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Matthew Ali

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter

Matthew Ali is a reporter for the Golden Gate Xpress. He is a journalism major and works as a wedding and portrait photographer. He is from Los Angeles. He is also of a particularly nerdy persuasion. He enjoys comics, video games, fantasy novels, and tabletop games. He also aspires to write fiction and eventually comic books for DC and Marvel Comics.

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Gator Talk: A comic industry hero started at SFSU

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter May 28, 2024

Intro Matthew Ali 0:00  My name is Matthew Ali. I'm a reporter with Golden Gate Xpress, and this is Gator Talk. Joe Field is a Gator-turned-comic industry genius who changed it forever when he...

Be My Eyes is out to help the blind navigate the world

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter May 28, 2024

The disabled community, particularly those with low vision, don’t have many resources at their fingertips. Solutions are few and far between but apps, along with other adaptive technologies, can provide...

GGX talks to Be My Eyes/AI users and beta tester

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter May 28, 2024

INTRO   Matthew Ali (0:00) Hello, my name is Matthew Ali and I'm a reporter with Golden Gate Xpress. We all know what artificial intelligence is. It's hard not to. It's affected so many things...

(L-R) Cathy Kudlick, Dennis Billups, Judy Heumann and Corbett O'Toole at the launch of "Patient No More" at the Main Library in San Francisco on June 10, 2016. (Courtesy of Anthony Tusler and the Longmore Institute)

Campus organization works to change campus culture around disability

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter May 23, 2024

On the first floor of the Humanities Building at San Francisco State University resides the Paul K. Longmore Institute, which preserves, promotes, and celebrates disability history and culture. The...

Xplainer: Assistive tech from DPRC

Xplainer: Assistive tech from DPRC

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter May 23, 2024

The Disability Program and Resource Center at San Francisco State University is a place where students with various disabilities can receive help and accommodations to enable them to succeed on campus....

Gator Take: The tuition hike is dumb

Gator Take: The tuition hike is dumb

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter May 23, 2024

The Board of Trustees choosing to raise tuition as enrollment decreases was a bad choice and didn’t do anything but increase the financial burden on students who already cannot afford college and...

Alice Wong and the cover of “Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire.” (Graphic by Matthew Ali, Photo by Eddie Hernandez, Courtesy of Alice Wong)

Intimacy and disability explored virtually at SFSU

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter May 22, 2024

Intimacy is not limited to sexual relationships; it includes romance, caregiving, friendship, and community. At least, that is the case according to some of the women behind the Longmore Institute’s...

A customer grabs a “Micronauts” comic book at Comix Experience on May 3, 2024. (Matthew Ali / Golden Gate Xpress)

Free Comic Book Day in San Francisco

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter May 4, 2024

Across San Francisco, the rest of the United States, and 60 other countries around the world, comic book shops are preparing for what some nerds call “the best day of the year:” Free Comic Book Day...

A view of the intersection of Lake Merced Boulevard and State Drive leaving campus on Feb. 27, 2024. (Matthew Ali/Golden Gate Xpress)

Confusion Commuting to Campus

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter Mar 2, 2024

San Francisco State University students have voiced concerns over the new bike lane on Lake Merced Boulevard. They seem uncertain about how to approach the new lane and many have been seen crossing the...

 Sousanis and Beitiks produced this image for the MIT Technology Review Accessibility issue, July/August 2023 issue. (Courtesy of MIT)

How to Make Comics Accessible to Those Without Sight?

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter Dec 14, 2023

As a visual art, comic books have always been inaccessible to the blind and visually impaired. Over 7 million Americans are blind or have vision loss. That is 2% of the total U.S. population that cannot...

A tent is seen under the Central Freeway near Folsom and 13th St. on May 16, 2022, in San Francisco. (Neal Wong/Golden Gate Xpress)

Never deprive someone of hope

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter Nov 20, 2023

Two months ago, in September, my cousin was killed. My mother called me and said, “Your cousin died of a fentanyl overdose.” A day later she said that he died from two gunshot wounds to the chest in...

Trinity Yates, a Junior on the SFSU women’s volleyball team, poses for a photo on Nov. 13, 2023. (Matthew Ali/Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Middle blocker’s breakout season continues, earns CCAA Player of the Week

Victor Harris Jr, Podcast Editor Nov 14, 2023

Trinity Yates, a Junior on the SFSU women’s volleyball team, poses for a photo on Nov. 13, 2023. (Matthew Ali/Golden Gate Xpress)

SFSU’s Josiah Hurd grappling with UNK’s Trenton Munozin at Mashouf Wellness Center. Nov. 11, 2023. (Matthew Ali/ Golden Gate Xpress}

[Photo] SFSU wrestling team battles hard in home opener

Victor Harris Jr, Podcast Editor Nov 13, 2023

SFSU’s Josiah Hurd grappling with UNK’s Trenton Munozin at Mashouf Wellness Center. Nov. 11, 2023. (Matthew Ali/ Golden Gate Xpress}

Brie Larson, as Carol Danvers in, “The Marvels.” Image courtesy of Disney, Nov. 10, 2023.

Captain Marvel: A Graphic History

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter Nov 11, 2023

Carol Danvers is one of the most powerful heroes in the Marvel Universe. She is the most recent incarnation of Captain Marvel, one of Marvel’s longest-lasting comic book characters. The title of Captain...

California Faculty Association members stand in solidarity during a walk-out at San Francisco State University on Oct. 26, 2023. (Kayla Williams / Golden Gate Xpress)

CFA plans to hold one-day strikes starting next month

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter Nov 9, 2023

The California Faculty Association will move forward with their members going on strike starting the first week of December if a resolution is not reached with the California State University system’s...

SFSU’s Wrestling Team Sets Sights on Nationals and an All-American Season

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter Nov 3, 2023

San Francisco State University’s Division II wrestling team is training hard to achieve its goals. From weekly practices to hours spent working out and maintaining a balanced diet, the team plans to...

Matthew Cordova airbrushing a piece, commemorating his time at SFSU. Oct. 17, 2023. (Matthew Ali/ Golden Gate Xpress.)

[Photo] From San Francisco State to anime tees: Alum makes his mark on fashion

Jonah Chambliss, Staff Reporter Nov 2, 2023

Matthew Cordova airbrushing a piece, commemorating his time at SFSU. Oct. 17, 2023. (Matthew Ali/ Golden Gate Xpress.)

Craig Nagasawa’s, Japantown: Sunrise Fish Market, on display at the SF State Fine Arts Gallery, for, See You Space Cowboy…From Hokusai to Hiphop on Oct. 12, 2023. (Matthew Ali/ Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Intersections between two cultures

D’Angelo Hernandez-Fulks, A&E Editor Oct 20, 2023

Craig Nagasawa’s, Japantown: Sunrise Fish Market, on display at the SF State Fine Arts Gallery, for, See You Space Cowboy…From Hokusai to Hiphop on Oct. 12, 2023. (Matthew Ali/ Golden Gate Xpress)

Daniel Capulin Bautista, a mechanical engineering major, Jonah Lau, a computer engineering and 
Kseniya Khamushkina, a cinema major, experienced a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the Cal OES 
earthquake simulator outside of the student services building on Oct. 12, 2023. (Matthew Ali/  Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Governor’s office simulates earthquakes for SFSU students

Sunthi Jong, Co-Copy Editor Oct 13, 2023

Daniel Capulin Bautista, a mechanical engineering major, Jonah Lau, a computer engineering and Kseniya Khamushkina, a cinema major, experienced a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the Cal OES earthquake simulator...

The smoke-filled sky as seen from the top of the Cesar Chavez Student Center at SF State on Sept. 20, 2023. (Andrew Fogel / Golden Gate Xpress)

SFSU Responds To Air Quality Caused by Fires

Matthew Ali, Staff Reporter Sep 21, 2023

The San Francisco State Office of Emergency Services issued a statement from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on Tuesday morning, warning that the Air Quality Index reading was in the “low...

Students hold signs in opposition of proposed tuition increase and take turns speaking into the megaphone at SF State, Monday, Sep. 11, 2023. (Matthew Ali / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Live Updates: CSU Board of Trustees votes to increase tuition

GGX Staff Sep 12, 2023

Students hold signs in opposition of proposed tuition increase and take turns speaking into the megaphone at SF State, Monday, Sep. 11, 2023. (Matthew Ali / Golden Gate Xpress)

CSU proposed tuition increase is marked to rise 6% over the course of five years which affects not only at SFSU but CSU campuses all over the state, SF State, CA August 28, 2023. (Michaela Mateo/ Golden Gate Xpress)

California State University set to vote on tuition increase, SFSU community weighs in

The front of the Cesar Chavez Student Center was filled with Associated Student board of director members in protest against California State University’s proposed tuition increase on Aug. 30. Their...

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