My college experience at the University of Iowa looks a little bit different than most students. I have been at the UI for seven years.
While I did spend a year at Kirkwood in Iowa City, I don’t...
I thought my time at The Daily Iowan would be short, starting and ending with a 10-day workshop with the intensive Daily Iowan Documentary Workshop. Little did I know seven months later, I would be sitting...
Before I was officially a University of Iowa student, I was a Daily Iowan reporter. I made the choice to stay in Iowa City for four more years after graduating from high school a few miles away, based...
As the sun sets on my time at the University of Iowa and The Daily Iowan, I feel a steaming casserole of emotions all fighting to dominate my heart. Above all of them, standing proud and tall — is...
Before I started working at The Daily Iowan, I could barely get out of bed most days. This job gave me an exciting life that was never quiet.
When I joined the team in January 2023, I was a newbie...
Something I try and tell all new staffers as they join Daily Iowan TV is that you get out of the DI, what you put into it. And while I have put a lot into this organization, I have gained even more...
Following the matchup between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the South Carolina Gamecocks in the women’s basketball National Championship, head coach Lisa Bluder pulled me in for a hug and thanked me for...
Before coming to college, I was too scared to make a phone call to my dentist, let alone interview a stranger in person. Now, I get to help lead one of the most impressive student publications in the...
Starting my freshman year during a pandemic is something I can easily say I never want to relive. As I was trying to figure out a lot of new things alone in college, I was filled with a lot of uncertainty....
I heard at a journalism conference this year that some executive editors leave their post feeling bitter and unsatisfied.
Being the executive editor of The Daily Iowan this year didn’t leave me...
When I first came to college and people asked me why I wanted to be a writer, I’d tell them about how much I loved writing for my high school’s yearbook.
I never realized how much writing would...
As someone late to the party joining The Daily Iowan during my senior year, DITV has been one of the most enjoyable things I have participated in on campus. The amount I have been able to take away...
