Kalissa's Photojournalism Blog

This week, I had the opportunity to go to  Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is managed by  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is a free place where visitors can access trails and viewing areas, or just drive around from dawn to dusk. If you'd like to visit, it is located at 2301 Wintel Road Jefferson, OR. For more information, you can find their website here . A gaggle of geese at Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge on Thursday, January 26 at around 4pm. The Rail Trail walkway at Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge. The end of a branch on a fallen tree covered in Turkey Tail fungus.  

 Here are a few more pictures I took at the Women in Tech Night!

This week I was able to photograph the Women in Tech Night, which took place on January 19th in LBCC's new MILL, or Maker and Innovation Learning Lab.  The event had many opportunities for attendees to try out different activities and familiarize themselves with the space, a panel featuring four local women working in tech fields, and a networking hour to interact with professionals working in tech fields.  The event promoted inclusivity within education and the field, and making more knowledge of STEM careers available to everyone, encouraging anyone with an interest to take part in helping take part in this mission. A group of attendees takes the Sphero Robot bowling at the Women in Tech Night. The button maker is used to make custom MILL buttons at the Women in Tech Night. Participants experiment with the 3-D Pen at the Women in Tech Night.

Hello! I’m Kalissa, I’m an AAOT student at Linn-Benton Community College and I’m just trying to work on my degree while focusing on finding something I’m passionate about to eventually pursue a career in. I don’t really have a specific dream job—well, I guess I do. If I could do anything without having to worry about money I would travel around the world, take pictures, and write, so I guess that would be a travel journalist or an author, but neither of those seems very stable or realistic so I probably won’t end up doing either of those.  I took this class because it both seemed fun, and I thought it would give me a little taste of what journalism would be like. Since I'm not sure of what job I want to pursue, I take a lot of classes with the hope of just exploring and finding things that I like. Don't get me wrong when I said I would take pictures as part of my dream job, I have no clue what I'm doing. I did take Yearbook in high school so I have a bit of experience from