Articles: Tag: Journalism in the Public Interest

Senior Student-Athletes Reflect on Experiences and Self-Growth — on and off the Basketball Court

by Katheryn Frazier May 17th 2022

As they prepare to graduate, Allegheny College seniors and varsity basketball teammates Josh Ratesic and Jordan Greynolds look back on the experiences — in the classroom and on the court — that helped them to grow as leaders.  A four-year letter winner for the Gators, Ratesic is most proud of overcoming the adversity of playing

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Allegheny College Student Interviews International Journalist Through Journalism and Democracy Class

by Katheryn Frazier April 22nd 2022

A journalism and democracy course led by Allegheny College Professor of English Ben Slote took an unexpected and memorable turn for one student. Roman Hladio ’23, an English major with a journalism in the public interest minor, had the opportunity to interview a dissident Belarusian journalist living in Poland. The interview was a natural outgrowth

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Allegheny Alumni Journalists Discuss Local Storytelling Amid the Pandemic

by May 27th 2020

A year ago, Marley Parish, Alex Weidenhof and Ellis Giacomelli had just received their diplomas from Allegheny College. They now find themselves as community journalists working for local newspapers and covering the impacts of the worldwide pandemic that is perhaps the biggest ongoing story since World War II. All three of the 2019 graduates and

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PBS’s Heffner on ‘Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age’

by September 7th 2017

The “incivility of bigotry” has resulted in a society unable to come together across difference, Alexander Heffner said during a keynote lecture at Allegheny College on Thursday. “The incivility of bigotry does not mean the incivility of purely racism or xenophobia or nativism. The incivility of bigotry is the incapacity of our society to rationalize

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Student Journalist Angela Mauroni Is Finalist in Mark of Excellence Awards

by April 20th 2016

April 20, 2016 – Angela Mauroni, news editor for The Campus, the student newspaper at Allegheny College, was a finalist in the Society of Professional Journalists Region 1 Mark of Excellence awards. The MOE Awards honor the best of collegiate journalism from a calendar year. The awards were presented at the Region I spring conference

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Student Journalists at Allegheny College To Host Open House for Birthday of Ida Tarbell, Class of 1880

by October 29th 2015

Oct. 29, 2015 – The student journalists of The Campus, the award-winning student newspaper at Allegheny College, will celebrate pioneering journalist Ida Tarbell’s birthday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, November 5 in the newspaper’s newsroom, Campus Center 314. The public is invited for cake and an open house. Tarbell was born in

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The Campus Newspaper Wins First-place Mark of Excellence Award

by May 7th 2015

The Campus has won a first-place Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists in Region 1, which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Sam Stephenson ’15, co-editor-in-chief of The Campus, and photo editor Meghan Hayman ’16 won the award in the category of

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