The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume. 98, Issue 15 - January 15, 2020

:oopqs fcwsHOUR © PBS N1 BS NEW JEWSHC POLITICO ITICOOPI Find us @LALoyolan 'Ы,% www. L A LO YO LAN.com Loyolan Copy Chief Megan Leberknight recounts her experience as Elizabeth Warren's stand-in. Page 9 LOYOLAN Your Home Your Voice Your News 1921 January 15, 2020 POLITICO© PBS NEV\ iflCOOPBSMEWSHt OPBSNEWSHOU^POLITICOOPBSNEWc‘^UR © POLITICO QPpcNEWSHOUR ; PO ,c МИАУСЫЛ1 ID pm mm DPR4 NFWSHC- A, POLITICO 0PB<^ HOUR POLITIC EWSHOUR (я POLITICO О PBS PBS LITICO 0PBSNEV\ 0 ©PBS NEWSHC via LMU Marketing and Communications The Loyolan’s Election 2020 team reported on the Democratic Debate hosted at LMU in December. The team was able to interview presidential candidates including Andrew Yang, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer. They will continue to produce content following all presidential candidates leading up to the election this fall. For more of the Loyolan's debate coverage, see pages 2, 4, 5, 8 and 9. Loyolan’s Election 2020 team covered December debate Monica Lewinsky announced as First Amendment speaker Student journalists got up close to the Democratic candidates. Kennedi Hewitt and Haley LaHa News Interns @LA Loyolan The sixth Democratic debate of the 2020 election season took place in LMU’s Gersten Pavilion on Dec. 19, 2019. The campus was filled with presidential candidates, security, government officials and journalists. Among the many journalists and reporters on campus were Loyolan writers Jacob Cornblatt, Veronica Backer-Peral, Cristobal Spielmann and Alyssa Story. They spent the entire day at LMU reporting inside the debate hall as well as covering the free speech zone happening on Lincoln Boulevard. Story, a film, TV and media studies and journalism double major, mostly focused on interviewing people in the free speech zone, writing opinion pieces and providing assistance to her peers if needed. Cornblatt, Backer-Peral and Spielmann produced digital content, including articles for the Loyolan’s website and videos of the journalists and candidates they interviewed. The trio is a part of the Loyolan’s Election 2020 team which covers any and all content related to the upcoming presidential election. Backer-Peral, a film production, history and computer science triple major said, “We planned a lot, but part of it was seeing in the moment what was happening and being open to taking any opportunities that popped up during the debate." Prior to the debate, all of the candidates who were expected to show said they would not participate if there was a picket line because Sodexo employees were protesting their contracts with the company. This caused much confusion about whether or not the debate was still happening, leading all the way up to the day before the actual debate when Sodexo and LTnite Here Locall 11 representatives resolved the concerns of protestors. The four students produced content about the protests and the ongoing negotiations leading up to the debate. On the day of the debate ,the students were able to put their reporting skills into action. They interviewed presidential candidates Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Tom Steyer and Andrew Yang. Additionally, they interviewed Fox News commentator Tomi Lahren, CNN’s Chris Cuomo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. “If we’re going to have small journalism, we need to make it local,” said Spielmann, a sophomore environmental science major, as he referred to topics such as DACA students and student loans brought up by Andrew Yang and Tom Steyer. See Debate | Page 3 The activist will speak on this year's theme "Reclaiming Our Stories." Isabella Murillo News Editor @LA Loyolan Monica Lewinsky will be the featured speaker at this year's First Amendment Week at LMLT. Lewinsky, an activist and television personality, was a former White House intern placed at the center of Former President Clinton's impeachment after he lied and then admitted to having a relationship with her. Lewinsky has written several essays on her relationship with the former president and its aftermath as well as the media's mostly negative portrayal of her. She has also participated in campaigns against cyberbullying and joined in the coversation surrounding sexual assault as part as of the #MeToo movement. Lewinsky will be speaking on this year's First Amendment Week theme, "Reclaiming Our Stories." The event will take place on Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. in Burns Back Court. The Loyolan and ASLMLT will be hosting the yearly event to "raise LMLT students’ awareness and appreciation of the First Amendment and the protections it provides for freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition," according to Jacob Cornblatt, editor-in-chief of the Loyolan. Last year's speaker, Jesse Williams, activist and actor from the show "Grey's Anatomy," spoke about Colin Kaepernick's use of free speech and his feelings about the Trump presidency during his interview for First Amendment Week. Last year's theme was "Promoting Healthy Debate." Other past speakers include actress America Ferrera and singer John Legend.