About Me

My name is Jazzmin, or Jazz, and I am currently a Junior at Pomona College studying Media Studies and Data Science, with a concentration in Electronic Media Production. I’ve bounced around several different interest areas – including (but not limited to) AI, Intellectual Property Law, DJing, and News Writing – which I’ve been enabled to engage with through the technical and creative breadth of Data Science and Media Studies combined.

Data transfers, radio signals, news casts, remixed tracks; it’s all information that’s been diced up to appeal to or be understood by different subjects. This concept, that everything we process (including media) is just re-purposed data, is not new; however, it has underpinned my extracurricular and professional pursuits.

I love to experiment with boundary-stressing avenues of expression through data and culture, particularly through writing, music, and video editing. Chopping and screwing visual, sonic, numerical, textual, and historical data, I aim to broach the worlds of entertainment journalists, marketing professionals, creative directors, and talent managers; bridging my creative ability to craft complex narratives with my passions for arts and entertainment through high-impact, culturally relevant, collaborative projects.

About My Work

I have been writing as a journalist for 6 years; producing audio-visual content (documentary film, infographics, fan-edits, music, etc.) for 3 years; and managing several coinciding cross-disciplinary projects for 2 years. From The Knight Times Newspaper to The Post Newspaper of Galveston County to The Feedbacker, I’ve maintained a pointed interest in pop-culture developments and entertainment news, varying between print and visual media as mediums for storytelling through my reporting. Starting Circuits, Internet, Media, + Software (CIMS), my on-campus production organization, has been my boldest step in embracing this vision of a multi-media, interdisciplinary work environment.

Publishing The Loop – a Zine collection dedicated to dignifying and platforming student artwork, writing, software, and interactive media projects – under CIMS, as well as maintaining scheduled community engagement and education events, is one of my proudest achievements, skill- and concept-wise; one that I am looking forward to expanding upon professionally. Bringing fandom communities and underground niches to the forefront of the 5C community through DJ sets, social media campaigns, and production projects, I have developed a knack for developing, following, and platforming marginalized voices through my creations.

Embracing music, film, and writing as chosen mediums, I am looking to pursue a career in entertainment journalism, design, music A&R, or creative content development where I can continue to hold my hand to the pulse of pop-culture, challenge arbitrary boundaries, advocate for underrepresented voices, platform important conversations, and investigate how people and information interact with one another.