The Author
My name is Connor Showalter and I am currently a Journalism (News/Editorial) major and Sociology minor at Temple Univeristy. I plan to graduate from the Honors Program in Spring 2012.
I am Sports Editor for The Temple News, a student newspaper for Temple University that circulates to about 10,000 weekly.
I have an online portfolio, which contains my resume, clips, and blog links.
I have intern experience with The Daily Local News (Dec. 2009-Jan. 2010), a newspaper that serves Chester County, Pa. and circulates to about 25,000.
Before transferring to TU, I was the assistant news editor for the Bloomsburg University student newspaper, The Voice, for which I wrote several contributing articles. I was also an editor for an online-student-generated blog called BU Now .
I stayed active at BU by participating in Cross Country and Indoor/Outdoor Track (NCAA D-II), DiscipleMakers Fellowship, Notetaking (Student Service for hearing impaired students), and community service organizations.
I am started this blog because I want to further practice story writing and reporting skills for my journalism career.
I realize I am in an early stage of my writing career, but I already know what I want to focus on and that is human rights, social equity, and diversity issues. Eventually my dream would consist of doing investigative reporting for a large media outlet where I could help liberate oppressed people by spreading awareness about their problems. But, right now I will try to uncover injustices in my community or campus.
Moreover I know this blog will allow myself to store my ideas, views, and research about social issues today with multimedia, so I will be ready to cover news in the future.
Personally I see myself as an online journalist. With the way the media world is evolving, I see more opportunities in the job market if I learn how to use digital media. Also I am more comfortable and excited about the guidelines of online writing: the immediacy of publishing, creating something visually pleasing, and best of all having unlimited space to write.
It is known that a good blog is one that is committed to its audience of readers. To be interactive and interesting and one that is updated constantly. All of these points will be on my list of goals to fulfill for Zealous Toward Social Harmony.
