Her students produce a weekly newspaper, a multimedia Web site updated throughout the week and a magazine that comes out three times a semester. In addition to advising publications, she teaches Newswriting, Reporting, the Contemporary Magazine and Magazine Editing. Professor Kanigel was a newspaper reporter for 15 years for daily newspapers, including The Oakland Tribune and The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina and was a freelance correspondent for TIME magazine. She has also written for Health, Organic Style, People, Reader's Digest and other magazines. She is chair of the Professional Development Committee for College Media Advisers and is Vice President of the California College Media Association.