Guest Speakers

Rick Rubin

Excerpt from the KGO-TV/ABC7 NEWS website.:

"SFUSD Lincoln High School: March 10: KGO's Rick Rubin presented to the students of Abraham Lincoln High School's Digital Media Program. He took them through the history of KGO-TV and technology milestones, including the station's start in 1949 atop Mount Sutro. He compared the size of old gear to current multi-channel, digital and livestream capabilities and described the groundbreaking, social justice work of special programs like the award-winning Lowballed documentary."

Derek Lartaud

Producer for KQED

Derek came to talk about the show "Above the Noise." One of the hosts Myles Bess says “In this new era of fake news and ‘alternative facts,’ I want to provide my peers with another perspective that will enable them to look beyond the surface level of what they've seen in their social feeds or have been told” The students learned about everything that it takes to create a show and work as a producer.

Turo

A team of designers from Turo came to talk about what it is like working as a team to create websites and various design projects. They walked the students through the intriguing features of the website and the struggles of how it was made, as well as how to use the collaborative design web tool, Figma.