Feature stories written by students from the Fall 2008 Reporting for the Public Good course are featured online and in print this week in the Burlington Times-News. The articles, photos and video were gathered by students last fall as part of a news-production partnership with the local daily newspaper.
The Times-News and the Journalism faculty of the School of Communications have teamed in this partnership since 2000, giving students the opportunity to produce local news coverage for the Elon-Burlington community. This time around the articles are being run in a special section titled Perspectives. Alex Kreitman, the Times-News editor who assembled the online Perspectives section, is a 2006 Elon graduate. Kreitman teamed with Elon faculty member Janna Anderson to get the student work published.
The theme of the articles was “A Day in the Life of Alamance County.” To read some of the student work, you can go to the following links:
Hannah Williams: Glen Raven keeps spinning, weaving together businesses
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/raven_23544___article.html/glen_fabric.html
Miriam Williamson: Economy hits local real estate market
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/wilburn_23547___article.html/alamance_county.html
Laura Smith: Generosity in Alamance County leaves local charity feeling blessed
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/local_23543___article.html/donate_alamance.html
Meredith Larkin: Delivering miracles in the ARMC Women’s Care Center
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/baby_22692___article.html/center_care.html
Emily Silva: Some locally owned restaurants struggle with rise of commercial eateries, others not
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/restaurants_22691___article.html/restaurant_getting.html
Rebecca Wetherby: A week in the life of Pastor McDaniel, Elon First Baptist Church
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/mcdaniel_22685___article.html/elon_choir.html
Bryce Little: A week in the life of Alamance County: Burlington Police
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/edwards_22688___article.html/police_officer.html
Noelle Clemente: Threads of family hold Copland Industries together
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/copland_23537___article.html/company_jason.html
Christina Edwards: The business of beautiful things – Curtis Flower Farm
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/curtis_23538___article.html/flowers_farm.html
Andie Diemer: Family business ensures science comprehension
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/kits_23814___article.html/dallas_science.html
Ryan Catanese: Behind the scenes at the Burlington wastewater treatment plant
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/scenes_23813___article.html/mulch_heat.html
Lesley Cowie: Video-rental business serves its ‘Familly’
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/video_23551___article.html/family_mclaughlin.html
Dan Rickershauser: Burlington’s HighFive band rocks the Virginia border
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/highfive_23541___article.html/play_band.html
Daniel “Hobie” Temple: Local business Skid’s stands test of time
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/platter_23539___article.html/good_atmosphere.html
Russell Varner: A week in the life of Eastern High coach John Kirby
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/game_23540___article.html/kirby_coaches.html
Kate Austin: Western High keeps community by its side
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/community_23542___article.html/high_keeps.html
A series of videos that accompany the stories is located at this link (you have to listen to a brief public-service ad before you can access the videos): http://www.thetimesnews.com/video/index.php?bcpid=1155236417&bclid=12435076001&bctid=17300206001