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Erica Ryan - Summer 2003

I will return to Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, this fall as a senior news editing major in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and editor of The Post, the independent, student-run daily newspaper that serves 14,000 readers, both OU students and residents of the surrounding county.

Working for The Post (http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu) has given me insight into the field of journalism, and I could not be more excited about what my future will bring. After working for newspaper’s campus staff, I realized I have an interest in education reporting. Also, serving as campus editor and assistant managing editor has deepened my desire to become an assignment editor at a metropolitan newspaper someday.

I also have gained journalism skills working for the Norwalk Reflector, a small afternoon daily near my hometown of Monroeville, Ohio, a village of about 1,500 people. The Reflector serves other villages as well as the city of Norwalk, and while working there I was able to write stories about school board meetings, storm sewers and other aspects of daily life.

During my time in Washington, I hope to put in use what I have learned in my political science classes as well as gain experience reporting on education, business and the arts.

After I graduate from OU in June 2004, I plan to apply for a foreign correspondence internship to use the language skills I have acquired as a Spanish minor. I am fascinated by the history and politics of the countries of Central and South America, and I would like to spend time there. Also, in the fall, I will begin learning Russian, so I can travel to another area of the world that intrigues me.

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Workers, shareholders face risks in corporate bankruptcies

Submitted on August 15, 2003 - 12:00am.
In the spectacle that many large corporate bankruptcies become, high-profile executives and huge amounts of debt grab all the attention. Less notice is paid to the many whose lives are affected – the company's workers, who are often left with little, and the shareholders, who usually get ..
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Blood drives, other fund-raisers raise money for schools

Submitted on August 8, 2003 - 12:00am.
WASHINGTON – When Lorrie Burns, a parent in Eugene, Ore., heard about the budget cuts hitting her sons' school, she remembers thinking, “What more do they want from us? Blood?”Burns decided to take her thoughts literally – she organized a plasma donation to raise money ..
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Ohioans fight Appalachian Regional Commission cuts

Submitted on July 30, 2003 - 12:00am.
WASHINGTON – Supporters of the Appalachian Regional Commission said they hope the Senate will prevent the commission from losing more than half of its funding – a move proposed in the president's 2004 budget and retained in the House version of the bill. The House bill, which passed ..
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Agencies ill prepared for animal-to-human diseases

Submitted on July 17, 2003 - 12:00am.
WASHINGTON – Federal agencies handling animal and human disease control need to work together more closely to prevent the importation of exotic animals carrying diseases that can spread to people, officials testified before a Senate committee Thursday. Spurred by the recent monkeypox ..
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Businesses embrace 'corporate citizenship,' survey finds

Submitted on July 14, 2003 - 12:00am.
WASHINGTON – Most U.S. businesses – no matter the size – report a commitment to corporate citizenship, which includes ethical practices and philanthropy, according to a survey released Monday by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Boston College. More than 500 businesses, most ..
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Protesters cheer release of Iranian held in France

Submitted on July 7, 2003 - 12:00am.
WASHINGTON – Al Sami cheered and fellow hunger strikers danced on the sidewalk in front of the French embassy Wednesday, celebrating the expected release of an Iranian opposition leader from French custody. The 50-year-old Denver man, who consumed nothing but water and iced tea for a week, ..
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Blend of traditions defines Appalachian music

Submitted on June 26, 2003 - 12:00am.
WASHINGTON – It might be hard to see the similarities in the cultures of Scotland, the West African nation of Mali and the Appalachian region of the United States. But one can certainly hear them. In the twanging of the banjo and the singing of the fiddle, Appalachian music combines the ..
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Stamp art exhibit to mark Postal Museum's 10th anniversary

Submitted on June 24, 2003 - 12:00am.
WASHINGTON – From the sultry blond glow of Marilyn Monroe to the simplicity of a saluting Boy Scout, the artwork to be featured in a new Smithsonian exhibit is on a smaller scale than most.The exhibit's artists, commissioned by the United States Postal Service, were under orders to keep their ..
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States want federal money to fight chronic wasting disease

Submitted on June 20, 2003 - 12:00am.
Washington -- Getting money into state hands is the best way to continue combating chronic wasting disease in elk and deer, state and federal officials told a House subcommittee Thursday.Witnesses stressed that state control of money and cooperation between state and federal agencies are the ..
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Bill raises fines for setting fires

Submitted on June 20, 2003 - 12:00am.
Washington -- Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., wants to make sure that people who play with fire on public land “get burned.”So he introduced a bill that would increase the minimum penalty for violating fire restrictions to $1,000. Under current law, federal district courts set fines in the ..
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