Category: Michelle Kohanloo
Central Maine Newspapers Team Up With BU
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2002–Central Maine Newspapers has teamed up with the Boston University Washington News Service this fall, in a program designed to give students a real world experience as working reporters in the nation’s capital. Crystal Bozek and Michelle Kohanloo have joined the Kennebec Journal and the Morning Sentinel staff from Washington, D.C., along with photographer Jennifer Lawinski.
“The goal of the program is to bring young journalists to Washington, expose them to national news organizations, and give them a chance to cover Congress and national issues for New England newspapers that might not otherwise have this coverage,” said Linda Killian, director of Boston University’s Washington Journalism Center.
The program, now beginning its third year, is three-fold: students spend a semester taking classes, reporting for various news clients around New England, and interning at the D.C. bureaus of national news organizations.
“Once students leave here, they’re ready to launch their journalism careers, and a lot of them have at papers all over New England and here in Washington, at places like NPR (National Public Radio) and Congressional Quarterly,” said Killian.
Crystal Bozek, a senior at Boston University, started her reporting career at her high school paper, serving as editor for three years. She also interned for The (Lawrence, Mass.) Eagle-Tribune, The Improper Bostonian, WFNX radio in Lynn, Mass., and B.U.’s radio station, WTBU. Bozek, hailing from Lawrence, Mass., recently worked in the press office of Gov. Jane Swift, R-Mass. Her internship assignment this semester is at The Hill, a weekly newspaper that covers Congress.
Michelle Kohanloo is a graduate student at Boston University studying print journalism. A native of Needham, Mass., she graduated in May 2002 as a broadcasting major from B.U. Kohanloo recently interned at the Boston Metro. She also interned at New England Cable News after returning from a semester in London, where she worked at Camron Public Relations, a lifestyle public relations agency in the United Kingdom. She is interning at the Belo Broadcasting Capital Bureau.
Staff photographer Jennifer Lawinski also is a graduate student in journalism at Boston University. She spent last summer working as a freelance photographer and is interning at Washingtonpost.com and Newsweek Interactive. Lawinski graduated from Dartmouth College in 1999. In addition to photography, Lawinski enjoys tennis, skiing, and playing her guitar.
Bozek and Kohanloo will be covering the Maine congressional delegation for the Kennebec Journal and the Morning Sentinel. They also will be writing about issues of interest to the region including the dairy industry and farming, financial protection for farmers and fishermen, healthcare, education, and the impact of the federal budget on Maine and its citizens.
Published in The Kennebec Journal and The Morning Sentinel, in Maine.
