August 28th, 2017 • Quill Archives
Journalist, mentor, educator, country girl at heart
At a young age, Nerissa Young filled a few pages with scribbles to proudly show her mother she was a writer. The urge to do journalism, not just writing, came while she worked for WMTD-FM, a mom-and-pop radio station in Hinton, West Virginia, thanks to the excitement of covering her community and the strange but true things that happen.
June 14th, 2017 • Quill Archives
Journalism Is In Amanda Womac’s Nature
Born and raised in Appalachia, Amanda Womac is no stranger to the great outdoors. She’s grown up with strong ties to the land, water and mountains she calls home. Science and environmental journalism came naturally to her. Originally an environmental activist, she was pursuing a degree in creative writing at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga when she realized that being a journalist might be her calling.
April 13th, 2017 • Quill Archives
Keem O. Muhammad: A Peek Into the Future of Journalism
Although he’s still a student at New York University’s Tisch School, Keem O. Muhammad already has big plans for his career. First, he plans to get more education. After graduation, his goal is to get two master’s degrees: one in strategic communications from Columbia University and another in art and public policy from New York University.
February 22nd, 2017 • Quill Archives
Boyd Huppert: A Journalist With 10,000 Stories
At 16, Boyd Huppert did his first broadcast writing. Four decades later, he’s still going. As a teenager, he oversaw the controls of a local radio station during Green Bay Packers broadcasts. Between commercials he gathered death notices from local funeral homes to compose obituaries.
November 11th, 2016 • Quill Archives, Member Profile
Member Profile: George Daniels
For George Daniels, journalism is about the people you meet along the way. Looking back, he recalls the names of several mentors who helped him develop from high school on to college and in his career. Those five mentors he considers instrumental, saying they shaped his career in broadcast journalism and journalism/mass communication as a professor.
