Sonata Lee just completed her masters in broadcast journalism from USC's Annenberg School for Communication in May 2008. She has reported for Bush Radio in Cape Town, South Africa and the Thousand Oaks Star in Ventura County, CA. Sonata is currently taking part in the Carnegie-Knight foundation's News21 Fellowship where she will be covering Election '08.

Blog Entries by Sonata Lee

McCain Fighting for California

Posted July 10, 2008 | 05:15 PM (EST)


John McCain opened his California campaign headquarters in Torrance on Wednesday, sending a first signal that he does not intend to concede the traditionally Democratic-leaning state.

McCain's California campaign chair, Bill Jones, addressed a crowd of about 50 volunteers and elected officials to drive home that message. "It is important...

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Disenfranchised Felons Unfairly Punished Twice

Posted June 10, 2008 | 03:56 PM (EST)


The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. More than 2.3 million people are incarcerated in the U.S. -- or roughly one in 100 adults -- according to a report released earlier this year by the Pew Center on the States. Even China, the most...

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McCain Medical Records: If Nothing Else, He's Old

Posted May 22, 2008 | 06:57 PM (EST)


After a year of promises, John McCain is finally set to release his medical records to the media on Friday. As a 71-year-old Vietnam veteran, former prisoner of war and four-time skin cancer survivor, John McCain's mental and physical fitness for the office of commander-in-chief has been repeatedly called into...

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