Bass Fellowships

The Charlotta Bass Fellowship offers students a unique, highly impactful experience that combines academic rigor, real-world application, and access to unparalleled resources in the fields of journalism.

The Bass Fellows’ Experience

TRAIN

Bass Fellows report fearlessly.

TINKER

They experiment curiously.

TREK

They explore enthusiastically.

Keith Plocek, one of our dynamic Bass Faculty Fellows, taught a weekend drone journalism workshop for our Fellows. Students learned how to capture LA’s Black news landmarks from the air.
Bee Pollard (’23) flies a drone for the first time over Central Avenue, the historic heart of Black Los Angeles and the former site of Charlotta Bass’s California Eagle office.
GRX Immersive Lab’s Roman Combs (left) explains to Jameela Hammond, a Bass Lab Faculty Fellow, how to angle the iPad’s LiDAR Scanner for the perfect photogrammetry shot.
GRX Immersive Labs’ Enoch discusses the Nipsey Hussle photogrammetry assignment with Melie (top right) and Janiya. Both students decided to scan the new Marathon Burger in Los Angeles.
The Bass Fellows were delighted to peek in on Neil deGrasse Tyson, Amber Rose and the Rock at Spotify’s HQ. The three celebs were recording their popular podcasts in-studio.
Students listen intently as a panel of all-women podcast producers share what it takes to break into the audio storytelling industry.

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