Alumni Work

Christian Green (’19) Creates Audio Stories About the Carolina Coast

Posted on August 31, 2020

This summer, Christian Green ’19 had an internship with Working Narratives – “a non-partisan social justice organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering communities to address issues that affect their lives.” The Journalism Program believes experiences like this are essential for developing journalists, and was proud to provide stipends to Christian and other Wake students to support their work beyond Wake’s campuses. As part of the internship, Green produced “The Living History of Core Sound Decoys.” “Hunters and carvers along theRead More→

Madison Yauger ’18 Examining the Homeless Experience

Posted on October 14, 2019

For the last year, I lived in Chicago studying journalism at the Medill School at Northwestern University. It was a fast-paced and rigorous education that pushed me to report on all kinds of stories, thoroughly finessing my journalism skills. Wake Forest’s journalism program prepared me well for the breaking news portion of the curriculum as I already had gained experience reporting on my own in classes such as Phoebe Zerwick’s Community Journalism. I felt confident writing longer feature stories thanksRead More→

Alumna Kasha Patel Featured in Washington Post

Posted on February 25, 2019

Former Journalism minor Kasha Patel was featured in the Washington Post‘s “D.C. Dream Days,” where she describes her Dream Day in the city of Washington, D.C. Patel is a science writer and stand-up comedian, and both of those interests appear in her ideal day. As she tells writer Thomas Floyd, “The premise of my joke is often like the lead or headline of my story — it has to be short, succinct and understandable.” Read more about Patel’s Dream DayRead More→

Christina Thompson (’18) Reflects on Covering Hurricane Florence

Posted on December 3, 2018

I’ve wanted to work in the news for as long as I can remember. When I was 15 years old, I applied and auditioned for a reporting job on the show Teen Kids News in New York. I ended up getting it, and from there, this path became even more solidified for me. In college, I interned for a sports production company for the Olympics in London, CBS This Morning in New York City, and WGHP Fox 8 in HighRead More→

Amber Burton (’15) at WSJ

Posted on December 3, 2018

The A-hed is WSJ’s daily news feature. Often the funny news of the day, the feature balances the day’s business news with common (and at times, not so common) curiosities and eccentricities. As most stories do, my A-hed grew out of a conversation with a co-worker. We were talking about office plants and I made the statement “succulents are the new chia pet.” This was followed up with a why? Which led me on a fun hunt to find out why so many people are obsessedRead More→

Words Awake!: About Ammons, A Celebration of Wake Forest Writers and Writing

Posted on November 30, 2018

On December 7-8, 2018, Wake Forest is hosting an event celebrating the poetry of A. R. “Archie” Ammons. Maria Henson will discuss the journalistic and book-loving careers with our four latest Wake Forest Writers Hall of Fame inductees: Linda Carter Brinson (WS Sentinel and Journal); Betsy Teter (founder of Hub City Books and Press); Jo DeYoung Thomas (Managing Editor, Foreign Correspondent for the New York Times); and Doug Waller (Washington Editor, Time Magazine, and biographer). We will hear from alumni/ae poets, in a session moderated by Ed Southern (NCRead More→

Megan Schmit (’18) Working at Providence Media

Posted on October 3, 2018

“My start at Providence Media has been the culmination of everything I’ve worked and hoped for, and more. I knew through my studies at Wake that I wanted to find a career in editorial, and jumped at the offer of an Assistant Editor position at the place I’d previously interned for. It’s been nearly four months now, and my experience has been incredible. Our company publishes four monthlies and a quarterly state-wide magazine, and within my first two months IRead More→

Bradley Singleton (‘17) Working at the Early Today Show

Posted on April 20, 2018

Bradley Singleton (‘17) is currently working for NBC in New York for the Early Today Show as a Production Assistant. He orders the graphics for the show and writes the sports and entertainment stories for air. He is also over the show’s social media pages. Singleton previously interned in Columbia, SC at WLTX News 19 (CBS Affiliate) and in Sumter, SC at Community Broadcasters, a radio conglomerate. In Winston-Salem, Singleton interned with the local semi-professional football team, the Winston Wildcats, as a sidelineRead More→

Hinman (‘16) Produces Local News for WGHP Fox8

Posted on April 19, 2018

Buck Hinman (‘16) was nominated for a regional Emmy for his work at WTVG 13abc in Ohio. Hinman recently moved from Toledo, OH where he worked as a producer. He currently resides in Winston-Salem, also working as a producer for WGHP Fox8. At WGHP Fox8, he works to produce an hour-long newscast. “I pick out all the stories and choose how they will be presented on air,” said Hinman. “Then, I write them and add in any graphics.” Once the show starts,Read More→

Margie Feng (‘17) at the University of Southern California

Posted on March 21, 2018

Margie Feng (‘17) is currently a graduate journalism student at the University of Southern California. “I’ve participated in and produced three multimedia long-form pieces, and I am reporting on my graduate thesis about foreign correspondents’ reporting conditions in China,” said Feng. “Besides the academics, I am working as a videographer for the USC School of Dramatic Arts.” During her time at Wake Forest, Feng interned with Wake Forest Magazine. She believes the most significant takeaway is to always make sureRead More→

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