It has been a thrilling experience thus far at the Tri-State Defender and a challenging one as well, which was expected. Actually working in a news station and making the transition to actually writing has been fruitful, beneficial and at the same time it has been a challenging one. I say challenging because my editor, Karanja Ajanaku, is always pushing me to give the newspaper my best work, but also letting myself know that I am capable of doing the work as well. I have published two pieces of work thus far, one being a commentary about my first visit to the National Civil Rights Museum in lieu of Black History Month and another piece covering a young women’s conference held at GRAD Academy in Memphis. I also was close to having the opportunity to interview Emmy Award winning actress, Loretta Divine, but unfortunately that day was deemed a snow day for the city of Memphis and I was unable to do it! I am definitely still grieving about that opportunity. Other than that, my experience is going great. My most favorite part has to be having the chance to inform the city of Memphis of how great it is, but also learning new things along the way for myself about local and national things going on daily!
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Erin Willis, Ph.D.Assistant Professor at the University of Memphis. Loves news. Loves food. Loves Pugs. And now, loves Memphis basketball. Go Tigers, Gooooo! Archives
April 2015
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