Six Daily Collegian editors in chief, five former and one current, spoke about how much their experience on the college paper meant to their lives during a Penn State Alumni Association “We Are” Week event in June. The six, whose terms as editor began in 1953 and run to 2021, Read more
The Collegian has announced that it will hire a temporary, part-time news adviser who will be responsible for training student news staff members. The news adviser will focus on improving staff skills in multi-media, digital and social media. The position is for 10 months, beginning this summer. The adviser is Read more
The nominating committee of the Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) has recommended three current board members for election and endorsed a new candidate, Catherine Adriana Rivera Chardon, a 2018 broadcast journalism graduate. Sitting board members who have been nominated are Anthony Layser, Megan Hennigan and Leen Obeidat. Leen was appointed Read more
Stacie Coleman resigned from the Collegian AIG board in late May and has been replaced by Nicole Miao, class of 2018. Board President Jordan Hyman, who appointed Nicole, announced the selection and said the board is thrilled to have someone with Miao’s skills and enthusiasm agree to join. Nicole is Read more
Iris Grossman, senior manager for global communications at Johnson & Johnson and a Daily Collegian alum, told current Collegian students in a Zoom roundtable, “The Collegian set me up to get my first job.” Nancy B. Kennedy, another Collegian alum and a published author of nonfiction books for young adults, Read more
Erin Wright, New York Times Community Manager, and Brad Young, vice president of content and business creative for Prudential Financial, talked with Mikayla Brennan, The Daily Collegian’s new business manager, about professionalism. Wright, a Collegian alumni and PSU journalism graduate, said that professionalism includes knowing what is expected of you, Read more
The board is looking for a diverse group of Collegian alums who are interested in engaging fellow alumni, mentoring current Collegian students and promoting the Collegian. This year, the board sponsored two series of Zoom Roundtables for students, created a mentoring program, provided guidance to the business staff to generate Read more
On April 15, Jeremiah Hassel, lifestyle editor of The Daily Collegian, moderated a PRIDE discussion over Zoom featuring three outstanding Penn State LGBTQ alums. Speaking that day were Jeffrey Conrad, president and founder of AgIS Capital; Mara Keisling, a 1987 PSU graduate and founding executive director of the National Center for Read more
Penn State Daily Collegian Lifestyle Editor Becky Marcinko talks about how reporters find and keep good sources with Scott Dodd, senior staff editor on the National Desk of the New York Times, and Len Barcousky, a freelance writer, author and retired journalist. Dodd has worked for newspapers, magazines and digital Read more
Daily Collegian Sports Editor Andrew Destin interviews award-winning ESPN sportscaster Lisa Salters, a 1988 broadcast journalism graduate of Penn State and former Penn State women’s basketball player. Salters has been a reporter for ESPN and ESPN on ABC since 2000. Earlier, she covered the O.J. Simpson murder case for ABC, Read more