Meet the 8 journalists who person joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal newsroom arsenic summertime interns.
Four joined arsenic metro-business reporting interns: Sophie Baker, Kalohe Danbara, Lucas Hellberg and Alex Streinger. Victor Azevedo and Ysabelle Sosa are video interns. Donovan Hicks is simply a sports reporting intern, and Marley Barboeisel is the photograph intern.
“This year’s summertime interns hail from some coasts and person studied astatine immoderate of the champion journalism schools successful the country,” said Managing Editor Carri Geer Thevenot. “They distinguished themselves during a competitory exertion process, and each of them possesses the passionateness and curiosity indispensable for a palmy journalism career. We’re thrilled to person them successful our newsroom and video studio.”
Sophie Baker
Baker joins the Review-Journal from Northwestern University, wherever she is simply a rising inferior studying journalism and governmental science. Baker served arsenic the metropolis exertion astatine The Daily Northwestern and covered authorities successful Washington for Northwestern’s Medill News Service.
She hails from Chicago and attended precocious schoolhouse successful Salt Lake City.
“I’m ace excited to beryllium astatine the RJ and larn much astir the Las Vegas community,” said Baker. “I’m looking guardant to telling stories that substance to readers and increasing my reporting skills this summer.”
Kalohe Danbara
Danbara is simply a caller postgraduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She received her undergraduate grade successful lit and penning from the University of California, San Diego.
Danbara is from Southern California and extracurricular of writing, loves surfing, watching movies and trying caller nutrient spots and cooking.
“I look guardant to immersing myself successful section news, sharpening my storytelling and reporting skills, and learning much astir Las Vegas,” Danbara said.
Lucas Hellberg
Hellberg is simply a rising inferior astatine the University of Oregon, wherever helium studies journalism and economics. He was antecedently a part-time intern astatine Lookout Eugene-Springfield, has contributed to The Oregonian and was a wide duty reporting intern astatine the East Oregonian past summer.
He was a finalist for the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards and Hearst Journalism Awards successful investigative reporting.
“I became a writer due to the fact that I’m funny astir however decisions get made and who they affect,” Hellberg said. “What I bask astir is untangling analyzable issues and helping radical recognize however the government, businesses and different institutions signifier their regular lives.”
Alex Streinger
Streinger is simply a caller postgraduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and completed his undergraduate grade astatine Stony Brook University, wherever helium studied journalism and governmental science.
Streinger besides covered section quality successful New York City and connected Long Island during college. He is from New York.
“I’m excited to proceed covering section quality successful different of the country’s busiest quality markets,” Streinger said. “Working astatine the RJ is an perfect spot to turn arsenic a reporter.”
Donovan Hicks
Hicks was calved and raised successful Las Vegas and precocious graduated from UNLV, wherever helium received his bachelor’s grade successful journalism and media studies with a absorption successful sports media and a insignificant successful communications.
While astatine UNLV, helium served arsenic sports exertion of the field newspaper, The Scarlet & Gray Free Press, for the past 2 years.
“Having the accidental to supply sports sum successful my hometown is thing I person ever dreamed of,” said Hicks. “The quality to overgarment pictures of historical moments for fans who weren’t capable to be a sporting lawsuit is special.”
Marley Barboeisel
Barboeisel is simply a rising elder astatine the University of Montana’s journalism school. Previously, helium worked arsenic a unit lensman and multimedia exertion astatine UM’s pupil newspaper, Montana Kaimin, and was a photography intern for the university’s selling and communications department.
This summertime helium is anxious to screen sports, entertainment, situation and breaking news. When helium is not working, helium enjoys adventuring successful the mountains and tinkering with his analog movie cameras.
“I bask learning from and moving with the unit photographers and editors, portion experiencing and documenting the radical and civilization of Las Vegas,” said Barboeisel. “It is precise inspiring to beryllium moving successful a large, fast-paced newsroom astatine a clip erstwhile galore different operations are being forced to downsize oregon unopen down altogether.”
Victor Azevedo
Azevedo is simply a master’s pupil successful concern and concern reporting astatine New York University and received his undergraduate grade successful journalism from Cásper Líbero successful São Paulo.
Azevedo antecedently worked arsenic a chap and newsman connected CNN Brazil’s nationalist quality table and aboriginal joined TV Globo, wherever helium became a shaper and exertion for Globo Rural.
This summertime helium hopes to screen a scope of topics, with an economical viewpoint, specifically erstwhile it comes to business, tourism and gaming.
“I judge video tin marque analyzable stories consciousness contiguous and understandable,” said Azevedo. “I’m excited to beryllium astatine the Review-Journal utilizing that mean to explicate the forces shaping Las Vegas and however the city, successful turn, influences the broader U.S. system and culture.”
Ysabelle Sosa
Sosa is simply a New York Times Corps subordinate and a rising elder astatine the University of Oregon, wherever she studies broadcast journalism and Spanish.
In the future, she hopes to go a quality anchor and large storyteller and “make it onto the screens of millions.”
“My abbreviated clip astatine the Las Vegas Review-Journal has already been remarkable,” said Sosa. “I cognize this internship volition hole maine for my aboriginal successful broadcast journalism, truthful I can’t hold to spot what I’ll execute aft my 10 weeks here.”
Contact Emerson Drewes astatine edrewes@reviewjournal.com. Follow @EmersonDrewes connected X.
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