I have been interviewing individuals since I was a high school journalist looking to find out more about my community for Hoover High School’s Viking Views. In the last two years, I’ve taken my interviewing skills one step further and begun conducting qualitative research. The process of interviewing has remained the same, but I now   Read More …

When I changed majors two weeks into my freshman year at Kent State, almost everyone asked why I went from magazine journalism to electronic media management. It wasn’t that they didn’t understand print was something I had lost interest in doing for the rest of my life; almost every person just didn’t understand what media   Read More …

Before leaving for Prague, I did some initial research on entertainment journalism in the United States. Beyond interviewing primary sources and reading through plenty of secondary sources, I created a survey to send to a handful of friends and acquaintances. My goal with the survey was to get a basic understanding of what uses visitors   Read More …

While I have traveled abroad for research before, this is my first time anywhere in eastern Europe. Fully immersing myself in Prague for these first 24 hours has truly made me ready to continue with my research that started in the United States, with a focus on entertainment reporting. I can hardly wait to hear   Read More …