What's News With You?

With UM journalism interns all over the map this summer, let's see what they're up to.

Anne Medley, a grad student in photo-j, is spending the summer at Newwest.net, where she's producing some compelling photo essays. Here's one on the Montana High School Rodeo and another on building homes that go easy on the environment.

Also at NewWest this summer is print senior Jessica Mayrer, who's written about the Missoula City Council's decision to hold a referendum on the Iraq war. She's also reported on the city's hope to expand the Kelly Island recreation area.

Photo-j senior Eleena Fikhman, an intern at Wisconsin's Portage Daily Register, found herself covering a bizarre murder-torture case that shocked the nation. She staked out the house where police found the body and photographed the bail hearings and press conference that followed. "I was the only photographer allowed at both of these events so numerous Wisconsin papers picked up my photos along with the AP, so I found out they were running my photos all over the country," Eleena said.

At Tacoma's News-Tribune, print senior Amber Kuehn told the story of a quiet 15-year-old girl who battled lymphoblastic leukemia en route to the YMCA National Gymnastics Championships. "Some athletes devote their lives to the sports in which they compete," Amber wrote in her lede. "Megan Hamlin owes her life to gymnastics."

That's just a taste of what UM interns are up to this summer. Care to share? Drop me an e-mail with a link to work you're proud of. To comment on these offerings, pleased register with blogger.com. It's free and helps us dodge the spammers.