VTDigger.org is proud to introduce our two summer journalism interns: Taylor Dobbs and Eli Sherman. Both reporters grew up in central Vermont (they played on the same baseball team at one point), and they each were raised with a little ink in their blood.
You’ve probably seen their bylines already over the last week or so, and you’ll be seeing a good deal more of Dobbs and Sherman on the beat and in print over the course of the next few months as they report on telecommunications, politics and environmental issues, as well as breaking news stories and features.
Our interns will also be working with Anne Galloway, editor of VTDigger.org, on a series about Vermont’s correctional system.
Taylor Dobbs
Dobbs was raised in Montpelier and graduated from Montpelier High School in 2008. He grew up to the sounds of his father, a science journalist and author, typing away in his home office. Dobbs is now studying journalism at Northeastern University in Boston, where he works for the school newspaper, The Huntington News. This summer he is living in Worcester with his family and their two dogs, six cats and two rabbits.
Dobbs found his way to journalism through his love of writing and a drive to illuminate important issues. In the fall, he will return to Boston where he will begin a semester-long internship with boston.com’s features department.
Read Taylor Dobbs’ stories for VTDigger.org
Eli Sherman
Sherman, born and raised in Vermont, is an upcoming senior in the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y. Sherman is majoring in journalism and pursuing a minor in language. He has studied Thai, Chinese and Arabic while playing baseball with the Ithaca College baseball team.
His passion for journalism and writing comes from his grandparents and parents. His grandfather was the science editor for the New York Herald Tribune and Newsweek, and his grandmother was a journalist as well as the celebrated author of Mud Pies and Other Recipes. Both of his parents were also journalists. Eli enjoys writing, reading, and most of all hiking, playing softball and eating fresh produce with friends and family during Vermont’s pleasant summers. CORRECTED
Check out Eli Sherman’s articles on VTDigger.org
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