Reporters

Joel Anderson
janderson@thenewsoutlet.org
Joel Anderson plans to graduate in 2011 from Youngstown State University. He hopes to combine his love for music and his passion for journalism into a career as a music journalist. He has published several arts and entertainment articles for The Jambar, the student-run newspaper at YSU. Listeners also may be familiar with his radio reports on WYSU. His home is East Liverpool.

Caitlin Cook
ccook@thenewsoutlet.org
Caitlin Cook, 22, is majoring in journalism and philosophy at Youngstown State University. She hails from Charleston, W.Va., where she graduated from Capital High School in 2007. At YSU, she is a member of the Women’s Swimming and Diving Team. Much like a swimmer in water, she feels natural and complete when writing and pursuing new journalistic endeavors.

Chris Cotelesse
ccotelesse@thenewsoutlet.org
Chris Cotelesse, a native of Western Pennsylvania, is pursuing an undergraduate degree in journalism at Youngstown State University. When he first enrolled at YSU in 2009, he planned to pursue creative writing. However, after immersing himself in the journalism program, he couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Upon graduation, he hopes to work in online journalism and, eventually, start up an online interactive media site.

Bethany English
benglish@thenewsoutlet.org
Bethany English is a senior magazine journalism major at Kent State University. This past summer, she interned as a features reporter with The Columbus Dispatch. She has also written for The Daily Kent Stater, Kent State University’s newspaper and Artemis, a women’s issues magazine. Of the stories she’s written, she is most proud of her story about the inequity of male and female professors at Kent State and the research the university is conducting to lessen the gap. She gets her news from online news sites such as The Washington Post and The New York Times for national news or The Record Courier for local news.

Caitlin Fitch
cfitch@thenewsoutlet.org
Caitlin Fitch is a senior at Youngstown State University, majoring in journalism and pursing a minor in professional writing and editing. She left her hometown of Elmira, N.Y., to pursue her passion for writing and reporting. She was attracted to journalism because she likes to be informed on all subjects.  She enjoys talking with people, finding out their stories and sharing them with others. One of her favorites involved the popularity of bingo in the Mahoning Valley.

Ralph Lewis
rlewis@thenewsoutlet.org
Ralph Lewis III comes by his interest in sports naturally. His dad is an assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats. Lewis III has lived in Sacramento, Calif.; Seattle and Philadelphia. In 2006, he came to Youngstown State University to play basketball and now plays for an adult league. Lewis, who is studying journalism, hopes to be a sportswriter. He has shadowed sportswriters at the Philadelphia Enquirer and has written for The Jambar, YSU’s student-run newspaper.

Doug Livingston
dlivingston@thenewsoutlet.org
Doug Livingston of Vienna brings an investigative and analytical element to the News Outlet team. His previous work, reporting on government issues, drug rehabilitation and other social issues, derives from his interest to explore the causes of poverty, crime and blight ravaging inner-city communities. He is a 2001 graduate of Mathews High School. He has studied English at Ohio State University and Columbus State Community College before returning to the Youngstown area to take up journalism at Youngstown State University.

Julie Sickel
jsickel@thenewsoutlet.org
Julie Sickel is a senior news major at Kent State University. In addition to interning with the News Outlet, she is currently the city editor for the Daily Kent Stater and the managing editor of Fusion Magazine. She came to Kent State from Plaistow, N.H. to be a scholarship member of the field hockey team, but left before her senior season to focus on journalism. She hopes to pursue a career in investigative or public affairs reporting. The story she is most proud of is her three-month investigation of the process by which the Kent State Board of Trustees awards the university president his annual performance bonus.

Loren Thomas
lthomas@thenewsoutlet.org
Loren Thomas is a senior at Kent State University, where she is a broadcast journalism major, with a minor in business. Also, she is a member of the university’s track and field team.
She has been involved in student media for three years. She has worked as a co-anchor and assistant producer. She also had an internship with WTXL-ABC 27 in Tallahassee, Fla.
She is most proud of her final project in Advanced Broadcast. The story was about work-from-home Internet scams and a victim who lost $20,000.
Some of her work can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/user/LorenNThomas

Kacy Standohar
kstandohar@thenewsoutlet.org
Kacy Standohar is a junior at Youngstown State University, where she is majoring in journalism. Besides being an intern at the News Outlet, she is the features editor at The Jambar, the student-run newspaper, and a majorette. She is a member of the Society for Collegiate Journalists. Her favorite article was on YSU’s decision not to renovate Wick-Pollock House. Her favorite news sources are The Jambar, Yahoo News and CNN.com. She hopes to write for a newspaper or magazine upon graduation.

Jordan Uhl
juhl@thenewsoutlet.org
Jordan D. Uhl of Canfield is majoring in senior political science major and pursuing minors in journalism and philosophy. Aside from being a News Outlet intern, he is the news editor at The Jambar, the student-run paper at Youngstown State University. His favorite piece featured the views of an Egyptian student at YSU during the revolution in Egypt. He was able to localize a national news story in a creative, yet relevant way. He gets his news from The Economist, The Atlantic and PopUrls, a news aggregator. He enjoys distance running and live music.