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Samantha Laurey

Samantha Laurey

Samantha is a freelance photojournalist on staff at San Francisco Examiner. She is a local to the San Francisco Bay Area, specifically the East Bay in Martinez, Calif. Her work has focused on topics ranging from LGBTQ+, gender and more. Alongside her freelance work, she works as the Managing Editor for San Francisco State’s school newspaper, Golden Gate Xpress. She served as the Visuals Editor during the Spring 2021 semester. Her work has been published in The DVC Inquirer, Pleasanton Weekly, Bay Area Reporter, Bay City News Wire Service, San Francisco Examiner and looks to publish more.

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SF State students gather outside the Cesar Chavez Student Center on Oct. 2, 2019. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] California lawmakers overturn travel ban to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Steven Rissotto, Managing Editor
Sep 18, 2023
An SF State emergency telephone poll, which students can use to call the University Police Department. An SF State student made a threat to the campus community on Dec. 9, 2022. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] SF State’s university police arrest suspect for terrorist threats

Lisa Moreno, Editor-in-Chief
Dec 13, 2022

Fruitvale’s Day of the Dead festival returns to an in-person event

Samantha Laurey and Amaya Edwards
Nov 2, 2021
A man raises his hands with others in prayer as the sun rises on Alcatraz Island on Oct. 11, 2021. The prayer was motivated to help bring in healing attributes to those within the gathering, as they spent the early morning reflecting on Indigenous history. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

Hundreds gather on Alcatraz to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Samantha Laurey and Chris Ramirez
Oct 11, 2021
Howard Dean was seen as a frontrunner for the Democratic nomination against Bush during the 2004 presidential election and is remembered for using technological strategies through the Internet to gain popularity with voters. (Samantha Laurey / Golden GateXpress)

[Photo] Let’s get digital: The social media persona and its purpose in politics

Chris Ramirez
Sep 16, 2021
A young girl holds up a sign stating “No Taliban in Afghanistan” while on her mother’s shoulders as they walk down with the crowd on Market Street on Aug. 28, 2021. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

An image of the The Ethnic Studies & Psychology building at SF State on May 4. Ethnic Studies & Psychology holds the Asian American Studies department within its building, which created the ASPIRE program with Student Affairs and Enrollment Management. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] SF State program aspires to create community for AAPI students

Ari Arciaga, Staff Reporter
May 13, 2021
Joel Jerimiah Martin-Dill shows off his Guardian Scholars sweatshirt in front of the Student Services Building at SF State on May 4, 2021. The Guardian Scholars program started in 2005 to help any current or former foster care youth with their college experience. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Guardian Scholars Program helps former foster youth thrive despite adversity

Olivia Wynkoop
May 11, 2021
The side entrance to the Fine Arts building at SF State on May 4, 2021. Due to the pandemic, classes were moved from in-person to online which made it impossible for students in the Master’s of Fine Arts to see their work on a physical stage. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Unmuted: A Virtual Theater DigiFest

Ari Arciaga
May 10, 2021
Gator Talk Episode 16: Hate is a Virus

Gator Talk Episode 16: Hate is a Virus

Ari Arciaga, Sebastian Mino-Bucheli, Samantha Laurey, and Jun Ueda
May 10, 2021
An empty hallway inside SF State’s Gymnasium on Nov. 7, 2019. The number of in-person classes being offered in the Fall 2021 semester is dependent on the student demand for them. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Why the Fall 2021 course list wasn’t published

Chris Ramirez
May 10, 2021
Pittsburg/Bay Point BART station is one of many other locations that display posters of the Not One More Girl campaign as it advertises BART’s first sexual harassment prevention program. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] BART partners with community organizations to tackle sexual harassment

Elizabeth Freeman, Staff Reporter
May 3, 2021
Micky Gallegos, 25, U.C. Berkeley music graduate, shows off her collection of Pokemon cards and items that have been collected over a span of six years in her apartment in Berkeley, Calif., on April 16. She states that looking for the most valuable items is not what makes collecting fun, it’s finding what she likes and wants for the collection. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Trend Story: Gotta Catch ‘Em All!

Jess Magill
Apr 28, 2021
SF State students gather outside the Cesar Chavez Student Center building. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Asian American issues take center stage at Associated Students presidential candidate forum

Matthew Faludi
Apr 22, 2021
(Matteo Davinci, Shido, and Rtystk Shavers in the KMBA studio in Oakland on Feb. 19. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] ‘Kiss My Black Arts’ illustrates Black voices during the pandemic

Jian Yang
Feb 28, 2021

First 100: Biden’s Cabinet

Samantha Laurey
Feb 28, 2021
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