Leeta-Rose Ballester, a recent graduate from the School of Journalism at San José State University, landed a job as a reporter at the Silicon Valley Community Newspaper’s Cambrian Resident. The community newspapers cover neighborhood news in the South Bay Area. Stories are published online at the San Jose Mercury’s website, www.mercurynews.com, for those interested in reading some of Ballester’s work. One of her most recent stories is a feature on a live action role play group that meets up once a month in the South Bay. To read the story on NEROCali, visit http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_26162420/action-adventure.

The Mercury News reported on the hire in May, when Ballester first joined the staff. Before graduating, Ballester wrote for the Spartan Daily, SJSU’s student-run campus newspaper. She wrote the crime log, opinion pieces and features.

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