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A day of reflection: Summer internship is over… but much lies ahead, and I need ideas
Many hours ago, I walked out the doors of the Grand Rapids Press for the last time as a summer copy desk intern. I’m still not sure if that has hit me yet. Three months ago, I went through a day of orientation, two more days of training on a vastly outdated pagination system and cracked [...]
Continue reading...Conversing digitally at public events using Twitter
Sunday, July 26, 2009
PORTFOLIO UPDATE +1 Page Design (”Savory Sensations”) It’s amazing how a simple networking tool such as Twitter can be used in so many ways to communicate. The Grand Rapids Press, a newspaper crazier about Twitter than most, introduced me to another this summer. Grand Rapids hosted its 40th annual Festival of the Arts, one of the biggest West [...]
Continue reading...All eyes are on AnnArbor.com on Friday
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Friday is a historic day for Michigan journalism. As one of eight Booth newspapers ends its 174-year run as a community staple, a new digital publication embarks that day which, for all we know, could symbolize a desperately needed transition in the state’s journalism industry. The Ann Arbor News, a newspaper in the town of about 114,000 [...]
Continue reading...Blistering the eyes: My job at The Grand Rapids Press, and how it’s helping me
Thursday, July 16, 2009
It’s been about one week since my site launched, and I realized I haven’t written too much about The Grand Rapids Press. So here’s everything in a nutshell. I’m spending my summer in Grand Rapids, Mich., located on the western side of the state with a population around 190,000. The Press is one of eight Michigan [...]
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.
Friday, August 7, 2009
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