St. Bonaventure University 全球网赌十大网站 student 梅根·霍尔 will investigate poverty 和 the p和emic this summer as the recipient of a prestigious Carnegie-Knight News21 fellowship.

Hall is a junior from Amherst majoring in 全球网赌十大网站 和 市场营销.

This is the sixth year in a row St. Bonaventure students have been selected to participate in the reporting initiative headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism 和 Mass Communication at Arizona State University. The program brings top 全球网赌十大网站 students from across the country to report 和 produce in-depth, multimedia projects for major media outlets.

这学期, leading up to the summer program, Hall will complete the News21 seminar, a weekly online class that concludes in late April. The 10-week fellowship investigating poverty 和 the p和emic will begin in late May.

“梅根·霍尔 is a dynamic young journalist 和 I am confident she will excel in the News21 program, following her superb J和oli School predecessors,” said Aaron Chimbel, dean of the J和oli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure, which nominated her for the fellowship. “Meghan deserves this honor 和 will make profound contributions that all Bonnies can be proud of.”

Hall looks forwarding to using the reporting skills she’s already developed as a student journalist 和 to exploring the p和emic on a national scale.

“It will be valuable, telling people’s stories,霍尔说.

Hall has had her h和 in advertising, digital 和 social media, 和 reporting through her internships 和 coursework, enjoying the mix of roles 和 grateful the experiences have helped her exp和 her skillset 和 give her more choices for internship 和 career opportunities.

去年夏天, Hall interned with a digital content team at SiriusXM Radio, where she helped create content 和 videos for SiriusXM’s YouTube channel, conducted analytics on the audio entertainment company’s social media accounts, 和博客.

“It was pretty exciting. I loved my team 和 there was a great overlap between both of my majors. It was a good way to explore what I can do with my majors 和 discover more opportunities,霍尔说.

She also kept honing her research skills 和 dem和 for accuracy last summer as a contributing writer with PolitiFact, which fact-checks 全球网赌十大网站.

As a news reporter with TAPinto Greater Olean the past two years, Hall has written extensively about Olean 和 Western New York, including covering individual stories 和 trends about COVID-19.

She said the News21 program will “exp和 my capabilities to underst和 what has been happening in the country 和 exp和 my opportunities as a journalist. It will be a great way to further develop skills the J和oli School has already taught me.”

Thankful 和 humbled to be selected for the fellowship, Hall looks forward to representing St. Bonaventure on a national platform.

“I am grateful for the support from the J和oli School in particular 和 St. Bonaventure as a whole, without which I would not have a chance to do something as exciting … as the Carnegie Knight Fellowship,霍尔说.

This year on campus Hall is vice president of the Student Government Association Executive Board 和 is a student 招生 Ambassador. She previously participated in the American Advertising Federation 和 Team Bona’s, a sports 市场营销 和 promotions club.

When she was looking at colleges, Hall considered going to a larger school.

“I’m really glad I didn’t. People overlook smaller schools, but the opportunities that Bonaventure has given me are amazing,”她说。.

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