WESLEYAN MAGAZINE, ISSUE 2, 2018
This issue of the Wesleyan magazine explores the issues surrounding journalism in the current culture—and the journalists in our community, as well as those who support their work. We invite your…
2018 Issue 2
Editor’s Note: A Stethoscope, a Camera Lens, and a Batphone
This issue on journalism and media has felt more personal than most, particularly as we prepared for the retirement of editor Bill Holder ’75. While collecting stories of the journalists profiled in these pages, I’ve bee…
ESPN’s Rob King ’84 Knows Everyone’s Favorite Teams
Rob King ’84 is ESPN’s senior VP in charge of original content newsgathering and digital media. The Associated Press and…
Bully Pulpit: Marketing for a Better World
When a progressive marketing and communications agency that has major Democratic organizations as clients—and ran the di…
Spotlight: Managing Editor, The New Yorker, Emily Greenhouse ’08
Q: What was your path to the New Yorker?
A: My father is a newspaper reporter, and his 30-plus year career at The New Y…
Alumni Panel: What’s Really Going On in Journalism Today
During Reunion & Commencement 2018 a panel of four alumni presented a Celebration of Wesleyan Writing WESeminar “Pra…
How I Wrote 1,000 Articles During My Four Years at Wesleyan, by Lily Herman ’16
A journey of 1,000 articles and a career in writing began with pieces that Herman recalls as “atrociously bad.” But pers…
Letters: An Ally in Prof. Hatch, Remembering Manfred Stassen, Leadership in Population Health
It’s Good To Find An Ally In Associate Professor Hatch
It was encouraging to read the Wesleyan magazine article, “Health Care and Racism: A Toxic Mix,” (2018, issue 1) concerning the work of Associate Professor of Sci…
President’s Letter: Student Publications, Editorial Autonomy
“Reading the morning newspaper is the realist’s morning prayer,” wrote Georg Friedrich Hegel. “One orients one’s attitude toward the world either by God or by what the world is. The former gives as much security as the l…
The Outstanding Tennis Game of Eudice Chong ’18, by Jeremy Mindich ’87
This spring Eudice Chong ’18 won an unprecedented fourth NCAA Singles Championship. Jeremy Mindich ’87 had a courtside v…