News & Events page updates

[tannerbwalters]

Currently, the News & Events section is just one normal page. Ideally, this would be a landing spot that links out to specific event pages.

I think some sort of tile formatting with a photo and text. Right now, we'd only have two of those to link to:

Network Launch in SF | Spring 2018

Daily Bruin Reunion | Fall 2018

For images to use:

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The text and image for the "Network Launch in SF | Spring 2018" page:

The budding Daily Bruin Alumni Network began to take shape at an April 2018 event hosted by 1994-95 Sports editor Lawrence Ma in San Francisco. Current Daily Bruin staffers joined dozens of UCLA alumni to hear from Matea Gold, the national political enterprise and investigations editor at the Washington Post and a former Daily Bruin editor in chief.

The event helped launch the alumni network and celebrate journalism on campus. To read a full write-up of the evening, please check out the Daily Bruin's recap.

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The text for the "Daily Bruin Reunion | Fall 2018 " page:

The Daily Bruin Alumni Network held its first official gathering on October 5, 2018, bringing alumni from across eight decades of the newspaper together in Westwood. More than 100 current and former staffers spent the day on campus, reconnecting with old friends and discussing how to help build the organization.

On Friday afternoon, the newsroom was open and there were breakout sessions with past and present Daily Bruin staffers in Kerckhoff Hall. Panels included discussions with Los Angeles Times reporters who are adjusting to a new office and new ownership. The current managing team discussed the latest news around campus and how things are going at The Bruin. Student staffers heard about careers from media and industry professionals.

The UCLA Alumni Association helped put on the evening's festivities in the James West Alumni Center, where alumni gathered for a reception and dinner program with drinks on the patio and a dinner buffet.

Patrick Healy, an NBC4 Southern California reporter and Daily Bruin alumnus, emceed the program. It also featured Cari Champion, the Daily Bruin Alumni Network's first Distinguished Alumni Award winner.

Champion is one of only a few African-American women anchoring shows at ESPN, and she has become a trailblazer in media. Described as a “game-changer” by Vogue in 2016, she was one of two women named to Sports Illustrated’s prestigious list of Six to Watch in 2016 and was recently included in the Ebony Power 100 of 2017 for representing women in an industry dominated by men.

Lawrence Ma '95 offered updates from the organizational leadership and fundraising committees, noting that the group became an official affinity network of the UCLA Alumni Association. Former media adviser Amy Emmert helped launch the network's mentoring efforts.

The event was planned by the Daily Bruin Alumni Network's reunion committee: Jillian Beck '14, Tanner Walters '18, Gil Hopenstand '97 and Don Rosen '86. Student participation was coordinated by Daily Bruin alumni director Jacqueline Alvarez '19.

Please enjoy photos from the event:

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