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As one chapter ends, another one begins
This Saturday marks the end of my college career. Upon the completion of my take-home exam, which has to be turned in 2 p.m. Wednesday, I will graduate from Central Michigan University with a bachelor of science in journalism (news editorial concentration) and a minor in media design, production and technology. It took me five years [...]
Continue reading...Linking the print product with the online product: Do your readers know what you offer online?
Monday, March 15, 2010
One part of the online battle for journalists is building an effective Web presence. But it doesn’t mean much if your readers know little about it. Admittedly, one of Central Michigan Life’s struggles throughout the past year has been consistently promoting its online content. Like most other student newspapers around the country, our only effective promotional [...]
Continue reading...Tip sheet for aspiring journalists, Twitter page and other things I’ve been working on
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
It’s been awhile since I updated this, so I thought I’d write up a snapshot of what exactly I’ve been up to the past month or so. On the online front, we have an online editor at Central Michigan Life — Dave Veselenak, who was managing editor last fall. This makes it a lot easier on [...]
Continue reading...Five goals for Central Michigan Life’s Web site the rest of the semester
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
As you can probably tell from the sporadic posting on this blog, my life has been, for the most part, Central Michigan Life. We’re in the middle of Week 4 of the semester – football season is under way, our first CMU Board of Trustees meeting is Thursday and the archives from as far back as [...]
Continue reading...Who am I?
The future of news media has never been more exciting to me.
I am a multifaceted young journalist currently working as online sports producer at The Arizona Republic. I interned at The Grand Rapids Press over the summer, and previously served as 2009-10 editor in chief of Central Michigan Life, the award-winning student publication of Central Michigan University.
I was named 2009 College Journalist of the Year by the Michigan Press Association, and graduated from CMU in May 2010 with a degree in journalism and media design. I spent the summer of 2009 at The Grand Rapids Press as a copy desk intern, and summer 2008 at The Saginaw News as a metro reporting intern.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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