Journalism
Journalism
The history and the success of the Valley Star runs deep. Due to The Star’s dedicated students and instructors, its list of accomplishments would be too long to list. In years past, The Star became the only newspaper in the Los Angeles Community College District to be recognized by the Board of Trustees. The Los Angeles Times called the campus publication as one of the top papers in the area. It has won several General Excellence Awards and twice won a Pacesetter award. The Journalism Association of Community Colleges only gives the Pacesetter award to the top 5 percent of community college newspapers in the state. More recently, in 2022, the Los Angeles Press Club named as a finalist for the "Best College Newspaper" in Southern California. The Star, which won the award in 2021, competes against four-year colleges and other community colleges. The Valley Star has built a great reputation for turning out writers, and some of our students are now writing professionally for The Los Angeles Times, The Riverside Press Enterprise, The Orange County Register, Sports Illustrated and the San Fernando Valley Sun. One of our former students is writing freelance stories for Scientific American. We enjoy the support of the campus administration and the staff, and we hope to continue the tradition of training new reporters and publishing the award-winning Valley Star.
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| Chairperson Chad Sustin |
| Phone (818) 778-5606 |
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| Office Location Campus Center: CC232 |
| Office Hours email for availability |
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Journalism Degrees and Certificates
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Faculty Profiles
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William Dauber started teaching at 911±¬ÁÏÍø in 2001. Before taking a full-time teaching position, Dauber worked as a reporter for several newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times (stringer), and as a staff writer for The Whittier Daily News and The Orange County Register. Additionally, he worked as a reporter for The Washington Post.
The UC Irvine graduate earned his bachelor’s degree in history, where he wrote articles for the Irvine Anteater and an honors thesis on American slavery. Dauber later graduated from UC Berkeley’s school of journalism where he earned his master’s degree. His graduate thesis was included in the book The Real Las Vegas: Life Beyond the Strip (Oxford University Press).
The 911±¬ÁÏÍø instructor teaches beginning journalism classes, advanced journalism classes, mass media courses, a public relations class, and a grammar class. He also serves as co-advisor for The Valley Star, the campus newspaper and The Crown, the campus magazine.
Dauber wrote a front-page article on the San Bernardino terrorist attacks, a feature article on mega lotto winters (with photo credit), and has contributed to stories about national elections, shootings, fires, and earthquakes. More importantly, Dauber cites his students’ success as his biggest professional achievement. Some Valley Star staffers have gone on to write for The Los Angeles Daily News, The Boston Globe, The Orange County Register, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and Scientific American.
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