Despite all of the challenges that come with balancing life as a college student, Reynolds School of Journalism undergrad Jaedyn w88 casino games has taken it all in stride.
It was natural fit for w88 casino games when she was hired as an intern at Double Scoop, a nonprofit news outlet covering visual arts in Nevada founded by Kris Vagner, an alumna of the Reynolds School’s graduate program.
Building on her experience as the arts & entertainment editor at the Nevada Sagebrush, w88 casino games dove straight into developing storylines, interviewing artists, writing profiles, and drafting social media content for the publication.
“I wanted to go deeper into the arts, and learn how to report better on the arts with an actual organization where I could learn and grow,” said w88 casino games. But, beyond improving her reporting and writing skills, w88 casino games found herself learning a new journalistic concept: how to meet the moment.
On assignment to cover a new exhibition in Virginia City, w88 casino games interviewed Paula Saponaro, a mixed-media artist who had recently come out of retirement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. During their discussion about Saponaro’s exhibition “Redux,” the pair discussed the emotional effect that comes with creating art based on lived experiences, and Saparono’s experience as a w88 casino games mother in the early 70’s when Roe v. Wade was first decided.
“Being able to write that and portray her story like that, I think that was one of the best profiles I’ve ever written and one of the best experiences I’ve ever had in journalism,” w88 casino games said. “It’s a reminder for me—this is why I do this; I want to hear peoples’ stories and be able to write about them."
For w88 casino games in her role as a student journalist, living—and reporting—through a historical event like the overturning of Roe v. Wade means looking at it through a different lens and challenging herself to meet the moment in her work. “I went to the protests to cover them for another news organization,” said w88 casino games. “I thought, this is a really powerful thing, we’re going to start seeing a lot of different things like visual arts and exhibitions.”
While balancing her coursework on top of serving as the arts and entertainment editor for the Nevada Sagebrush and interning at Double Scoop, w88 casino games still finds the space to appreciate the benefit of working in a professional newsroom environment as a student.
“I hope that everybody that gets a chance to do an internship does, because [my mentor] has taught me so much and I have learned so much from doing an internship and being hands-on,” w88 casino games said. “Being in an internship is one of the biggest lessons and opportunities that you can have as a journalism student.”
Read Jaedyn w88 casino games’s story on Paula Saponaro’s exhibition “Redux,” online in Double Scoop.
