Last month, reporter Nathan Giebel wrote a pair of pieces for The Current, the student newspaper at Wisconsin’s Carthage College- a news report touching on Carthage’s tuition increase, expenses, and professor salaries and a separate editorial on the college president’s salary. – The pieces themselves were interesting but the real story was embedded within the [...]
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In the Spotlight: Nathan Giebel, Carthage College
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment, tagged College Media, Journalism, Media, Student Journalist Spotlight, Student Media, Student Newspaper on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Student Journalist Spotlight: Josh Shannon, The Review, University of Delaware
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Newspaper, College Media, Delaware Review, Journalism, New Media, Student Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In Josh Shannon’s words: “I wanted to be a journalist long before I ever knew I wanted to be a journalist.” He has long saved newspapers from historic moments in contemporary history (including presidential elections and the start of the Iraq War) and his own journalism history (including reporting clips), leaving one of his bedroom [...]
In the Spotlight: Cameron Henderson, Publisher, Northwestern Art Review
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Magazine Journalism, New Media, tagged College Media, Journalism, New Media, Northwestern Art Review, Online Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Eight Northwestern University students. A “cheap pizza joint.” Spirited conversation about a shared love of art and architecture. An idea for a publication whose aim would be nothing less than to “provide a forum for greater exchange among an expanding community of students who devote their time to studying, thinking and writing about art.” The Northwestern [...]
J-Student Spotlight: Amy Brittain, LSU & UWIRE 100
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Daily Reveille, Future of Journalism, Journalism, LSU, New Media, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Amy Brittain is not a millionaire, but she did aspire to be one on TV. At 19, she appeared on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and pocketed $16,000 in prize money. Her real passion and talent, however, is sports, not games. – As a sports writer for The Daily Reveille at Louisiana State University, [...]
J-Student Spotlight: Rachael Dickson, George Mason U., UWIRE 100
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, tagged College Media, Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight on July 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Rachael Dickson is an award-winning, professionally-trained harpist. Over the years, she has even played “rock harp” in a few bars, which immediately makes her cooler than you. The rising senior at George Mason University is also a self-described “21-year-old reporter kicking it new-school online with thoughts, musings, articles, videos, and photos.” – Her online awesomeness extended this [...]
J-Student Spotlight: Jake Donahue, North Idaho College, UWIRE 100
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, tagged College Media, Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jake Donahue loves Little League. He has coached five Little League baseball, three basketball, and three soccer teams, amassing an above-.500 won-loss record and a not-so-secret desire to serve as a high school or small college athletic director. He also just may be the country’s most talented young news designer. – Colleagues who served [...]
Student Journalist Spotlight: Meredith Shiner, Duke Univ., UWIRE 100
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, UWire on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Meredith Shiner is an über-sports-hound and Chi-town gal at heart. In her words, “As an unapologetic White Sox fan who grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago, my high school superlative was, ‘Most Likely to Start a Brawl at a Cubs/Sox Game.’” – As a sports reporter, columnist, and editor at The Chronicle at Duke University, Shiner [...]
J-Student Spotlight: Matthew Bunch, University of Miami
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight on May 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Matthew Bunch has broadcast in his blood and background and paper-and-ink under his current control. The 21-year-old University of Miami student is a broadcast journalism and economics double-major who loves “Anchorman” and “Network” and previously won the National Association of Sports Public Address Announcers’ national high school announcer of the year award. (Try to say that [...]
J-Student Spotlight: Georgia Adams, Univ. of West Florida
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, tagged Sex Column, Student Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Georgia Adams once proudly danced on the bar at Coyote Ugly in Nashville, and her hair is sometimes red “or redder, or blue, or something in between.” Her journalism work is similarly bold and scattered. Adams is currently finishing up a stint as both managing editor AND sports editor (interesting combo) for The Voyager student newspaper at the [...]
Student Journalist Spotlight: Jackie Hai, UMASS Amherst
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, New Media, tagged College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jackie Hai is a hybrid- a student journalist extraordinaire with competing interests in (ready for this?) philosophy, anthropology, economics, music, physical discipline, and information technology. Growing up in greater Boston, the UMASS Amherst senior considered careers in archaeology, online game development, film, and music. The news media prevailed, and are the better for it. – [...]
Minnesota Daily Report: A “Feat of Investigative Journalism”
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Investigative Journalism, Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper on March 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The academic transcript: forged. The English accent: faked. A majority of stories from his past: fabricated, or at least greatly exaggerated. The candidate’s campaign for city council: over. — As recently as a few weeks ago, Charles Carlson, a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, faced few hurdles in his race for a Minneapolis [...]
Student Journalist Spotlight: Georgia Perry, Indiana U.
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Journalism, Georgia Perry, Indiana University, Journalism, Satire, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight, The Robin on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Update: For those interested in checking out The Robin, Perry reports: “People can read some stories online at www.thebtownrobin.tumblr.com. Or if they want print copies they can inquire about that through thebtownrobin@gmail.com and we’ll send them over and just ask for a donation of whatever they want to give.” ———- Georgia Perry is making a [...]
Student Journalist Spotlight: Cody Brown, NYU Local
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, New Media, tagged Cody Brown, College Journalism, College Media, Future of Journalism, New Media, New York City, New York University, NYU, NYU Local, Online News, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight, Student Media on December 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Cody Brown is a journalism revolutionary. As publisher of NYU Local at New York University, “a 24 hour Web site about the school we call home,” Brown is aiming to “remove the distinction of who is a professional and who is a citizen and let everyone contribute in the same way, using their real names [...]
Student Journalist Spotlight: Nicole Alvarado, The Battalion
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, Lightsaber, Nicole Alvarado, Pacemaker, Star Wars, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, Texas A&M, The Battalion, Trojan on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the photo below, Nicole Alvarado appears to be holding a plastic Star Wars-inspired lightsaber. The image is fitting given how little time The Battalion student newspaper editor in chief actually sees sunlight. A journalism professor lightheartedly warned Alvarado two years ago about her work on The Battalion: “You will spend all [...]
Student Journalist Spotlight: Paras Bhayani, Harvard Crimson
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, tagged Student Journalist Spotlight on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Paras Bhayani, managing editor, The Harvard Crimson ———————— Twenty-three hours. Riding the Amtrak train between Chicago and Boston takes 23 hours each way. It’s a trip Paras Bhayani knows well. The Chicago native and Harvard University senior has refused to fly back-and-forth between Chi-town and Beantown for the past two years. Why? “Trains can save [...]
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