Sonya Singh, M.A.

Adviser Training – Associated Collegiate Press (2019)
Adviser Certification – College Media Association (2015)
Undergraduate Certificate in Conflict Management – Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine School of Law (2012)

Writing for Mass Media
Media & Society
Oral Communication
Digital Storytelling
Photojournalism
Publication Layout & Design
Advanced Photojournalism
Magazine & Feature Writing
News Reporting
Media Law, Ethics & Copyright
Editing for Print & Online Media
Editing for Photojournalism
Visual Documentary Reporting
Advanced News Production
Investigative Reporting

Singh, Sonya. “Adults doubted us. We found a way to shrink emissions at our middle school anyway.” The Guardian, 10 June 2024, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/10/school-heat-pump-climate-emissions

Singh, Sonya. “Fast fashion is wasteful, and thrifting is flawed. The solution: swap.” The Guardian, 13 May 2024, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/13/clothing-environment-fast-fashion-thrifting

Singh, Sonya. “‘If you ain’t got love, you’ve just got chicken wings’: how food helped three chefs start again after prison.” The Guardian, 2 Oct. 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/02/chefs-from-prison-to-top-of-culinary-world

Singh, Sonya. “‘You can’t pour from an empty cup’: US violence prevention workers tell of burnout.” The Guardian, 22 June 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/22/violene-prevention-worker-burnout

Singh, Sonya. “A new system in California recasts gun violence as a public health concern. It’s saving lives.” The Guardian, 7 June 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/07/gun-violence-medicaid-california-intervention-program

Singh, Sonya. "‘Disregarded as human beings’: survivors of Palm Springs demolition demand justice 60 years on." The Guardian, 15 Jan. 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/15/california-palm-springs-section-14-homes-burned-survivors-justice

Singh, Sonya. "'We ain't done dancing': Los Angeles festival brings Black community together." The Guardian, 26 October 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/19/california-taste-of-soul-street-festival-los-angeles

Sandals Church

Board Member, California College Media Association
Professional Development Officer, Baptist Communicators Association
Advisory Board, Associated Collegiate Press
Volunteer, Help Portrait community photography project
Mentor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute — New York University
Staff Photographer, Baptist Press – SBC Annual Meeting
Writing Track Instructor, SoCal Yearbook Workshop – Walsworth Publishing
Moderator, Southeastern Photojournalism Conference
Volunteer & Media Team Adviser, Lifeline Global, prison ministry for incarcerated fathers and mothers

"That's ultimately the goal — to be good, to be useful to others, to serve." – Ann Curry