{"id":373,"date":"2017-12-18T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/engblog\/?p=373"},"modified":"2019-09-24T00:58:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T04:58:40","slug":"noah-manskar-class-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/engblog\/2017\/12\/18\/noah-manskar-class-of-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Manskar, Class of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

What did you do after graduation?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I did a communications internship at Lakeside Chautauqua in Lakeside, Ohio before moving to New York City to work as a reporter for Blank Slate Media, a group of weekly community newspapers in the Long Island suburbs.<\/p>\n

What are you up to now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I recently accepted a position as a New York City reporter for Patch, a nationwide publisher of hyperlocal news sites. I’ll be writing stories on a broad variety of subjects for a citywide audience to help strengthen Patch’s New York coverage.<\/p>\n

How has being an English minor helped you in your career, or just in life in general?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Studying English literature taught me to parse language for layers of meaning, which has been invaluable to me as a journalist. Many people, especially public officials, say what they really mean between the lines of their statements. I don’t think I could find that meaning as easily if I hadn’t taken the English courses I did. Studying literature has also illuminated for me the literary power of politics, which I think makes my reporting more colorful.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Any particularly important classes, professors, experiences or other aspects of your undergraduate life in Sturges you’d like to call out?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Studying with Dr. Ryan in my junior year sparked my passion for literature and pushed me to declare my last-minute minor. The lessons from her courses \u2014 Black Women Writers and Narratives of Slavery \u2014 are still present in my mind today.<\/p>\n

Any advice for new or prospective English majors\/minors?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take advantage of the diversity of the English department’s course offerings! There were so many cool courses I wish I could have taken that I wasn’t able to. I also think it’s valuable to do a little planning and take courses in other departments that relate to whatever English classes you’re taking that semester. When I did that it really showed the advantages of OWU’s liberal arts flexibility.<\/p>\n

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