Daily Deacon

WFU Beat — Chris Caswell

Primary sources

Penny Rue, VP of Campus Life

Michelle Gillespie, Dean of the College

Adam Goldstein, Dean of Students

Melissa Harris-Perry, Director Pro Humanitate Institute

Provost Kersh

Info sources

news.wfu.edu

events.wfu.edu

Winston-Salem Journal

Chronicle of Higher Education

OGB

Ideas

WFUBMC 3D printing body parts

98% graduates employed

Wake Forest research aims to prevent overuse injuries (DOD Grant)

WFU Beat // Rachel Hirsch

Five Primary Resources

President Nathan O’Hatch

Director of Athletics Ron Wellman

Dean of Admissions Martha Blevins Allman

President of the Student Union Megan Gruber

Vice President of the Office of Personal and Career Development Andy Chan

Five information sources

Administration Homepage http://www.wfu.edu/administration/

Athletics Homepage http://www.wfu.edu/athletics/

Admissions Homepage http://admissions.wfu.edu

Student Union Homepage http://su.wfu.edu

Office of Personal and Career Development Homepage http://opcd.wfu.edu

Three story ideas

1. Figure out how many students actually take advantage of the Office of Personal and Career Development. Interview the Vice President or some of the directors. – you could even make it more specific as to how many student athletes take advantage of this through Patrick Sullivan who is the liaison to the Athletic Department
2. A feature story on the number of applications submitted to WFU versus the official acceptance rate.
3. A feature story on the President of the Student Union. What exactly does she do? How she got the role of President?

Covering the Forest // Merritt Enright

Who to know:
Nathan Hatch – President
Adam Hammer – SGA President
Sharon Fortner – University Police
Ron Wellman – Director of Athletics
Penny Rue – Vice President of Campus Life

Where to go:
WFU General website http://www.wfu.edu/
WFU Institutional Data http://institutionalinformation.wfu.edu/
Old Gold and Black http://wfuogb.com/
WFU News Center http://news.wfu.edu/
College Niche https://colleges.niche.com/

Story ideas:
1. Few things are as bleak as football season at WFU. The student section bleachers are almost always deserted by halftime of every game. Does the team’s losing streak have anything to do with student spirit (or lack of)? Get interviews from players, students, and athletic management. Take notes on game day scene.
2. Wake Forest or White Forest? According to an online survey, the majority of WFU students noted “lack of diversity” as the school’s most frustrating aspect. According to Forbes, Wake is also the least racially diverse among other equal-level schools. Interview admissions department, campus life director, and students to discuss why WFU is so far behind it’s fellow institutions in diversity.
3. Princeton Review recently added WFU to their list of “Colleges That Pay You Back” But with the average student graduating WFU with up to 40K of student debt according to College Factual, is WFU more financial trouble than it’s worth? Research official financial data and interview financial aid department and students.

WFU Beat//Karlee Spirit

Primary Sources:

President Nathan O’Hatch

Dean of Admissions Martha Blevins Allman

Athletic Director Dwight Lewis

Campus Ministry Reverend Joe Haynes

Registered Dietitian/ Nutritionist in Dining Services Kate Ruley

Information Sources:

WFU Admissions Page: http://admissions.wfu.edu/

WFU Athletics Homepage: http://www.wakeforestsports.com/

Old Gold & Black

WFU Christian Campus Ministry Page: http://chaplain.wfu.edu/home/christian-campus-ministry/

WFU Dining Services Homepage: http://wakeforest.campusdish.com/

Story Ideas:

1. Evaluate the religious involvement on campus… Interview and take notes on what clubs, services, and ministries students attend and are apart of.

2. Get students thoughts/opinions on WFU’s dining services and the food selection in dining areas.

3. Find out the students real thoughts about athletics at Wake Forest. Who’s the students favorite team? What sport is the most enjoyable to watch? Who advertises the best? Who is the least interesting team?

Suyash Keshari – Wake Forest University Beat

Five Primary Sources:

President Nathan O Hatch

Dean of College Michele Gillespie

Dean of Admissions Martha Blevins Allman

Vice President of Campus Life Penny Rue

Director of Campus Recreation Max Floyd

Five Sources of Information:

Academics Page http://college.wfu.edu/academics/

Student Life Page http://college.wfu.edu/students/

Campus Recreation Page http://campusrec.studentlife.wfu.edu/

Old Gold and Black http://wfuogb.com/

Admissions Page http://admissions.wfu.edu/campus-life/

Three Story Ideas:

1) What are the things that make Wake Forest a healthy academic environment for students?

2) What does Wake Forest has to offer when it comes to doing things outside of the classrooms?

3) Does the Wake Forest non-white population feel a sense of acceptance?

WFU Beat – Meg

Primary Sources:

President Nathan O’Hatch

Athletic Director Ron Wellman

Dean of Admissions Martha Blevins Allman

Chief of Campus Police Regina Lawson

Photographer Dean Shore

Information Sources:

WFU Events Page http://events.wfu.edu/

WFU Campus Life http://campuslife.wfu.edu/

Old Gold & Black

Facebook Pages (of clubs, organizations, police, etc)

WFU News Center http://news.wfu.edu/

Story Ideas:

Profile on campus police to find out the difference of policing on versus off campus, and the top issues they come across.

Find out how college application questions and requirements have changed at Wake over the years and get the perspective from the Dean of Admissions on current trends.

Get a feel for Wake students’ political opinions on current election runners in time for the North Carolina primary.

First Reflection – Meg

Writing this first article, I made sure I gathered sources from as many different perspectives as I could related to DXP: the President, a current member, and a recruitment attendee. I tried to focus on the multicultural aspect of the sorority that defines it from other groups on campus, and through the interviews, discovered how important that aspect was to each individual as well as their image of Wake. I started the article off with a little anecdote to introduce the sorority’s impact, and then continued with a hard lede about DXP. From there, I alternated between quotes and anecdotes from the interviews and information on the actual sorority, taking a sort of kabob approach to the structure.

In revisions, I took my editor, Annabel Love’s, advice to specify the date DXP’s recruitment took place as well as trying to take away any hint of bias towards the difference between DXP and traditional rush, adding how it works for some one way and DXP offers an alternative.

University Brainstorming Assignment // Katie Dickens

5 key people to talk to if I were writing a story about Wake Forest:

Dean Shore- Photographer, Barber

McKenzie Ziegler- Assistant and Speechwriter for Adam Hammer

Jeff Holleman- Patrol Officer for the WFU Police

Mary Gerardy- Associate VP Campus Life and Director of Global Engagement of the Pro Humanitate Institute

Noel Shepherd- Regional Director of Athletic Development

5 key sources of information:

http://sg.wfu.edu/– The student government website stays up to date and sends out frequent updates.

Dean Shore’s Facebook Page- With his permission, his Facebook site would be an excellent source of images for stories.

https://zsr.wfu.edu/special/archives/– The historical records of Wake Forest are accessible online through the ZSR website.

http://campuslife.wfu.edu/– The Campus life website allows access to information about clubs, organizations, and most importantly, upcoming events

3 story ideas:

Standardized Testing in Admissions – why Wake Forest chose not to make them a required factor, look at the percentage of students who don’t submit them, interview admissions officers.

A day in the life of a student-athlete – attend their required tutoring sessions, etc.

Look at political involvement on campus, conduct interviews to get a feel for the political climate of the campus.

Beat Reporting – Anna Conte

5 Key People to Speak With:

Nathan O. Hatch-Wake Forest President

Employee at the Pit

Ron Wellman- Athletic Director

Custodial Staff Member

Campus Religious Figure, such as Catholic Priest: Fr. Marcel Amadi

5 Sources of Information:

-Past issues of Old Black & Gold, located in ZSR.

-Wake Forest Office of Admissions, data collections of students enrolled at Wake.

-WIN directory. Shows major, where the student lives on campus, etc.

-http://www.hercampus.com/school/wake-forest

-Recorded minutes that are documented within

3 story ideas:

1) Upcoming soccer trip to Spain, interview players about when/where they will be traveling, what they are doing & who they will be playing. Focus on Wake Forest Athletics.

2) Profile on a custodial staff member that works in Residential Dorm.

3) A focus on student entrepreneurs. Many Wake students have started up their own personal businesses and it would be interesting to do a feature on these select students. I would find out how they operate and what resources they use at campus that allow them to maintain their specialties.

Reflection – Anna Conte

Writing about ‘Wake the Vote’ was difficult in that I was trying to talk to these students and the faculty members while they were traveling, therefore they were restricted in their availability. It took a lot of coordination to find times to talk! However, I really enjoyed writing this article. I am very intrigued by Politics & this program so it was fun to learn more about what exactly they are doing.

While working with Rachel, she reminded me of AP style elements that I needed to edit on my paper as well as point out some attribution errors that were within my original article.

(sorry, I originally emailed this instead of posting this here!)