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Hey, J-schools: You’re doing it wrong.
The inspiration for this post comes from this well written piece by Lauren Rabaino (who you should be following on Twitter, too, if you’re at all interested in journalism). It was around the summer of 2009 when I began participating in Twitter chats such as #journchat, #wjchat and #collegejourn. If you’re unfamiliar with these, they are [...]
Continue reading...Tomorrow, it begins: The official redesign of Central Michigan University’s student newspaper
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
One of my biggest projects as a young journalist and my first as editor-in-chief of Central Michigan Life embarks early tomorrow afternoon: The redesign of cm-life.com, the Web site for the student newspaper at Central Michigan. This is a project that has been in the talks for more than a year. We began thinking redesign sometime [...]
Continue reading...J-School, from a young journalist’s perspective: Maybe not needed, but definitely a luxury
Saturday, July 18, 2009
This always has been an interesting discussion to me. There are two main sides in this debate about whether journalists really need a journalism major, and it’s pretty self-explanatory. One side feels J-school still gives you the necessary skills every journalist needs to survive. The other feels it is virtually useless and students should focus on [...]
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.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
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