About Us

Hornet Media includes The Hornet student news outlet, Inside Fullerton student magazine, KBPK digital radio station, and Antorcha del Sur Spanish-language news outlet. All content for The Hornet and Inside Fullerton magazine is entirely written, edited, produced and published by student reporters and editors. KBPK is a 24-hour streaming online radio station managed by professional staffers in the radio/journalism department, and it features work produced by students as well as professional staff.

The Hornet Media student news outlets are published as a learning experience, under the guidance of Fullerton College’s journalism program. Under appropriate and federal court decisions and California law, college newspapers are free from prior restraint by virtue of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Editorial and advertising content herein, including any opinions expressed, are the responsibility of the students in the news, magazine, and radio production classes. Information published herein does not represent the position of the North Orange County Community College District, Fullerton College, or any other office or employee within.

The Hornet

The Hornet is Fullerton College’s student newspaper, produced by the news media production classes at Fullerton College. It has been continually publishing news, sports, arts, entertainment, features and opinion stories since Jan 12, 1923. The Hornet was called The Weekly Torch from 1923 until 1954, when it changed its name to The Hornet. In 2016, The Hornet discontinued its print edition to become a fully digital news outlet. It publishes stories nearly every day during the fall and spring semesters. Jessica Langlois has advised The Hornet since 2021, and past advisers include Jay Seidel (2001-2021), Julie Davey (1987-1995), Larry Taylor (1975-1987), and Lewis Barrett (1961-1975).

To join, enroll in JOUR 222 or contact Jessica Langlois at [email protected] for information on photography internships.

@fchornet | Instagram, Facebook, X

Inside Fullerton

Inside Fullerton is produced by the magazine production classes at Fullerton College. In addition to digital and social media content, it publishes a glossy print magazine every December and May presenting news features, profiles of local residents and businesses, culture and lifestyle content, photo round-ups, advice, personal essays and more.

The Inside Fullerton website was started in 2002 by resident Morgan McLaughlin as a hyperlocal news source focused on event listings in Fullerton, California. In 2016, McLaughlin passed the reigns of Inside Fullerton off to journalism professor Jay Seidel. In 2017, the Inside Fullerton website merged with the Fullerton College student magazine, The Torch, to become a hyperlocal features magazine with a focus on the city of Fullerton and the Fullerton College community.

The Torch published its first issue as a yearbook in 1922, and it evolved from a yearbook into a magazine in 1965. Over the years, it has had different names, including Fullerton College magazine, FC Magazine and X. Jessica Langlois has advised Inside Fullerton since 2019, and past advisers include Jay Seidel, Kyra Kirkwood, Joanna Jacobo Rivera and Julie Patel-Liss.

To join, enroll in JOUR 132 or contact Jessica Langlois at [email protected] for information on photo or graphic design internships.

@insidefullerton | Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X

KBPK

KPBK is a 24-hour online radio station streaming music, podcasts, live coverage of Fullerton College sports events, and other news, sports and culture content. The station is managed by radio/journalism department professional staff Joseph Pavlenko and Ryan Osborn, and it features content produced by both students and professional staff.

Originally a low-power FM station, 90.1 KBPK was a Class D (non-comm) FM radio station broadcasting from Buena Park, California from 1972 to 2023. The station was owned by the Buena Park School District. It was operated by the Fullerton College Media Studies Department and primarily aired adult contemporary format as well as various educational programs, sports events, and PSAs. Operations moved fully online when the Buena Part School District surrendered its FCC license on Aug. 9, 2023. Past supervisors of KBPK and/or radio faculty include Peg Berger, Ed Ford, Ed Berger, Diana (Kirchen) Kelly, Jim Bain, Darrell Kitchell, Paul Kelly, Don DePuy, Jack Townsend and Dick Thompson.

To get involved, enroll in CRTV 129, CRTV 135 or CRTV 145.

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Antorcha del Sur

In 2010, journalism professor Jay Seidel started the Spanish-language publication La Antorcha, which published both digitally and in print, and was later rebranded to become Antorcha del Sur. In 2011, Fullerton College became the first community college in California to offer a Spanish-language publication class, and, in 2018, Fullerton College offered the class as a dual enrollment Spanish-language reporting class at Anaheim High School.

The Spanish-language publication class has not been offered at Fullerton College since 2020 due to low enrollment, and Antorcha del Sur is currently on hiatus. However, Inside Fullerton students have published Spanish-language content in select issues, and any students interested in Spanish-language reporting should contact Jessica Langlois at [email protected]. Past advisers of Antorcha del Sur include Jay Seidel and Joanna Jacobo Rivera.