Senior Chris Stedman and junior Meagen Swartzer took their classroom learning to a neighborhood newspaper, The Bridge, and spent several months as interns there, learning the ropes

December graduate Chris Stedman and junior Meagen Swartzer didn’t need to venture far from campus to hone their journalism skills. During the fall, they were interns at The Bridge, a local paper serving several neighborhoods along the Mississippi River. Last week’s issue of the paper featured an article they wrote about Augsburg’s Center for Service, Work, and Learning.

Stedman graduated with a religion major and minors in English and social welfare. He was actively involved on campus, with Campus Kitchen, Lilly Scholars, URGO summer research, and as arts and entertainment editor at the Echo. At The Bridge, he was part of the Urban Partners program, in which students use their work-study money at neighborhood nonprofit organizations. Continue reading “Students learn journalism on the job” →