I often mourn the person I used to be. I was an athlete. I played soccer and lifted weights, ran races and set records. I had long, thick hair and I could stay awake for 12 hours straight.
I did not fear...
Growing up, I watched my dad, Tony Kiosow, bring his work to the beach, on trips to amusement parks and to his own hospital bed when he had a heart attack.
A month ago, when I visited my parents in L...
It was just another day in my "Typography for Graphic Design" class when Grace Senior, former Chronicle creative director, advertised an opening for graphic designers at the campus news organization.
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When I applied to the position of media sales representative at the Chronicle in December 2018, I was 100% uncertain of what I was doing. I simply knew that 2019 was around the corner, and I needed to...
At the tail end of the fall semester of my junior year, I knew going into the spring that I needed to focus on my future career—which at that time had yet to be determined—so, therefore, I needed...
I always watch movies about journalists when I feel defeated. “All the President's Men,” “The Post,” “Spotlight” and Aaron Sorkin’s controversial TV show “The Newsroom.”
So, ther...
When I had my initial interview at the Chronicle, I was focused and ready to start my career as a photojournalist. Coming from a combat sports photography background, nothing could rattle my ca...
People always say to savor your time in college, that it'll be over before you know it. It feels like ages ago, yet somehow like it was yesterday, that I was sobbing in my parents' arms before they left to go b...
I began working at The Columbia Chronicle when I came to Columbia my sophomore year. And when I turned in the first article of my career—"School funding bill gives districts needed relief"—I was...
Last week, I visited the Chronicle newsroom for the first time in almost two months.
I stood in the empty newsroom, gathering my belongings from my desk and appreciating the fact that I was able to come...
When an uncontrollable factor—such as a global pandemic—is released into prisons that already experience overcrowding nationwide and house hundreds of humans deemed criminal by the state, wide...
Alissa Swatkowski’s pet geese are fighting, and that’s stressing her out. But that’s not her biggest stressor during the spring semester. Because of growing coronavirus concerns and stay-at-home orders,...
