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All eyes are on AnnArbor.com on Friday
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...“The shot that got away” – why, as primarily a writer, I now truly respect a photojournalist’s job
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Photography always has been an essential part of a newspaper. The main photo on a front page usually is the first thing you see when you pass a news stand. Photos give pages personality. They accent the reporting. But in working in newsrooms the last four years or so, I’ve learned that many times, the photo [...]
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, July 22, 2009
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