News & Updates
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Adjwou Mesgana Waiss interns at Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper
This week, Adjwou Mesgana Waiss began her fellowship at the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper. We cannot wait to read the stories Waiss writes. Waiss is a Ball State University journalism major with a minor in political [...]
The New York Times hires Sarah Bahr
The New York Times FINALLY hired Sarah Bahr as a full-time employee. We have followed her freelance career with the paper as she has reported remotely from Indiana. Bahr was the keynote speaker at our [...]
Congrats to our Last Row Party Scholarship Winners
A big congratulations to our three Last Row Party Scholarship winners: Deadline News: Sierra Ross Richer, Goshen College; Feature Writing: Grace McCormick, Ball State University; Sports Writing: Matt Cohen, Indiana University; Each student will receive [...]
Two of our Four Summer Fellows Chosen
Emma Uber, an Indiana University sophomore, and Adjwou Mesgana Waiss, a Ball State University junior, will be two of our summer interns this summer. We are excited to see the great stories these two student [...]
Tom Keating Contest is this weekend
We cannot wait to meet the #Keating21 finalists who will compete this weekend for $6,000 in journalism awards in our 35th Annual Thomas R. Keating contest. We are grateful to the Lumina Foundation for being [...]
Congratulations to the following 2021 Keating Contest finalists and alternates
We look forward to seeing the following students compete in our 2021 Thomas R. Keating writing competition Grace Duerksen -- Ball State University Tabby Fitzgerald -- Franklin College Evan Gerike -- Indiana University Isaac Gleitz [...]