Hello readers!
Product of the 90s, daughter, sister, aunt, music enthusiast, Netflix viewer, coffee addict and yarn hoarder at your service. I’m the nerd who takes Shakespeare and classical mythology for fun and geeks out over documentaries. I’ve never met a vampire I didn’t fall in love with and have a very strong opinions on the gothic subculture. I have a varied interest in all things music, equal rights and literature. Also, I’m always open to podcast suggestions.
I am also a proud Wayne State University Warrior, graduating in December 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in English. I spent seven-and-a-half years roaming the streets of Midtown, Detroit as a student and found a new sense of pride watching the city’s revitalization. I had the opportunity to intern for Hour Media, primarily as an editorial intern for Hour Detroit, and had my writing featured in Hour Detroit, Metro Detroit Wedding and Health Guide. In my final semester at WSU, I served as an Editor-in-Chief of The Capstonian, our capstone class’s web-based project.
Since May 2018, I’ve worked for MediaNews Group as a paginator. To non-news industry comrades, I oversimplify my role as playing Tetris with articles, photos and graphics on newspaper pages. The more involved explanation is creating daily packages of news briefs from The Associated Press, rewriting news headlines to not only fit the limited space of the printed page but also to engage our readers’ attention and making sure the best possible product is sent to the printer by our daily deadline. InDesign is my domain and your daily dose of local, state, national and international news is my game.
This blog is meant to give readers a fun look at things through the eyes of a thirty-something small town girl armed with a Nikon camera, a Macbook and an AP Stylebook.
You can find me tweeting under @EmilyRidener, posting photos on Instagram under @ejridener and shooting emails under ejridener@gmail.com. For a dose of nerdy fun, you can also find my Instagram account dedicated to literary quotes here.
I also used to manage two other blogs in college which can be found here:
Emily J Ridener’s Photojournalism Blog
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