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City Times Media

The latest podcasts by the partners of the award-winning City Times Media platform. Content produced by the students of San Diego City College learning digital news; TV news and multimedia production; radio and podcasting; magazine production; and independent film.

  1. Jun 3

    ‘Reporter’s Roundtable: Election Edition’ introduces early primary results

    By Tresean Osgood and Rosemary Archer. The first results from the California primary are here, and with them comes the anticipation of who out of 61 gubernatorial candidates will be moving on to the general election. In this special episode of "Reporter’s Roundtable," find out what’s going on with the ongoing count of ballots throughout California, as well as the top three candidates who could potentially be moving on to the general election this fall. City Times reporters Tresean Osgood and Rosemary Archer touch on the issues that matter most to City College students according to the City College Community Agenda, which identifies issues and elicits questions that City Times Media reporters use to engage political candidates and focus their election reporting. Osgood and Archer discuss how much those issues mean to the candidates on your ballot. As of 9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2: State-wide, according to the Associated Press:  Steve Hilton 26.6%Xavier Becerra 25.9%Tom Steyer 19.7%In San Diego, according to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters: Hilton 32.6%Becerra 25%Steyer 18.1%Results tonight included mail ballots received before Election Day and vote center ballots from early voting between May 23-June 1. This typically includes votes for qualified write-in candidates, according to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters. Ballots cast at voting centers on June 2 will be transported to the Registrar of Voters after 8 p.m. tonight. These ballots will then be counted, and results will be updated in intervals until all of the ballots have been accounted for.  According to the County News Center of San Diego, the final unofficial update for June 2 election votes will take place by midnight or later on June 3.  Additional unofficial result updates by the Registrar of Voters will be shared on June 4, 5, and 8 by 6 p.m each day. All results are unofficial until completion of the official canvass and certification of the election, which is expected to take place on or before July 2, according to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters. The top two candidates, regardless of party, advance to the General Election in November. Transcript available at https://sdcitytimes.com/category/election/

    10 min
  2. May 6

    City Times Media discusses ongoing cyberattack on SDCCD networks in 'Reporters' Roundtable'

    City Times Media Co-Editor-in-Chief David J. Bohnet sits down with CTM staffer and cybersecurity major Venkateswar Vadlamudi to discuss the ongoing cyberattacks on the San Diego Community College District’s network.Vadlamudi shares his insight on cybersecurity and what students should expect in the coming days.To read a transcript, click here: https://otter.ai/u/32wq2BasJ3qxJWeoX8B2svz0X2A?utm_source=copy_urlCity College classes continue with some exceptions despite the lack of internet and intermittent phone service.SDCCD Chancellor Greg Smith detailed a separate attack with the district’s learning management system, Canvas, in an email to the district but reported there was “no evidence personally-identifiable information was compromised.”“You may have heard of a cybersecurity incident impacting our learning management system (LMS), Canvas,” Smith said. “This is a completely separate event from the cybersecurity issues our district experienced and which have led to our network outage.” As of Tuesday, May 5, the City College campus is open, but many offices, including financial aid, health services and student services are closed. “Our IT professionals and support vendors continue to investigate the cybersecurity threats we experienced over the weekend and yesterday morning,” Smith said. “We will provide an update later this afternoon on the status of our system and network and expectations for Wednesday. Thank you for your continued patience and work to mitigate the negative impacts on classes and services.”City Times Media continues to report on this ongoing story affecting City College and the entire district.Stay tuned to ⁠City Times Media⁠ and ⁠sdcitytimes.com⁠ for all the up-to-date information.CTTV is a part of City Times Media, the award-winning, student-produced digital news, TV news, magazine, radio/podcast and indie film, all-on-one platform at San Diego City College. CTM offers hands-on experience for students using new and emerging technologies in state-of-the-art facilities.To read more, visit sdcitytimes.com.

    12 min

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The latest podcasts by the partners of the award-winning City Times Media platform. Content produced by the students of San Diego City College learning digital news; TV news and multimedia production; radio and podcasting; magazine production; and independent film.