Samantha HoangLong is the 2017 ThreeSixty Scholar and an Emerging Media major at the University of St. Thomas. In fall 2019, HoangLong led TommieMedia, the university’s award-winning web-based news organization, and interned with Under-Told Stories Project. In January 2020, HoangLong was awarded first- and second-place honors in the Minnesota Newspaper Association College Better Newspaper Contest for her coverage on race at St. Thomas. Also in January 2020, she studied multicultural communication in Hawaii. For summer 2020, HoangLong interned with KMSP-TV Fox 9 as an Emma Bowen Foundation fellow. She is a 2017 graduate of Burnsville High School.
Students Shine in Star Tribune
Remember your first byline? That magical moment for ThreeSixty students happened Saturday, Sept. 12, when the Star Tribune featured their stories.
Pioneer Press Features Student Stories
Remember your first byline? That magical moment for ThreeSixty students happened Saturday, Sept. 5, when the Pioneer Press featured their stories.
Changing the face of justice: Sophia Vuelo Appointed First Hmong-American Judge in Minnesota
On Nov. 30 last year, Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Sophia Vuelo as a district court judge in the second judicial district of Minnesota. Vuelo, a… Read More
Diversifying the state workforce: State’s chief inclusion officer works to create access, opportunity for all
Gov. Mark Dayton is aiming to diversify the state workforce during his final years in office. Last year, he hired James Burroughs, a former Minneapolis… Read More
ThreeSixty Focus on . . . Gov. Mark Dayton
Minnesota’s governor talks about his high school life, his political career and the state’s diversity and inclusion efforts. In June 1968, then-college student Mark Dayton… Read More
Alumni Spotlight: Levi Ismail
Levi Ismail’s mother always taught him and his siblings the importance of hard work and wanting to succeed. Ismail, who moved to Minnesota from Egypt… Read More
TV, Radio Camps Build New Storytelling Skills
This summer, ThreeSixty Journalism debuted two brand new camps—a TV broadcast camp and a radio broadcast camp—for advanced ThreeSixty students and young alums. In the… Read More
Taking on fake news: Local experts warn news consumers to be more skeptical
President Barack Obama signs executive order banning the Pledge of Allegiance. Pope Francis shocks the world, endorses Donald Trump for President. FBI agent suspected in… Read More
College Essay: Making grandpa proud
I was only 16 years old. Yet I was down on my knees, changing the diaper of an 89-year-old Vietnamese man. Every day when I… Read More
Adding their own flavor: Harding trio gets once-in-a-lifetime chance to display culinary chops in D.C.
As Kaylyn Vang prepared to convince a panel of celebrity judges that she and her teammates had created the most flavorful, healthy meal during a… Read More
