Author: Emily
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Editing Portfolio
This is a compiled list of my editing experience. Read more
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“Roll for Immersion” – Podcast
“Roll for Immersion” is an Actual Play Dungeons & Dragons podcast created by Aaron Picklesimer, Sam Shipe, Emily Hunter, and Tauri Hagemann. The podcast was created through Byte, which is Ball State University’s student entertainment media. It ran for one season – a total of 11 episodes. Before the game begins, each episode features a… Read more
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Honors College Undergraduate Thesis
My Honors College Undergraduate Thesis, “How news media literacy affects media trust,” was… Read more
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The Curtain Call
A word of warning to communications underclassmen: Professors will try to scare you into joining student media. From the moment you step foot in your JOUR 101 classroom, they will drill into your head that journalism is a competitive field and joining student media will give you the experience employers are looking for. They’ll quote… Read more
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Playing Through the Pandemic
Wizards of the Coast cited 2020 as the best year for Dungeons & Dragons after seeing an increase of sales during the pandemic. This has been attributed to an influx of online players, but even local game stores have been seeing changes. Local game stores sell board games and tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs). These stores… Read more
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Unbound
When I was a kid, I carried a book with me everywhere I went. In the same way people never leave their house without their keys or phone, I always had at least one story on me at all times. I took them to school, church, grocery shopping, vacations, and even funerals and weddings –… Read more
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A Hand to Hold: Turn Away No Longer provides new resources to people in the foster care system
When her step-grandson was placed in a children’s home in Richmond, Indiana, at 7 years old, Tracy Walters hired a lawyer and fought for him with no hesitation. She was given a kinship placement, when grandparents or other extended family members raise a child, and he lived with her for the next five years… Read more
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Girls Will Be Girls
When I was 13, I hated the color pink. It was too girly and I for one, was not girly. My daily wardrobe consisted of blue jeans, tennis shoes, and whatever T-shirt I had picked out for the day. If I was feeling adventurous, I would swap the shirt for a sweater and the tennis… Read more
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Ball State University sustainability project: Could climate change affect solar energy?
MUNCIE, Ind. — For years, the world has been facing the aspect of climate change with renewable energy resources such as solar panels, wind farms and hydropower. If current trends continue, climate change experts warn, these resources will no longer be enough. An article in the… Read more
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Speak Out: Un-Comical Culture
My dad has always said, when I was born, he didn’t care if I was a boy or a girl. All he wished for was a healthy child with 10 fingers and 10 toes — and someone willing to geek out with him. He called me his “geek in training.” My bedtime stories were from… Read more