The 81st Annual Fiesta Mexicana starts July 15th. This story was written about a week before it begins.
A group of women who call themselves "Moms Helping Moms in Small Communities" reach out to raise money for a boy with an inoperable brain tumor.
The featured artist for the 2014 Aaron Douglas Art Fair is announced.
I started writing about the Little Free Library Project in the spring of 2013, when it was fairly new to the area. Today, they're all over Topeka and still growing. I also wrote another story a couple months later for WIBW News Now: http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/little-free-libraries-provide-something-to-do-community-empowerment/
This is a semester's worth of work for a class called Journalism 2. Most of these articles were published in The Washburn Review in Spring 2013.
Two organizations in Topeka teamed up to promote equality and art.
I won second place for review writing at the Kansas Collegiate Media conference for this review.
I wrote a food review and recorded a varied version for WIBW Radio. The link to the recorded version is on the bottom of the story. It can also be found on my Audio Examples page.
The Equality House made a huge commotion in Topeka when it first arrived. I wanted to use my position as Editor in Chief at the Washburn Review to let people know they were more than just a rainbow colored house across the street from the WBC.
The Topeka Chamber of Commerce held its monthly Business After Hours in the catering kitchen at Aboud's Catering in February 2013.
This video story talks about recycling at Washburn University. Recently, Shawnee County converted to single stream sourcing and WU was able to do the same. Although most of the campus is able to participate, a student dorm called the Village doesn't currently have access.
The Washburn University Police Department is looking to fill positions in their cadet program. The program gives students interested in a career in law enforcement a head start. Currently they only have four positions filled and usually have 11 positions available.
This video story is about the energy upgrades at Washburn University. I talk to Facilities Services and learn about the new position they will be hiring as soon as possible.
Women's Basketball recap
Part 1 of 2 Washburn University is bringing and energy savings company, Trane, to upgrade lighting, HVAC, plumbing and other systems for better energy efficience.
Part 2 of 2 The Memorial Union, a high traffic area on Washburn's campus, will be without and air conditioner in May and through the end of June.
My design was chosen by the Apeiron board at Washburn. It hung on campus for a couple weeks.
Another student and I created this booklet for Chris Omni, creator of Makin' Moves, a workout program. Jessie Salmans created the cover and together we created the rest of the 50 pages of the book. The project included 50 books, one for each state, in both color and black and white.
This ad was designed for the 2013 Mass Media Messenger.
This ad was designed in Spring 2013 for the Washburn Review. This particular ad also ran online.
In my class, Visual Communications I created a 3 page newsletter.