Meet Nick Thomas
Nick is The Blade's fall photo intern. Originally from southern New Jersey, he is a recent graduate from Penn State with a degree in visual communications journalism. He worked at Penn State's student run newspaper, The Daily Collegian, and was a part-time photographer at The Centre Daily Times in State College, Pa. (home of Penn State).
Authors! Authors! tickets
We still have free tickets available for the last two Authors! Authors! events for this fall. Politcal pundits Tucker Carlson and James Carville appear on Oct. 26 and Bill Nye "The Science Guy" is coming Nov. 17. Please see Kurt if you want tickets.
Meet Zack Lemon
Zack is a new general assignment reporter. Originally from the Cleveland area, Zack worked for the Mansfield News Journal before joining The Blade. He is a 2016 graduate of Ashland University with a degree in digital media journalism and political science.
September birthdays 2016
Six newsroom employees celebrate birthdays in September. Happy birthday to all.
Linkhorn, Balog, Zapotosky win August Eddys
The News Eddy goes to Tyrel Linkhorn, Alicia Balog receives the Desk Eddy. and Dave Zapotosky captures the Visual Eddy. Nominations for the September Eddy Awards can be made at any time, but must be submitted to Luann by noon Friday, Sept. 30.
Message from Blade president Bill Southern
Bill Southern, The Blade's new president and general manager, announces some leadership changes. They include controller Steve Dolley becoming director of Finance and Information Technology and addition responsibilities for Luann Sharp, Isabel Sloan and Mike Merem
Free tickets for UT football games
The free tickets are for home games. The seats are in Section 6, Row TT. Please see Kurt for tickets.