Courtney Tharp is the assistant photography editor of The Berkeley Beacon. She’s a freshman journalism major. She was a photographer and co-editor for her high school newspaper, The Shield. In 2009, she worked on the Mosaic project as a staff writer with The San Jose Mercury News staff. The project produced a 12-page newspaper with 14 reporters and photographers after two weeks on San Jose State campus.
Tharp can be reached at courtney_tharp@emerson.edu.
Chinatown holds a ceremonial parade this past Sunday.