This blog aims to reveal how college campuses across the country are participating in this year’s presidential and congressional elections. Through student-written and produced multimedia, CQ Politics will explore what students think and do during an election year.
Bloggers
- Alex Kowalski (Managing Editor) - UNC-Chapel Hill
- Angela Tchou (Content Editor) - UNC-Chapel Hill
- Abby Selden - Belmont University
- Mary Jean "MJ" O'Malley - University of Denver
- Jon Davenport - Syracuse University
- Elizabeth Jensen - UNC-Chapel Hill
- Kathleen Whitlow - Virginia Commonwealth University
- Sam Grimes - Virginia Commonwealth University
- Hailey Stuart - Virginia Commonwealth University
- Jeremy Pennycook - Arizona State University
- Evan Wyloge - Arizona State University
- Media and Public Affairs class at George Washington University
Alex Kowalski, Managing Editor
Alex is a junior news-editorial major at UNC-Chapel Hill. He writes for campus newspapers, magazines and his food blog, readthebiscuit.com. Although he loves print journalism, he has found a new niche in online media. Following an internship at cqpolitics.com this summer, he would like to develop news sites and interactive Web-based applications. When Alex is not toiling over Oxford commas or lines of php code, he is out rowing for the university's crew team.
Contact
Alex may be contacted at amkowalski@gmail.com.
Angela Tchou, Content Editor
Angela studies Journalism and Chinese at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she has written for The Daily Tar Heel. Last summer, she taught English in Ecuador
and worked for China Now Magazine. She spends much of her free time
going on walks and cartooning. When she grows up, she wants to be a
farmer.
Contact
Angela may be contacted at angelatchou@gmail.com.
Abby Selden
Abby is a junior at Belmont University in Nashville. She produces print and video content for Belmont's student news site and spent last summer as an Editorial Intern at Journal Communications, Inc., custom magazine media. She also writes articles for the Nashville Mayor's Homelessness Commission Online Newsletter. A Birmingham, Ala., native, Abby is an Honors Program student, member of Alpha Chi Honor Society and recipient of the 1st place award in On-Site News Writing at the 2007 Southeast Journalism Conference. Abby enjoys song-writing, movie trivia and volunteering at a family homeless shelter.
Contact
Abby may be contacted at seldena@pop.belmont.edu.
Mary Jean "MJ" O'Malley
Mary
Jean is a senior at the University of Denver studying
journalism and political science. Throughout college, she has interned
at the NBC affiliate in Denver, KUSA, and at C-SPAN. When not at school
or work, O’Malley is involved with student government and volunteering.
She studied abroad last year in Cork, Ireland, focusing on government
and history. She looks forward to more international travel and
service before grad school.
Contact
Mary Jean may be contacted at mj.omalley@du.edu.
Jon Davenport
Jon grew up in Syracuse, NY and has been following American politics
since the 2000 election crisis. He graduated from the University at
Buffalo with a political science degree in May 2008. He was the
features editor at the school magazine Generation where he wrote about
a variety of topics ranging from student protests and substandard
student housing to politics and academic integrity. He is currently
earning his masters degree in magazine, newspaper and online journalism
at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse
University.
Contact
Jon may be contacted at jpdavenp@syr.edu.
Elizabeth Jensen
Elizabeth is a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
double majoring in multimedia and biology. This summer she interned
at a family of cable networks and ghost wrote a book. She's also written
for UNC’s daily paper, The Daily Tar Heel.
Contact
Elizabeth may be contacted at eajensen@email.unc.edu.
Kathleen Whitlow
Kathleen is a Mass Communications major at Virginia Commonwealth University with a
concentration in Public Relations. She also works as a Web 2.0 marketing specialist and copywriter for NetSearch Direct, writing articles, press releases, web content and blogs, as well as a columnist and editorial assistant for a company that produces River City Richmond, West Ends Best and Chesterfield Living magazines. Her personal column is called On The Town With Kathleen Whitlow.
Contact
Kathleen may be contacted at whitlowka@vcu.edu.
Sam Grimes
Sam
is a junior at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He studies
Mass Communications with a concentration in print journalism as well as Eastern Relgions. When writing, he hopes to focus on environmental science.
Contact
Sam may be contacted at grimessm@vcu.edu.
Hailey Stuart
Hailey is a junior at Virginia Commonwealth University majoring in Mass
Communications with a focus in journalism. She is the secretary for VCU's
chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, a writer for the
campus magazine, INK, and a member of VCU's Rugby team. She was previously the editor of the features section of Indiana University of
Pennsylvania's campus newspaper, The Penn. Hailey enjoys photography and
video editing.
Contact
Hailey may be contacted at stuarthk@vcu.edu.
Jeremy Pennycook
Jeremy is a graduate student at Arizona State's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. He was born and raised by British parents in Tennessee, where he received his B.A. in History from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Starting out in film, Jeremy now seeks to combine his knowledge of the
world with his love of visuals. He has worked for the Tennessee Journalist,
a non-fiction TV production house, and on the set of an independent
movie. In his downtime, Jeremy is an avid musican who loves to jam out
to anything funky.
Contact
Jeremy may be contacted at jpennyco@gmail.com.
Evan Wyloge
Using written and visual media, Evan Wyloge seeks to contribute to an elevated discourse of politics, art, music, linguistics, gastronomy and bicycle culture — particularly where these issues converge. In addition to being a freelance journalist and longtime Arizona resident, Evan is currently a graduate student at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.Contact
Evan may be contacted at evan.wyloge@gmail.com.
George Washington University students
From the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, Professor Carin Dessauer's Changing Media Landscapes class will report on political happenings on GW's campus, in the heart of the nation's capital. In addition to being neighbors with senators, diplomats, not to mention the president himself, GW is home to a student body ranked among the most politically active in the country. For the school that eats and drinks politics at every meal, our blog is sure to satisfy even the biggest political junkie's appetite.
Contact
The class may be contacted through Zach Silber at zlsilber@gmail.com.