Meet Rebecca Particka
Rebecca, who has joined The Blade as a photography intern, is from Ubly, located in the Thumb of Michigan.
Rebecca Particka
She graduated from Central Michigan University in December 2023 with a degree in photojournalism and minors in information technology, multimedia design, and visual merchandising.
During her time as a student, Rebecca participated in Grand Central Magazine, CMU’s student life style magazine. She served as editor-in-chief for two semesters. She was also the art director for CMU’s student-run record label, Moore Media Records. Rebecca helped design album art and photograph the organization’s concerts.
Rebecca recently interned for MLive/The Grand Rapids Press and is looking forward in continuing her journey in visual storytelling with The Blade.
Welcome back, Latoya
My name is Latoya King. I was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. I graduated from Scott High School. I have three lovely children, a son in love, and 2 grand pups. I’ve worked in customer service for about 15 years and love what I do.
Meet Arielle Lyons
Arielle Lyons is from the Cleveland, Ohio area and graduated from Ohio University in 2024 with a bachelor of science in journalism and a certificate in podcasting. Her specializations were music and media studies.
Arielle Lyons
During her time at OU, she was involved in three different sections at The Post, OU’s largest student media organization. On top of writing entertainment articles and creating multimedia content, she served as a slot editor for two years. Arielle spent most of her time at OU playing trombone in the Marching 110. She also served Bella Voce, OU’s treble choir, as its communications chair and sang in its sister a cappella group, Title IX.
In the summer of 2023, Arielle interned at WOUB Public Media as a multimedia journalist, reporting on the culture beat. She also was a writer on Southeast Ohio Magazine’s Summer 2024 edition.
Arielle is excited to begin her career as a copy editor for The Blade!
Meet Rosiland Fletcher
Rosiland Fletcher
Rosiland grew up in Columbus, Ohio and graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2022 with a bachelor of science in journalism and a minor in international dtudies.
In her academics and prevocational focus, she focused on research of particular sociopolitical and global topics to provide constructive discourse and understanding when discussed in the media.
During her time at BGSU, she worked for the university’s student-led media, BG Falcon Media where she served in various leadership roles such as Copy Chief, Managing Editor, and Executive Content Director. She started out at the copy desk in 2018, and continued with copy editing and reporting through her four years.
She was also a Thompson Family Scholar, and took part in various student organizations that contributed to her passion for bridging the cultural gap between marginalized communities. Between fall 2022 to 2023, Rosiland pursued volunteer opportunities in Thailand and Mexico, and she interned as a Communications, Marketing and Social Media Specialist for United Aviate Academy in Goodyear, Ariz.
As Rosiland didn’t anticipate returning to a newsroom, she’s excited to start back at The Blade’s newsroom and have the opportunity to grow and do what she loves.
Top 10 biggest style mistakes
News Editor Alicia Gruver will be providing regular Style Snapshots for us so we can better adhere to our style. To get things started, we are pointing out what we’re calling the Top 10 biggest style mistakes.
1) We use the Oxford comma. (Ex. red, white, and blue.)
2) We say news conference, not press conference.
3) When we refer to days within the week, we use the day, not the date.
4) Protesters and advisers are spelled with an “e” and not an “o” at the end.
5) There is a comma between months and years (Ex. January, 2022).
6) Use periods when abbreviating legislative bills. (Ex. H.B. 51.)
7) Jr. and Sr. get commas around them. (Ex. Martin Luther King, Jr.,…)
8) We use single quotes in cutlines.
9) Numbers are used with percentages, and we spell out the word “percent.” (Ex. 1 percent.)
10) Health care is two words and is hyphenated if used as a modifier to another word (Ex. health-care workers.)
