer: What interests you?

Marisela : I am interested in parts of entertainment, sports, and weather forecast in the

news.

Interviewer: Where do you look?

Marisela : I look websites such as Google, Yahoo, and watch TV as well as listens to the

radio.

Interviewer: Who do you belive?

Marisela : Among the media, I believe TV news the most because I think it explains clearly and shows visual materials for reader to help understand the event or news.

Interviewer: Are your perspectives being respresented?

Marisela : I don't think so because i think there is not true information and they tend to

show one side of the news or events. For instance, article should be reported

fairly ,but sometimes it mention only positive or negative effect.

I finised interview with her. she was active and honest during interview.

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.