Drake SJMC 学生 Secure Positions with 人, 美好家园 & 花园,旅游 & 休闲, 的云杉 和 中西部生活

星期三，2024年6月5日

Five 威尼斯人网上娱乐 students have been selected to serve as Dotdash Meredith apprentices for the 2024-2025 academic year. Assignments this year include editorial, social, graphic design positions with 人, 美好家园 & 花园, 旅行 & 休闲, 的云杉, 中西部生活.

Dotdash Meredith is the largest digital 和 print publisher in the country. 学生 will be placed with one of the company’s national br和s for the academic year, learning from 和 working alongside industry professionals locally at the Des Moines offices 和 remotely with teams in New York 和 Los Angeles.

“The Dotdash Meredith Apprenticeship Program is a unique opportunity for students to use the editorial 和 design skills they’ve learned in the classroom to help forward the mission of some the largest media br和s in the world,杰夫·英曼说, associate professor of 杂志及品牌媒体 和 Drake SJMC’s Apprentice Program coordinator. “更重要的是, they learn directly from media pros, getting h和s-on training on how to create audience-focused content in an ever-changing media market.”

创建于2003年, the Dotdash Meredith Apprenticeship Program has provided over 160 Drake 新闻学院 和 大众传播 students the opportunity to connect the classroom to the professional world. Participants have worked for many of Dotdash Meredith’s iconic br和s, including 青春漫画, 《澳门威尼斯人网站》, 真正的简单的 和更多的.

“The opportunities provided by the Dotdash Meredith Apprenticeship Program are incredible,凯瑟琳·斯托布说, dean of the Drake 新闻学院 和 大众传播. “We’re grateful for our more than 20-year apprenticeship partnership 和 the decades of support 和 mentorship Dotdash Meredith leaders have provided for our students.”

Meet this year’s apprentices

梅根·Holloran: 美好家园 & 花园

Texas-born, Meghan came to Iowa looking for opportunities. In her three years at Drake, she’s served as a staff writer, photo editor, digital editor of Times-Delphic, the university’s award-winning student newspaper. She’s interned for the World Food Prize 和 the Drake Community Press, as well as written for the two campus magazines, 威尼斯人网上娱乐杂志 和 《威尼斯人网上娱乐政治评论》. She’s currently pursuing degrees in Multimedia Journalism 和 杂志及品牌媒体 with a minor in Environmental Sustainability. 

艾娃·利: 的云杉

Ava is a bit of a unicorn: a writer, designer 和 social media aficionado. She’s h和led social media for clients 和 served as a junior production scout while working for the br和ing company One Simple Plan in her native Minnesota. 她是为 威尼斯人网上娱乐杂志, 威尼斯人网上娱乐’s award-winning student magazine, provided graphics 和 posts to the Student Activities Board, the school’s entertainment arm, 并为 Times-Delphic, our award-winning student newspaper. She’ll leave Drake in the spring of 2025 with degrees in Digital Media Production, 杂志及品牌媒体, Multimedia Journalism with a minor in Graphic Design.

森·塞耶: 人

即将升学的大四学生, Colson has been a working journalist since his days at Waukee High School. He’s written cover stories for Cityview magazine for several years. He was selected to participate in the prestigious NPR Next Gen Radio project last summer, interned with both Des Moines Performing Arts 和 the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, served as both an editor 和 business director for 威尼斯人网上娱乐杂志, 威尼斯人网上娱乐’s award-winning student magazine. He majors in Multimedia Journalism 和 杂志及品牌媒体 with a minor in Music. 

Kelsey沃尔夫: 中西部生活

Kelsey treats design as serious business—even when it’s for a satire magazine. 作为艺术总监 DUiN, 威尼斯人网上娱乐’s satire publication, the Illinois ex-pat created a system to tame what was once a chaotic design process, while also establishing visual br和ing around the magazine’s social media posts. Kelsey has brought that same eye to their work as a marketing 和 communications intern for the Family Planning Council of Iowa. 即将升学的大四学生, Kelsey will wrap up degrees in Advertising 和 Graphic Design, as well as a minor in 杂志及品牌媒体, 2025年春天. 

帕克怀特: 旅行 & 休闲

Parker has spent the last year focused on documenting the difficult decisions being made on 威尼斯人网上娱乐’s campus. 作为新闻编辑 Times-Delphic, 威尼斯人网上娱乐’s award-winning student newspaper, the Minnesota native has been directing coverage of the contentious budget discussions on campus. In his free time, he also serves as an editor for 《威尼斯人网上娱乐政治评论》, the university’s political magazine, a publication he will helm next year as its editor-in-chief. Next year he’ll graduate with degrees in Writing 和 Multimedia Journalism.