Title

GWU Classes, Online Student Publication and Internships Prepared Alumna for Journalism Career

Authors

Office of University Communications
Chelsea Snydor

Files

Description

A Gardner-Webb University alumna has found a way to combine her lifelong love of reading and writing into a career in journalism. Jennifer Ortiz ’15 had the opportunity to prepare for the field by writing and editing for GWU-Today, Gardner-Webb’s student-run online news publication. According to Ortiz, this experience was beneficial to her because many aspects of journalism and other media careers must be learned by doing.

Publication Date

2-27-2018

Publisher

Gardner-Webb University

City

Boiling Springs

Keywords

Chelsea Sydnor, Department of Communication and New Media Studies, Dr. Don Berry, Dr. Joseph Webb, GWU-Today, Jennifer Ortiz, journalism, Newseum, Newseum Institute's Religious Freedom Center, Religion and Culture in a Global Perspective, Sarah A. Currie, Street Sense, Washington’s Top News (WTOP), Washingtonian Magazine

Recommended Citation

Office of University Communications and Snydor, Chelsea, "GWU Classes, Online Student Publication and Internships Prepared Alumna for Journalism Career" (2018). Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive. 465.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/465