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April 10, 2014 Page 3 Officials: Open doors, get funds News in brief Send promotions, announcements, staff changes and other corporate news to mtuley@hspa.com. Pulliam interns bring experience, tenacity Franklin leads Poynter Institute Times hires digital ad director The Poynter Institute has named Timothy A. Franklin, a veteran editor and educator, as its new president. Franklin most recently worked as managing editor of Bloomberg News in Washington. Previously, he was the editor of three metropolitan newspapers, and he was the founding director of the National Sports Journalism Center at Indiana University. "Tim brings a wealth of experience in journalism across all platforms and a strong background in journalism education," said Paul Tash, the chairman of the Poynter Institute trustees. "For everyone who cares about journalism as a foundation of democracy, this is excellent news." Franklin will become Poynter's fifth president since the institute was founded in 1975. He succeeds Karen Dunlap, who retired after a decade as president. Franklin graduated from Indiana University, where he edited the daily student newspaper and was recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists as the top college journalism student in the country. He was named an Indiana University School of Journalism Distinguished Alum in 2012, an award that recognizes the profession's leaders. He started his career at the Chicago Tribune and then was the top editor at The Indianapolis Star, the Orlando Sentinel and the Baltimore Sun. For the last 2½ years, he has helped to direct daily news coverage from Bloomberg's bureau in Washington, which has some 200 journalists. Between the news papers and Bloomberg, Franklin launched the nation's leading academic program for sports media students at Indiana University. Under Franklin's direction, the center established partnerships with the nation's two largest sports media organizations. Brad Hamm, dean of IU's journalism school when the program launched, said of Franklin's leadership: "Every month we were better than the month before. Tim kept improving areas and developing new ideas." Hamm, now dean at Northwestern University and a Poynter trustee, added, "It's hard for me to imagine a more ideal person to lead Poynter. He has skills and experience across all areas." The Times Media Co. named Joe Battistoni as its new digital adver tising director. Battis toni's back ground in digital made him a good fit for the job at the Munster newspaper, said Times Media Co. Publisher Chris White. Battistoni started out of college as growth representative for RedEye a Tribune Media Group product. He soon moved into national advertising, then cars.com, where his digital sales career started. He returned to the Tribune Media Group, working as a sales manager for RedEye before starting an initiative at Tribune focusing on digital services, such as social media management and search engine optimization. He most recently worked as digital category manager for all local retail for Tribune Media Group. A 2005 graduate of Southern Illinois University, Battistoni holds a bachelor's degree in political science. He maintains a relationship with the school's student paper, the Daily Egyptian, where he spent time as advertising manager, serving on the paper's Policy Review Board. Battistoni was in ducted into the student news paper's hall of fame as its first inductee. The accolade is the most recent among the 31year old's career awards. He was Daily Egyptian Rookie of the Year 2004, Senior of the Year 2005, Chicago Tribune Rookie of the Year 2006, and he earned the National Newspaper Association Media Innovation Award of Excellence in 2007 and cars.com Rookie of the Year in 2008. — The Times (Munster) Joe Battistoni Tim Franklin I t happens every spring. And although the cal endar says April, only the announcing of a new class of interns makes anyone around here believe it. At least we know 10 student journalists will blossom soon. You will find a complete list at the bottom of this page with the basics about the 2014 Eugene S. Pulliam Interns – one rising sopho more, three juniors and six seniors; nine Indiana resi dents and one from Ohio; four from IU, two from Franklin College, and one each from Ball State, the University of Southern Indiana, IUPUI and the University of Indianapolis. The students will work at newspapers from Elkhart to Corydon and at both dailies and nondailies. Of the 62 stu dents who began the applica tion process, 36 completed it. (The required personal state ment weeds out disinterested applicants.) The numbers remain con sistent year after year, and so does the talent. Remember, every student must have an Indiana connection through residency or college atten dance. This criterion also nar rows the field. But we want you to know more about them. This group averages a 3.26 GPA with nine journalism majors and one communica tion major. Two listed second majors – Italian and sociol ogy. Minors include law and public policy, fine arts, sociology (2), comparative lit erature, religious studies and theater. Collegiate experience All of them work on their collegiate papers in various capacities – most notably Ben Mikesell as photo editor during his sophomore year, Hannah Alani as a member of a fiveperson investigative team as a freshman, Victoria Fater as managing editor, and Anna Wieseman serving as managing editor for a sec ond year. Seven of them worked on their high school newspaper, while two of the remaining three noted their schools did not have one. Three in the group served as editorin chief of those papers. Mikesell held the post of photo editor for two years in high school and won best of show and other awards at Journalism Education Association and National Scholastic Press Association conventions. Alani and Lindsey Stevens won HSPA Foundation schol arships as high school seniors for students planning to major in print journalism. Accomplished bunch An individual review of the students shows Alani in the Hutton Honors College at IU, an Ernie Pyle Scholar and a Lilly Scholar. During high school she worked as a monthly columnist and freelance reporter at her hometown paper, The Herald- Times (Bloomington). Dennis Barbosa covers the police beat at the Indiana Daily Student and meets daily with the department's public information officer. He rides his bike around Bloomington, as he has no car. That will change this summer when he spends his savings for a used vehicle so he can intern at the Indianapolis Business Journal. Sophomore Jeremy Ervin accompanied Ball State's pro gram at the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, in February, where students worked as a freelance collective. He for merly served as assistant fea tures editor of the Ball State Daily News. Currently working as a managing editor of IU's Indiana Daily Student, Victoria Fater will intern at her hometown newspaper this summer – The Elkhart Truth. She served as editor inchief of her high school newspaper. During an internship at the El Gazette in London, she investigated child protection laws in the United Kingdom and European Union. Photography intern Ben Mikesell began shooting for his high school newspaper his freshman year and continues at IU. But he says his love for photojournalism began in eighth grade when a teacher handed him a camera and asked him to shoot a football game. After shooting from the sidelines, he bought his first camera and carried it into high school. Highly recommended John Krull, director of the Pulliam School of Journalism at Franklin College, describes Jacob Rund in a recommenda tion: "Among a spirited class of students, Jacob established himself as a calm, thoughtful presence – a dogged reporter and graceful writer who wasn't satisfied to stay on the surface of a story." Krull also called him one of the mainstays of the Franklin College Statehouse Bureau. (Enough said except that Jacob puts himself through college with various jobs, including night security.) Bobby Shipman also works several jobs to support him self at the University of Southern Indiana. This also means he takes fewer classes a semester. His adviser Erin Gibson says, "I admire his tenacity in pursuing his degree and making the time to work for a student publication." He serves as features editor of The Shield. High school beginnings IUPUI's Stevens declared fiction writing her first career goal years ago. She says after joining her high school news paper she became dedicated to the craft. By her senior year she called herself a triple threat: fashion columnist, fea tures writer and photo editor. Another high school editorinchief moved on the study journalism. Hannah Troyer attends Franklin College and wrote stories for Thestatehousefile.com. She says she knew journal ism was the field she wanted to pursue after her first jour nalism class in high school. Anna Wieseman from the University of Indianapolis now serves her second year as managing editor of The Reflector after her fresh man year as news editor. In 2013 she won a National Recognition SPJ Mark of Excellence award for Online News Reporting. She majors in communication with a con centration in journalism and minor in theater. We wish all 10 students a great experience this summer – and one that will convince them to stay in newspapers. We enjoy watching budding journalists grow (but a few spring flowers might be nice too)! Karen T. Braeckel is director of the HSPA Foundation. Foundation Front Karen T. Braeckel Hannah Alani Dennis Barbosa Jeremy Ervin Victoria Fater Ben Mikesell Jacob Rund Robert Shipman Lindsey Stevens Hannah Troyer Anna Wieseman Hometown Bloomington Bloomington Fairfield, Ohio Elkhart Fort Wayne New Palestine Evansville Avon Fishers Indianapolis Year in Fall Sophomore Senior Junior Senior Junior Senior Junior Senior Senior Senior College IU-Bloomington IU-Bloomington Ball State IU-Bloomington IU-Bloomington Franklin College Univ. of Southern Indiana IUPUI Franklin College Univ. of Indianapolis Assignment The Herald-Times (Bloomington) Indianapolis Business Journal Journal & Courier (Lafayette) The Elkhart Truth The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) The Republic (Columbus) The Corydon Democrat The Reporter-Times (Martinsville) The Noblesville Times Zionsville Times Sentinel 2014 HSPA Foundation Eugene S. Pulliam Interns Name

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