Reflecting on 2022, just before the year ahead.
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Week two in review
Two weeks into my time in Arizona and I already can tell: I definitely like it here. The 2022 Carnegie-Knight News21 Fellows cohort. Right now, we are in the pre-reporting and research phase of our ten week project. I spend most of my days in “Bureau North,” reading about transparency and accountability within policing, speaking…
Reflecting on my first week in Phoenix
Today marks the end of my first week in Phoenix, Arizona, working as a News21 Fellow.
And even as I typed that, I could hardly believe it.
Covering Trauma: Being the not-so-typical first responder
We focused on column writing the last few class periods of this semester. While I have never written a column, the process felt cathartic. It was a structured version of the writing I often do for myself, which is often narrative, poetry and creative work in one of over 40 filled notebooks. Our assignment was…
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As vaccines become more available, a lack of data could curb hope
To see my thoughts on this piece, check out my reflection post here: Writing about vaccines proves a service to community and to self – Kyra O'Connor (kyraoconnor.com) Photo by Clare Grant | Elon News NetworkAn Alamance County Health Department worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, Jan. 18 at The Career and…
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Writing about home is complicated, reporter says
One of my favorite classes of the semester was hearing from Pulitzer Center reporters Jenna Kunze and Alice Qannik Glenn. All I want to do with my life is write stories like they do, stories that really touch people's lives and educate people on things they might not have known about otherwise. Listening to the…
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Writing about vaccines proves a service to community and to self
Through class assignments I was able to dig into many angles of the vaccine rollout process Photo by Clare Grant | Elon News NetworkAn Alamance County Health Department worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, Jan. 18 at The Career and Technical Education Center in Burlington, North Carolina. The health department administers both…
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Reflecting on the halfway point…
This semester seems simultaneously like the longest and most fast-paced semester of college yet. As a sophomore in my second semester, this is not just the halfway point of the spring semester itself, but of my collegiate career, as well. Typing these words feels surreal, as I remember a time last year where I could…
A great reminder
Bryan Anderson, Elon alumnus and reporter for the Associated Press, visited our class and reminded me why I started in journalism in the first place One of the incredible assets to come out of the pandemic is the use of Zoom. While video conferencing technology is not new, I am astonished by all we have…
New Year’s Resolutions… it’s never too late
I saw a pink and white title in Women’s Health magazine one morning: New Years’ Goals. It was about a week into the new year and I thought to myself, “wow, I think this is the first year I haven’t written a New Year’s resolution.” If you are anything like me, a new year is…
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