Education reporter at Journal & Courier
Lafayette, Indiana Area
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- Education reporter at Journal & Courier
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- Editor at Daily Kent Stater
- Reporting intern at The Courier
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- Kent State University
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Meranda Watling’s Experience
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Education reporter
Journal & Courier
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
(Lafayette, Ind.) I cover K-12 schools and education issues in Lafayette, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County and surrounding region, which altogether encompass more than two dozen districts, ranging from urban to rural, failing to exemplary and among Indiana’s smallest to its 18th largest.
• Regularly write A1 enterprise packages as well as provide timely stories for print and breaking news online.
• Plan and write a weekly Schools Page with news, features and a Q&A about local schools. Sometimes shoot the display photos for the page.
• Serve as a newsroom representative on the New Product Development team. -
Editor
Daily Kent Stater
(Newspapers industry)
August 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 5 months)
(Kent, Ohio) Supervised an editorial staff of more than 100 members and oversaw daily production.
• Under my leadership, both the print and online editions were redesigned and content was refocused to better align with the results of a reader focus group.
• We laid the groundwork for a (then) soon-to-be converged newsroom by establishing a news partner relationship with the campus TV and radio stations.
• Previously held positions include managing editor (2x), campus editor, public affairs reporter, technology reporter, student finance reporter and proofreader. -
Reporting intern
The Courier
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)
(Findlay, Ohio) I spent the summer between junior and senior year of college covering general assignment and short feature stories in the city of Findlay and neighboring areas.
Meranda Watling’s Education
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Kent State University
Bachelor of Science, Newspaper journalism (major), Sociology (minor), 2003 — 2006
I graduated in three and a half years with a 3.76 GPA.
My journalism coursework included classes in beat reporting, reporting public affairs, copy editing, news design, ethics, videography and photography. As a sophomore, I also was part of the collaborative online producing class, which worked on multimedia packages for the School of Journal and Mass Communication Web site.- Activities and Societies:
- Daily Kent Stater, Burr, Fusion, Luna Negra, Society of Professional Journalists, Alternative Break Project, Habitat for Humanity
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