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JRN 418’s work for WKAR Current Sports
Fall 2018:
Fall 2016:
- Griffin Wasik on an MSU freshman inspiring others after his death
- Luke Robins on MSU club football’s seniors leaving with life lessons
- Griffin Wasik on Holt football’s two-way stars
- Zach Barnes on MSU tennis star Forman making a comeback
- Luke Robins on the $ sacrifices made by club football players to play
- Kamen Kessler on MSU club hockey players making the varsity cut
- Ashley Gibbard on East Lansing/Holt’s innovative boys water polo club
- Zach Swiecicki on MSU soccer winning with depth
- Luke Robins on MSU Club Football’s family approach to competing
- Nathaniel Bott on the money and wins from smaller programs in college football
- Kamen Kessler on MSU club hockey’s legacy of winning
- Zach Swiecicki on MSU men’s soccer building toward being a national power
- Griffin Wasik on Holt High school basketball star Jason Faulds’ success
- Zachary Barnes on MSU tennis player Aslina Chua’s journey to happiness in East Lansing
Spring 2016:
- Video feature from Andrea Urban on Okemos freshman basketball star Laya Hartman
- Feature from Connor Ryan on MSU club basketball and its unique coach
- Audio feature from Jason Ruff on MSU women’s club hockey coach Rob Blackburn
- Feature from Mike Masson on MSU No. 1 tennis player Mac Roy
- Feature from Brett Kast on Haslett students thinking about specializing vs. multi-sports.
- Feature from Connor Ryan on MSU’s top-ranked club basketball team
- Feature from Connor Hayes on MSU’s club table tennis team
- Feature from Jason Ruff on the seniors of MSU’s club women’s hockey team
Fall 2015:
- Feature from Ethan Merrill on MSU’s longboarding culture and fun in the dark
- Laurel Young’s feature on roller hockey at MSU
- Erin Eschel on Okemos and Mason soccer competing for the cause
- Kellie Van Maele on a former MSU dodgeball star who has made it big in Vegas
- Shanin Thomas on Haslett high school’s love match in tennis
- Hanna Sprague on MSU’s strong underwater hockey culture (yes really!)
Spring 2015:
Work from Journalism 418/WKAR Current Sports Newsroom:
– Feature on going to Cuba and seeing baseball in a new way by Lia Kamana (6/12)
– Feature on MSU wrestling coach Gary Minkel and his love of macaws by Matt Argillander (6/12)
– Feature on MSU’s softball coaches getting married by Ben Stram (4/22)
– Feature on MSU’s international swimmers by Lia Kamana (4/2)
– Video piece on Lansing prep sports star Breanna Mobley by Darien Harris, editing by Ben Stram (3/31)
– MSU softball preview by Ben Stram (3/21)
– Feature on Tennis coach Gene Orlando by Spencer Impellizzeri (3/23)
– East Lansing Zoe Morris feature, by Madeline Carrino (3/10)
– Michigan State Tennis beat, by Spencer Impellizzeri (2/5)
– Kelsey Kuipers feature, by Madeline Carrino (2/6)
IMPACT SPORTS:
– Check out this fantastic documentary piece by MSU students Brooks Laimbeer (producer/narrator), Scott Wasserman (director/camerawork/editing), and Alex Sharg and Adam Zimmer (production assistance) on MSU soccer player Josh Barens.
Fall 2014:
From Professor Dickerson’s Sports Journalism class (417):
michiganstatesportsjournalism.com 