Working the beat: Reaction to Chapter 2 of ‘America’s Best Newspaper Writing’
Chapter 2: Local Reporting and Beats The second chapter of “America’s Best Newspaper Writing” offers a nice introduction to local reporting and […]
Author: Marlena Chertock
Marlena is a digital storyteller and poetry editor at District Lit. Her first poetry book, On that one-way trip to Mars, is available from Bottlecap Press.
Greensboro show presents multiple sides, reactions to 1960 sit-in movements
Marlena Chertock FEB. 24, 2011 What surprises Bobby Pittman the most about the sit-in movement is not many people know it started […]
Elon University Winter Term class participates in ethnography project in London, showcases work on campus
Marlena Chertock FEB. 24, 2011 For three weeks in Jan. 2011, one Winter Term course went to London to research, learn about […]
J.C. Watts seventh Distinguished Professor of Leadership at Elon University speaks about qualities of a good leader
Marlena Chertock FEB. 22, 2011 J.C. Watts, the chairman of J.C. Watts Companies and former Republican congressman from Okla., spoke about the […]
‘Become a producer of meaning’: Author Rebecca Solnit discusses writing about disasters at Elon University
Marlena Chertock FEB. 21, 2011 When Rebecca Solnit took a year off from her job in 1988 to write a book, she […]
Working on campus benefits students, university
Marlena Chertock FEB. 18, 2011 Sophomore Joy Debolt works three jobs, at Residence Life (ResLife), America Reads and the West Area office, […]
Elon University professors encourage students to work, volunteer abroad after graduation
Marlena Chertock FEB. 17, 2011 Three faculty members discussed their experiences in several abroad opportunities Thursday at 6-7 p.m. in McKinnon in […]
Comedian shares personal experiences as humor at Elon University
Divorce, hippie parents, run-ins with the law make up comedic content Marlena Chertock FEB. 17, 2011 Imagine a comedian jumping into the […]
‘No path is the same’: CNN producer Eric Hall gives Elon University communications students advice
Marlena Chertock FEB. 14 Eric Hall, a 2005 alumnus of Elon University and producer at CNN in Atlanta, was ahead of many […]
Campus Kitchen Elon University opens, offers new avenues for students to volunteer
Opening of Campus Kitchen Elon University hosted at College Coffee Marlena Chertock FEB. 8, 2011 Professors spread tomato sauce and cheese onto […]
SPARKS Peer Educators offers free HIV test to Elon University students
FEB. 7, 2011 Marlena Chertock SPARKS Peer Educators and Alamance Cares partnered up on February 7, 2011 to give free HIV tests […]
Traveling with a purpose
Students hold a 2-day environmental conference in Sri Lanka, film and conduct research Marlena Chertock FEB. 6, 2011 Fourteen seniors walked through […]
OPINION: Do we even need grades?
Looking at alternative education methods Marlena Chertock FEB. 3, 2011 Your professor hands back an essay and you flip to the last […]
Giving the underrepresented a voice
Student starts up homeless newspaper in Greensboro by Marlena Chertock, December 8, 2010 The first edition of The New Greensboro Voice. Photo courtesy […]
Collecting canned food through a common love
Literature brings people together at Will Read for Food by Marlena Chertock, December 1, 2010 Students could bring donated food during this year’s […]
Sucking up knowledge and light: Professor and students collaborate on black hole research
by Marlena Chertock, November 16, 2010 Dan Evans never knew exactly what he wanted to do until college when he first saw the […]
Collecting 2,000 books for children 8,210 miles away
Elon graduate joins Peace Corps, works with African Library Project by Marlena Chertock, November 9, 2010 A 2009 Elon graduate has a big […]
The New Greensboro Voice Documentary
For my Digital Media Convergence course, I had to make a 2 minute or more documentary. I wanted to focus on an […]
Elon to create gap semester program
by Marlena Chertock, November 4, 2010 Before starting college, junior Sophie Nielsen-Kolding wanted to find herself. She participated in a gap semester program […]
Amigos Club
Elon Spanish class and Newlin Elementary School students participate in academic service learning project by Marlena Chertock, October 12, 2010 Sophomore Sophie Biggar […]