NEWSPAPER WORK

MWN’s writing career began with Eagle Eye News – the St. Jude Grade School sometimes-monthly newspaper. MidwestNinja continued an on-and-off affair with journalism until a decision to attend journ graduate school was made. Now MWN has an M.S. from UIUC and a B.A. in R-T from SIUC Keep it on the DL.

The Daily Illini - Copy Editor; Staff Writer (News, Features); Champaign, IL

-         Death in a digital age (previously featured on Answers.com and Wikipedia, and winner of 2nd Place, Feature Writing, Society of Professional Journalists Region 5, 2006.)

-         New university president recalls college days (Part 1 of 2)

-         UI President B. Joseph White envisioned a different future (Part 2 of 2)

-         'Grease Lightning' ignites Assembly Hall

-         WPGU revamps news coverage

-         Meet the parents - in front of millions on reality television

-         If they build it, they will broadcast

-         State legislators get to 'Know Your University'

Buzz - Staff Writer (Arts + Entertainment), Champaign, IL

            - Left of traditional

            - Theater Review: [SIC]

            - Food, fun and first-degree murder

            - ‘Candles’ reignites union issues after 68 years

            - Artist Corners

                        - Sarah Bonk

                        - Gary Ambler

                        - Keith Gatchel

                        - Shane Pangburn

Daily Egyptian Newspaper - Humor Columnist, “Hell on Stilts,” Carbondale, IL

*These aren’t necessarily the best ofs, more like the still-available-on-the-web ofs.

-          The injustice of ‘Family Guy’

-          MC Hammer - coming to a no-fly-zone near you

-          Operation Artist Freedom

-          Don't Know Why Norah shouldn't win

-          The "B" ain't for blockbuster

-          The current state of 1980s television

-         Past-their-prime icons, still making headlines, wasting valuable newsprint

-         Valentines Day on Dec. 4

-         Pop radio: Not delivering yearbook material

-          Gay summer makes way for family, Friends, and murder

 

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