For the first Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) virtual roundtable of the fall, a Collegian news editor interviewed two published authors who are Collegian alums, one of whom was an assistant sports editor and the other an editor-in-chief. The authors, Alecia Swasy and Rick Weber, offered tips on how to Read more…
The Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) annual meeting on Sept. 12 is open to all Collegian alums. It will be held in the Willard Building, the new home of The Daily Collegian and the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications. It will begin with a tour of the new media 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…
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…
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…
Students like 2020-21 Business Manager Sarah Andriano and Editor in Chief Maddie Aiken continue to build the Collegian legacy. We acknowledge the good work of outgoing Business Manager Colsen Ackroyd and Editor in Chief Elena Rose as the graduate and enter the ranks of Collegian Alumni.