Dylan's Journalism Blog

On January 5, just moments after takeoff, a cabin door panel blew off in midair during an Alaska Airlines flight from Portland to Ontario. After investigation it was determined it was mostly likely due to manufacture or installation flaws. Accidents like these are supposed to be prevented by a thorough process called non-destructive testing.   LBCC is home to Oregon’s only two-year NDT program. Scott Ballard was hired in the summer of 2016 to help launch the program. He works with instructors Zachary Milligan and Emily Whittier who have 35 years experience between the two of them. Together they guide students to their Level 1 certificates in NDT. Non-destructive testing is a crucial part of today's quality inspection process used on many products around the world. NDT is used to inspect and evaluate materials, components, or assemblies without destroying their serviceability. This includes testing on aerospace products, nuclear components, and products made with exotic metals ...

Welcome! I am Dylan Hersha, I am currently a student at Linn-Benton College, working on my AAOT for Journalism and Mass Communication. I graduated high school in 2019 and began working full time. After a few years I decided it was time to get back to college and pursue my dream career. I am fully focused and committed to becoming the best sports writer that I can be and hope for my work to not just be published but enjoyed. This term I am most interested in learning how to conduct meaningful, quality interviews that lead to great stories.       Outside of my schooling I am mostly watching, reading and listening to sports events and shows. Mainly pro and college football, basketball and baseball, I also enjoy wrestling, mma and I am recently getting into hockey. Beyond sports I feel the same sort of passion for music. I really enjoy reading and watching musicians talk about and explain their art. I play guitar and am always working on expanding my knowledge and abilit...

“Amazing, unbelievable. I'm speechless.”  That’s how LBCC’s Volleyball Head Coach Jayme Frazier described her team’s perfect season after the Roadrunners became champions of the Northwest Athletic Conference for the third consecutive year.  Freshman Brooklyn Willard sends a spike towards Highline College in the semi Final match of the NWAC Elite 8 tournament.   A brilliant performance capped off the team’s season in the Elite Eight tournament in Lakewood, Washington Nov. 17-19. The Roadrunners’ championship season was fantastic in many ways, the most impressive being their 36-0 record. In 36 games, the team lost only 15 sets, winning the other 108. 25 of their 36 wins were 3-0 sweeps. The Roadrunners entered the tournament as the favorites, sitting atop the South Region with a perfect 33-0 record. On Friday, Nov. 17, the team came in hot and ran through Skagit Valley 3-0. In the Final Four on day two, LBCC played Highline College, who proved to be a tough opponent. Linn-B...

  It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War chronicles the life of Lynsey Addario and her journey to becoming the well known and celebrated photojournalist she is today. In her memoir she describes what it was like to break into the male dominated field of conflict photography.  In chapter nine of the book, Addario writes about her time photographing American soldiers in an active combat area in the Korengal Valley in late 2007. In this section she tells the story of being ambushed while with the soldiers and what it was like when a soldier Staff Sgt. Larry Rougle was killed in action. She details the scene and what was going through her head while she was somehow able to do her job and capture the moments after Rougle had been killed. “I raised my camera in a gesture to ask permission to photograph. I felt horrible asking, but we had been with them for two months, and I knew it was important to document Rougle’s death.”.  Moments like that are what disting...

  Sharon Carter Vice President of the Rainy Day Blues Society at the Albany acoustic jam at Deluxe Brewing Company in downtown Albany on Monday Nov. 13.  Monday Albany Acoustic Jam is organized by the Rainy Day Blues Society and hosted by Deluxe Brewing Company in downtown Albany. Local musicians get together for a jam session every Monday night open to all. Deluxe Brewing company on Water Avenue in downtown Albany  

  Linn Benton Men's Basketball scrimmage against the University of Oregon Men's Basketball Club team on Thursday, Oct. 19. 2023 at LBCC. LBCC players celebrate going into halftime leading the U of O club team. Freshman Cade Smith attempts a reverse layup to extend the Roadrunners lead against the Oregon Club team.

       Jim Marshall      Jim Marshall was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 3, 1936 and only two years later his family moved to San Francisco, California. In highschool Marshall became enamored with photography and cameras. He had a scrapbook of cut out pictures of cameras with their prices recorded in pencil next to them, eventually getting a Kodak Brownie for his first camera. He began his journey as a photographer taking pictures at Jazz clubs in San Francisco teaching himself how to use the camera, work with lighting and angles. After a year in the United States Air Force, Jim Marshall moved to New York to pursue a more professional career and was hired by Atlantic Records and Columbia Records.      In 1960, he caught the eye and gained the trust of legendary musician John Coltrane, which was only the beginning of his own legend. Jim Marshall was known for his ability to catch candid and intimate moments of musicians which creat...