What's Inside the January issue?

Here is the link to the write up I did on Velo's annual awards issue.

Final few weeks...

After a nice Thanksgiving break, I am back in the office this week.

I handed over my interview and information to my editor on Yannick, a story I was working on for awhile. I was headed back to Connecticut and unfortunately, Yannick was out of town racing and we were unable to meet before I left. My managing editor wrote up a nice piece on him, which includes some information that I gathered from our interview. His piece is here.

I am doing a write up for the web on "What's Inside the January Issue?" now and brainstorming some more ideas for my last few weeks at my internship. It has been a great experience and I am sad it is ending soon.

Awards Issue

Yesterday I started working on a story on a young cyclist named Yannick Eckmann. I interviewed him several weeks ago, but I had a priority story on a female cyclist, and then pitched a story idea on another female cyclist that I worked on for a few days. After writing up the story on Yannick I realized that I need to meet up or contact him again to get some more information. New race results and ideas have surfaced that could make the story more compelling, so I am eager to learn more about him and try to incorporate that into a better written piece. I have written one piece for the Awards Issue (magazine) on a female cyclist (I won't give it away yet!) and I am really happy with how that turned out. The Awards Issue is developing well and I think it will be a great closure to the crazy year cycling has had.

What's Inside the December Issue?

Here is the link to the "What's inside the December Issue?" write up I did. I think I did a better job than the past two months on this one, so I am happy with the progress I have made. These write ups have been examples of pieces that I don't necessarily enjoy writing, but they are important contributions to the website to promote the magazine. I think exercises like these are important to do regularly, and they make you appreciate the assignments that you love even more.

Link to "What's Inside the November issue?" piece

I have been writing articles for the web to promote our magazine at VeloNews. Here is the one I wrote for November. Unfortunately I haven't been extremely successful at these, and I spoke to my editor about how to change my style and approach for these pieces. I have been giving away too much to the reader about what is in the magazine instead of luring them to want to buy it. I am learning new things everyday and am happy to take on the challenge. I am also glad that my editor has pointed out areas I can improve so I can contribute to the best of my ability to the company.