The Bottom Line is a weekly newspaper that prides itself on being an inclusive learning environment for UCSB students interested in investigative journalism and media. Begun as an alternative to the Daily Nexus, the paper has grown over the years to include a management and editorial staff as well as enlisting almost 40 student writers.<\/p>\n
During Fall Quarter 2012 KCSB News and The Bottom Line news staff and students collaborated to report from the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.\u00a0Two Associated Students staff members, KSCB and The Bottom Line News Advisor Monica Lopez and Community Education Outreach Coordinator Allina Mojarro, and two students, KCSB News Director Bianca Beltran and The Bottom Line Executive Managing Editor Annalise Domenighini, traveled to Tampa, Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina to provide remote news coverage of the conventions.\u00a0 Bianca and Annalise both produced written and audio content for KCSB and The Bottom Line.\u00a0Monica and Allina Mojarro were on hand to report and engineer the daily remote live broadcasts.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n The group spent one week in Tampa, Florida covering events in and around the Republican National Convention. This coverage included protests held in the local Tampa area, and events inside the convention hall. The second week of coverage took the group to Charlotte, North Carolina to cover the Democratic National Convention.<\/p>\n