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CTTV Newscene is a national award-winning, weekly broadcast news show produced, directed and presented by Radio, Television & Film students at San Diego City College. It is the flagship program of the new CTTV, which is expanding its programming in the spring 2021 semester to include a mid-week show for Instagram.

VIDEO: Biden breaks record with most votes won

Biden leads Donald Trump in the race to 270

Katia Pechenkina, Staff Writer • November 4, 2020

As the results of the 2020 presidential election continue to come in on Wednesday, former Vice President Joe Biden broke former President Barack Obama’s record for most votes counted in the United States presidential election.

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VIDEO: Young voters turning out in record numbers in 2020

The polls close today at 8 p.m.

Jesus Lopez, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • November 3, 2020

Athletes, celebrities, models and TikTokers alike are helping groups such as NextGen, When We All Vote and Rock the Vote engage young voters.

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VIDEO: Mail-in ballot deadlines explained

Confusion continues over rules that vary by state

Devon Doane, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • October 30, 2020

As voters mail in ballots in record numbers, there is a lot of confusion among California voters about when their ballots should be turned in.

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VIDEO: New state guidelines for theme parks released

The guidelines have sparked outrage among theme park officials, fans

Devon Doane, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • October 23, 2020

Under a new set of state guidelines, major theme parks in the state cannot open until their host county has reached the least restrictive tier.

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VIDEO: Trump, Biden appear in competing town halls

The events were covered in this week’s edition of Newscene, the award-winning student-produced weekly newscast

Christina Painton, Executive Producer, Newscene • October 16, 2020

Donald Trump and Joe Biden dueled it out in competing town hall meetings Thursday night.

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VIDEO: Early voting, vote-by-mail all options for 2020 Election

Voting started on Oct. 6

Susana Serrano, Digital & Engagement Producer, Newscene • October 9, 2020

With Election Day coming on Nov. 3 and seemingly constant changes to state election processes due to politics and the pandemic, San Diego County officials are urging voters to take advantage of mail-in voting.

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VIDEO: COVID-19 spreads in White House

The story is covered in this week’s edition of Newscene, the award-winning student-produced weekly newscast

Chris LeFall, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • October 9, 2020

A week after President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office, the virus has spread to other staff members in the White House and beyond.

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VIDEO: Bry, Gloria in close race, to meet in mayoral debate

NBC7 will broadcast the virtual event

Noelle Mortensen, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • October 2, 2020

With only 31 days left until Election Day, council person Barabara Bry and assembly member Todd Gloria are nearly even in new poll stats for mayor of San Diego.

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VIDEO: Ginsburg remembered at U.S. Capitol

Ginsburg died on September 18 from pancreatic cancer in Washington, D.C.

Chris LeFall, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • September 25, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the first woman to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Friday.

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VIDEO: SDSU is testing students for COVID-19

The latest on the mandate was featured on today’s edition of Newscene

Ben Guadarrama, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • September 18, 2020

SDSU students living on campus are now required to be tested for COVID-19, according to a campus-wide email sent by the university. The latest on the mandate was featured on today’s edition of Newscene, the award-winning student-produced weekly newscast.

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VIDEO: 9/11 remembered in ceremony on Midway

The story was featured in the first episode of the semester by Newscene

Christina Painton, Staff Writer/Executive Producer • September 11, 2020

The 19th anniversary of 9/11 commemorated here in San Diego was featured in the first episode of Newscene, the student-produced news broadcast of San Diego City College.

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