writing – whitney dawn carlson.

lansing state journal.

I was a Digital Producer for the Lansing State Journal from 2017-2018. My role included managing the website, social media, and analytics, as well as writing stories on the fly, copy editing digital and proofing print pages, and creating multimedia content like photo galleries and videos. Here are a few stories I wrote for theContinue reading “lansing state journal.”

the chicago tribune.

I only had one article byline at the Tribune, but I’m really proud of this personal essay. I experienced some horrible online trolling for simply talking about STIs. And once I opened up about having herpes, I was called awful names and told to kill myself. I refuse to let negativity control my life, so I wroteContinue reading “the chicago tribune.”