My work with the Hibbing Daily Tribune
I spent my last three summers running around the Iron Range in Northern Minnesota for the Hibbing Daily Tribune. The newspaper, one of the last dailies still in existence on the Iron Range, taught me valuable skills about interviewing, photography and selling ads.
Reproduced here (with permission of the Hibbing Daily Tribune) is a sample of my work from the summers of 2007, 2008, and 2009.
Summer of 2007 — The Greatest Generation
My first real project as a journalist was to find and interview several veterans for a series of articles to be published in the Hibbing Daily Tribune in November and December of 2007. The project eventually became a seven-part series with veterans from every branch of the service, including the WAVES and the WACS. One of my subjects had opened the gates of Bataan, and another had been one of the first Americans into the Dachau Concentration Camp. Visit the link above to see each part of the series.
Summer of 2008 — Classifieds, Circulation, and a Taste of Real Reporting
My second summer with the Tribune found me sitting in the front office, dealing with the residents and characters of Hibbing, Minnesota. My duties involved typing up last-minute legals, taking classified advertisements, selling subscriptions and bringing papers carriers had failed to deliver. I worked with customers who had good days and bad days. I also typed up obituaries and started some real reporting. The link showcases a couple of my pieces.
Sumer of 2009 — The job of a full-time Reporter
I returned to the Hibbing Daily Tribune, fresh out of my freshman year of college. I was entrusted with many more responsibilities than previous years. Instead of working with customers, I wrote constantly, covering assigned stories and generating my own. I, along with two other full-time reporters, covered a community of 17,000. It was challenging, and I had some better times than others. All in all, though, it made for a great experience.
Reproduced here (with permission of the Hibbing Daily Tribune) is a sample of my work from the summers of 2007, 2008, and 2009.
Summer of 2007 — The Greatest Generation
My first real project as a journalist was to find and interview several veterans for a series of articles to be published in the Hibbing Daily Tribune in November and December of 2007. The project eventually became a seven-part series with veterans from every branch of the service, including the WAVES and the WACS. One of my subjects had opened the gates of Bataan, and another had been one of the first Americans into the Dachau Concentration Camp. Visit the link above to see each part of the series.
Summer of 2008 — Classifieds, Circulation, and a Taste of Real Reporting
My second summer with the Tribune found me sitting in the front office, dealing with the residents and characters of Hibbing, Minnesota. My duties involved typing up last-minute legals, taking classified advertisements, selling subscriptions and bringing papers carriers had failed to deliver. I worked with customers who had good days and bad days. I also typed up obituaries and started some real reporting. The link showcases a couple of my pieces.
Sumer of 2009 — The job of a full-time Reporter
I returned to the Hibbing Daily Tribune, fresh out of my freshman year of college. I was entrusted with many more responsibilities than previous years. Instead of working with customers, I wrote constantly, covering assigned stories and generating my own. I, along with two other full-time reporters, covered a community of 17,000. It was challenging, and I had some better times than others. All in all, though, it made for a great experience.