Mass Comm Grads Land Media Jobs
Rachel Hood of North Little Rock, a May 2011 graduate and the 2010-11 executive editor of the Forum, has been selected to be the first-ever web intern. She is one of several recent grads from the School of Mass Communication being snapped up for media jobs.
Matt Johnson of Little Rock, a senior and current sports editor of the Forum, is working this fall as an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette stringer, shooting photos at high school football games on Friday nights. Several of Johnson’s photos have received prominent display in the Democrat-Gazette’s Saturday sports section.
Tony Lenahan of North Little Rock, formerly of Conway, who is a December 2010 graduate and the 2010-2011 Forum sports editor, is the new assistant sports editor of the .
Kyle Troutman, formerly of Little Rock, the 2010-2011 Forum news editor and a May 2011 graduate, is now working at the , writing news and sports, and working as a photographer and page designer.
Mass Comm students are landing practical experience even before they graduate. Senior Chelsey McNiel of Hot Springs spent the summer as an intern for the . Senior Nathan Vandiver of Little Rock, originally of San Antonio, worked as a summer intern at and Lisa Venis of Benton, also a senior, was a spring intern for the same publication. View more stories in News