Archive for May, 2008

Internship: First day, first story at The Miami Herald

It was a great first day.
Tuesday marked the beginning of my summer internship at The Miami Herald. I began by driving to the main office in downtown Miami for the usual first-day procedures before heading back to Broward, where I’d be working as a local general assignment reporter based out of the Herald’s Pines office.
It [...]


SPJ Mark of Excellence national win and UWIRE 100 nod

SPJ Announces 2007 Mark of Excellence Award National Winners (announced Monday)
Online News Reporting
• National Winner: Greg Linch & The Miami Hurricane Staff, University of Miami, “The Presidential Forum at UM”
Thanks to everyone who worked on that package, getting everything posted within a few short hours. Congrats!

Karyn Meshbane, news editor/liveblogger/videographer
Erica Landau, reporter
Marissa Gutherz, photo editor
Holly Max, [...]


Thoughts on Fish At Bay interactive storytelling class project and convergence

After a semester of work, my interactive storytelling class launched its site about fish in Biscayne Bay launched last Wednesday: Fish At Bay.
Hats off to our converged class of “print” and visual journalism students: Walyce Almeida, Maria Arroyave, Erica Landau, Brian Schlansky, Jen Shook, Jamie Straz, Alex Thacker and Jason Walker.
Our professors, Kim Grinfeder (visual [...]