The Lantern will have some new names and a few returning staff members on the masthead for Autumn Quarter 2010, which will bring fresh talent to the student newspaper.
“This is a wonderful crew of editors,” Lantern adviser Tom O’Hara said. “Several of them are returning to the jobs they have now. Having veterans in key positions will assure that the quality of journalism remains high.”
Molly Gray, from Los Angeles, is a third-year in journalism and international studies with a minor in Russian. Gray will be managing editor for design.
“I have worked as a sports writer, arts editor and graphics editor,” Gray said in an e-mail. “I have interned at NBC4 … and I will be interning at the Moritz College of Law this summer and at the Online Newspaper Association conference in Washington, D.C., in October.”
Gray recently won the Paul Underwood Scholarship. Named in honor of journalism professor Paul Underwood, the award goes to a student exhibiting exceptional writing and reporting qualities. Gray will attend graduate school in Washington, D.C., for international broadcasting, and she plans to be a foreign correspondent.
Kelsey Buller is a third-year in journalism from Ravenna, Ohio, and the 2010 John R. Oller reporter. In this position, Buller will be paid to write investigative pieces about the university through The John R. Oller The Lantern Special Editor or Reporter Fund in the School of Communication. The fund is used to support a student with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
The Oller fund is a scholarship provided by John R. Oller, an attorney with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York. Oller is a 1979 Ohio State graduate in journalism who was a specialty writer for The Lantern as an undergraduate.
“I was looking for a way to give back to OSU in exchange for what I gained here,” Oller said. “I wanted to fund a similar position to the one I had with The Lantern.”
Zack Meisel returns to the sports desk at The Lantern. Meisel’s tenure at the paper began Fall Quarter 2009. He is a third-year in journalism and is pursuing a minor in economics.
Meisel has received a School of Communication scholarship for the second-consecutive year. He is from Cleveland and plans to be a sports reporter, columnist, editor or broadcaster.
Andy Gottesman, from Worthington, Ohio, a second-year in marketing, will be the 2010 multimedia editor. Gottesman’s recent videography of the Flash Mob at the Ohio Union excited and amazed Buckeyes everywhere. The video has received more than 750,000 hits on YouTube since May 3. After graduation in Spring quarter 2012, Gottesman plans to work as a photographer for Sports Illustrated or ESPN, he said.
Joe Podelco is a fourth-year in photography from Dublin, Ohio. Podelco started at The Lantern Fall Quarter 2009 as a photography intern and will move up to head photo editor for 2010. An interest in cars drives Podelco’s goals.
“I want to be photo editor for an automotive magazine like Car & Driver,” he said.
Karissa Lam is a third-year in communication technology with minors in French and visual communication design. Lam, from Ocean City, Md., will graduate Spring Quarter 2011.
“I currently work at The Lantern and was able to secure the same job for next year,” Lam wrote in an e-mail. Her duties at the paper include uploading stories to the web, creating teasers and adding photos, graphics, videos and slideshows to relevant stories.
“I’m hoping to get a job in Web design after graduation, working for an interactive design company,” Lam said.
Tyler Joswick, a third-year in photography from Columbus, will be assistant photo editor. Joswick held an internship with Cosmopolitan Magazine and has experience in film archiving and research.
