My first taste of "embedded" journalism.
Maybe it’s something in the way that a poor comma is shaped like a tear drop that made me vow years ago to never let another one be misused or abused. That fateful day in middle school must have been where my career in journalism started.
Fortunately, that simple feeling of guilt evolved into something much more constructive. I’ve expanded my knowledge of commas, grammar and AP style and my ability to work with all types of people and personalities to edit and coach newspaper writers for several years, from middle school to high school to a number of semesters at the University Daily Kansan, the Lawrence Journal-World and the Kansas City Star.
I’m an editor and a writer who has been dabbling in photo, video and audio for the last two years. I’ve written several feature and opinion pieces and a weekly green living column for Jayplay, the student magazine at the University of Kansas.
I graduated from the University of Kansas in May 2010 in journalism, environmental studies and German. I consider editing my forte, but I’d love to write, design or do research for an online or print magazine or work for the opinion section at a newspaper.
E-mail me at laurenrkeith@gmail.com if you have any questions.
— Lauren
