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    Kara Bettis

    The King's College

    Kara Bettis is a senior Media, Culture and the Arts major at The King’s College in NYC. After spending two years writing for her school newspaper at Gordon College near Boston, she transferred to NYC to pursue greater opportunities.

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    Rebecca Brittingham

    Regent University ‘02

    Rebecca Brittingham is pursuing an M.A. in journalism at Regent University. Although Rebecca has always loved writing, journalism was never in the plan.

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    Kira Clark

    Patrick Henry College

    At 15 months Kira Clark started talking and hasn’t stopped since. She holds 111 forensics awards, has competed nationally in collegiate Moot Court and Parliamentary debate, and coached students from stutters to national championships.

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    Christina Darnell

    Regent University

    Christina Darnell is a student journalist graduating from Regent University with her M.A. in multimedia journalism. She lives in Charlotte, N.C., with her husband and freelances regularly for local magazines and the community news section of The Charlotte Observer.

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    J.C. Derrick

    The University of Texas at Arlington

    J.C. Derrick graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington with a degree in journalism. Last fall he was in Washington, D.C., as a Bill Archer Fellow, and interned for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

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    Samantha Gilman

    Hillsdale College

    Samantha Gilman is a junior at Hillsdale College and pursuing her bachelor of arts with emphasis on English. In addition to being a member of the Dowe Journalism Program, Samantha helps at her church’s children’s ministries, teaches ballet at a local studio...

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    Kara Hackett

    Taylor University

    Kara Hackett, 22, is a senior professional writing major at Taylor University in Upland, Ind. She is a freelance writer for World on Campus and the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. She is also managing editor of Taylor’s student newspaper, The Echo.

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    Seth Hagan

    University of Montevallo

    Seth was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up all over the Southeast. He graduated high school in Asheville, NC and attended the University of Montevallo in Alabama. As a Mass Communications mayor at UM, he joined the staff of Montevallo's student paper, The Alabamian, as their sports writer and editor.

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    Katie Hay

    The King’s College

    Katie Hay is a sophomore majoring in Media, Culture and the Arts at The King’s College in New York City.  Originally from Dallas, Katie attended Texas A&M University last year, but moved to New York to pursue journalism, theater and theater critique.

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    Rebecca Jacobson

    The King’s College

    Rebecca Jacobson is a junior at The King’s College studying Media, Culture, and the Arts. Although born in Virginia Beach, VA, she grew up in Cincinnati, OH after only a year in Virginia.

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    Chelsea Kolz

    Patrick Henry College

    Chelsea Kolz is a literature major from Patrick Henry College. She spent her youth in Upstate New York getting ice down her mittens and baking bread. She wrote everywhere: funerals, weddings, down her leg in gym class, and on her bib in the dentist’s chair.

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    Sophia Lee

    University of Southern California

    Sophia Lee is a senior at University of Southern California double-majoring in print journalism and East Asian language & cultures. She speaks Korean, Mandarin and English (with smatterings of Spanglish, Singlish and Konglish).

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    Abigail Maurer

    Purdue University

    Abigail (Abby) Maurer is studying agricultural communication at Purdue University and will graduate in May 2013.  Abby’s interest in journalism was piqued last fall when she took a mass media class under the instruction of the managing editor of a local newspaper.

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    Anne Reiner

    Geneva College

    Anne Reiner just finished her junior year as a Writing Major at Geneva College. She has a passion for writing about the people and places she has been. Also, Anne loves to travel, and has had the opportunity to spend a semester in Rome, Italy, as well as travel around Europe.

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    Kirsten Richardson

    Columbia International University

    Kirsten Richardson is a senior at Columbia International University and graduating in May 2012 with a double major in Bible and Humanities and a minor in English. She has been a staff member of the university’s newspaper for her entire time at CIU, contributing a variety of articles.

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    Catherine Rogers

    Bryan College

    Catherine Rogers, 22, is a Bryan College (Dayton, Tenn.) graduate who studied Communications and Journalism, with minors in History and Biblical Studies. A native of the Virginia Beach area, Rogers has been published in The Daily Press and interned with the local NBC and FOX affiliate broadcast stations there, WAVY-TV10 & FOX43.

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    Alwyn Swanepoel

    New Saint Andrews College

    Alwyn Swanepoel is a South African, studying in the US for a while. He is currently doing a MA in Theology and Letters at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho. Before coming to the US he was editor of the monthly church journal of his reformed Afrikaans speaking denomination in South Africa as well as head of all their publications.