The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine
The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine
The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine
David Blakeley

David Blakeley, Senior Reporter

David Blakeley (he/him) is a senior reporter for Xpress Magazine. He is majoring in journalism and minoring in labor studies. He was born in Orange County, California and has lived in San Francisco since 2013. David enjoys crime novels, drawing, skateboarding and screenwriting. He has a background of working at corporate insurance firms and at an estate law firm.

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The SF State quad in a desolate state on a gloomy afternoon on March 13, 2023. With declining enrollment, campus becomes increasingly quiet. (Tatyana Ekmekjian / Xpress Magazine)

SF State’s Budget: Cause and Effect

David Blakeley, Senior Reporter
March 27, 2023

Dripping with sweat from running laps for a half-hour on the Mashouf Wellness Center’s indoor track, SF State alum Octavio Salgado towels off before throwing his gym bag over his shoulder and heading...

Laying the Foundation

David Blakeley, Senior Reporter
March 11, 2023

This podcast was created to accompany the story "Laying the Foundation" by David Blakeley. Podcast Transcript David Blakeley: Today we are going to be talking with a Latino SF State alum who broke into...

Gerardo Nunez, Junior, puts materials into the 3D printer in Hensill Hall at SF State on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Other 3D printing machines are found aside from the others aligned in a row. (David Jones / Xpress Magazine)

Laying the Foundation

David Blakeley, Senior Reporter
March 8, 2023

The loud hiss of an electric saw, the beeping of construction trucks reversing and the hammering of concrete are only a few of the many sounds SF State engineering professor Elahe Enssani has grown accustomed...

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