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March 4: Daily Californian Journalist Arrested On The Job

March 4: Daily Californian Journalist Arrested On The Job
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A student journalist from The Daily Californian is awaiting release from jail Friday after being arrested while filming Thursday's demonstrations.

Cameron Burns, an 18-year-old multimedia producer for the newspaper's Web site, was held overnight at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Calif. He was last seen by Daily Californian employees filming a rally in Oakland, where 150 protesters were reportedly arrested for blocking a freeway. He is charged with obstruction of a public place and unlawful assembly, the same charges facing most of those who were arrested, according to jail officials.

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