Cedars - 'Alice' Senior Theatre Project This Weekend Condenses Novels, Adds Dancing

Here's a short preview of a senior theatre project a Cedarville student's putting on tomorrow night.

Cedars - October issue

For our October print issue, our off-campus news editor wrote a story on what's going on in Syria. She interviewed former ambassadors and a variety of other expert sources. I was proud of her and the graphic designer for their work in covering an important issue.

View a PDF of the issue.

Cedars - September issue

I was happy with how our first full issue turned out. It was the first issue that we published with a new print publishing process. It went well for the first time.

View a PDF of the issue.

Also in September: I covered Mike Huckabee coming to Cedarville.

Cedars - This year's multimedia coverage so far

I've been proud of the team at Cedars for our multimedia coverage this year, especially for two events: (1) a special chapel honoring the 27-year legacy of Pastor Bob Rohm and (2) the inauguration of Cedarville's 10th president, Dr. Thomas White.

For each event, we had a traditional story, a photo gallery, a video and a Storify. I produced the Storify for each event. Each Storify has links to the other multimedia coverage for that specific event.

• STORIFY: Pastor Bob Rohm Honored in Sept. 16 Chapel (September 2013)
• STORIFY: Dr. White Inaugurated at Cedarville University (October 2013)

Cedars - Special issue on New President

At the beginning of each academic year, we will do a short, 4-page issue geared toward freshman. This year, we did a 4-page issue on Cedarville's new president. I edited the content and did the majority of the layout/design.

View a PDF of the issue.

Cedars - Various stories on What's New at Cedarville

Over the past few months, I've written several stories for Cedars on a variety of changes and new happenings at Cedarville University. They are as follows:

• In Part-Time Position, Turner Finalizing Master's Degree for 2014 Launch (July 2013)
• Students Shouldn't Notice Any Changes from Student Life-Christian Ministries Merger, White Says (July 2013)
• New Student Life/Christian Ministries Vice President Jonathan Wood Brings Range of Experience (September 2013)
• OPINION: Presidential Search Process Was Rigorous (September 2013)
• CU Launches First National Ad Campaign (October 2013)

Cedars - Apex's Rob Turner Will Direct Master of Ministry Program

Rob Turner of Apex Community Church announced in a Facebook note on Apex's page that he will be directing Cedarville's new Master of Ministry program. Read my story on the announcement here. More to come when we get an interview with Turner.

ONA - How to Photograph a Fire: A Journalist's Guide

Here's a guide I made for reporters on how to photograph a fire. The guide was made with Storify.

ONA - Ohio high school journalism facing new educational standards amid hard financial times

Here's my first article for the Ohio Newspaper Association's newsletter, the Bulletin. The topic is the state of high school journalism in Ohio.

Cedars - CU's 10th President

Cedarville announced its pick for the 10th president last Wednesday. Thanks to a lovely embargo, I was able to interview the new president as well as the search committee chair the night before the announcement. Check out the story and follow the links there for our additional coverage of the announcement.

Xenia Daily Gazette - Cedarville businesses coverage

I recently did two stories for the Xenia Daily Gazette on Cedarville businesses.

• Cedarville bookstore to close its doors* - This is a profile on a man who is closing his bookstore after 12 years.
• Businesses expand into downtown Cedarville* - This is a enterprise story on new businesses that have recently come to Cedarville. 

Courtesy of the Xenia Daily Gazette

Cedars - The Internship Business

For the semester's last issue of Cedars, I did a feature on a new business in Dayton that is helping businesses with their internship programs and trying to start new ones.

I also did a radio version of the story.

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Cedars - Presidential transition coverage

The semester's been over for 3 weeks, but Cedarville has still yet to announce its next president. Cedars will have coverage on this throughout the summer, but for now, here's a story I did back in March that took a look at the process.

In addition, for our last issue of the semester, I did a Q-and-A with resigning president Bill Brown.

Cedars - Cedarville budget changes coverage

This past semester, we at Cedars devoted a decent amount of space to covering changes to the budget happening at Cedarville University. The topic was the cover story for our March print edition. My contribution to that was an article on the defunding of Cedarville's English teaching in China program, ERAP.

Last week, Cedarville laid off 29 mostly staff employees. The day of the layoffs, I was able to speak with one of the staff members who was laid off as well as get just a little information from the HR vice president. Later, I contributed to and edited a story by our assistant managing editor with additional info on the layoffs.

Xenia Daily Gazette - Greeneview Schools Hire Police Officers

Here's my story on Greeneview Local School District adding police officers as security to each building.

Xenia Daily Gazette - Coverage of Cedarville Police Chief Benefit

For my practicum at the Xenia Daily Gazette, I wrote several stories on a benefit the Cedarville community was having for the police chief, who has a liver disease.

I wrote a news brief on the event for online, and then my profile on the chief appeared on the front page of the Gazette the morning after the benefit.

Cedars - Cuts May Kill Wright-Patt Internships

Sequestration is what people are talking about in southwestern Ohio, home to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. My story looks at how sequestration is affecting internships at the base.

Cedars - Coverage of Feb. 23 Trustee Meeting

Cedarville's board of trustees called an irregularly scheduled meeting for Feb. 23. I did both a preview of the meeting and a follow-up.

Cedars was also the first news organization to acquire a memo from the trustees after the meeting.

Cedars - Not Trustees' Job to Approve or Disapprove Ruby's Resignation, Scharnberg Says

I recently spoke with the chairman of Cedarville's board of trustees about recent changes at Cedarville, including the resignation of the vice president for student life. This story looks at what the chairman said about that resignation.

Cedars - Indiana State Treasurer to Speak at Cedarville

For Resound Radio I interviewed Indiana State Treasurer/former Senate candidate Richard Mourdock on his then-upcoming speech at Cedarville. I also did a short print preview of the speech for Cedars.

Cedars - OSU's Hayes Born in Clifton, and That's It

My Woody Hayes story - first published on this blog - ran in the January edition of Cedars as the sports feature.

Cedars - Case Outcome May Raise Textbook Prices

For the Cedars January issue, I reported on how the outcome of the Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley SCOTUS case may affect textbook prices. I initially heard of the case during an interview for a story I did in December.

Cedars - Coverage of philosophy major ending

A recent debacle at Cedarville started the first week of the semester when news came out that the Academic Council was recommending to the trustees that they cut the philosophy major.

Here are the two stories I have written on the issue:

Trustees Approve Philosophy Major Cut, Ruby's Resignation (short breaking news story posted to our website)
After Professors and Alumni Fight to Save Philosophy Major, Trustees Vote to Cut It (in-depth story of controversy first published in our print issue)

Cedars - Carl Ruby Storify

I created a Storify of Vice President for Student Life Carl Ruby's last day on the job. I will continue to update it as Cedars continues to cover his resignation.

Cedars - Sandy Hook coverage

Over Christmas break, I did a few short stories on how the Cedarville community was responding to the Sandy Hook shooting.

Sandy Hook to Receive Cedarville Snowflakes

Cedarville Trustee Organizes Prayer Walk for Sandy Hook