Journalism — Hannah Elise Schultz

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— Hannah Schultz (biographical name): a Kentuckian, traveler, PhD student, hiker, environmentalist, and Great Pyrenees enthusiast

When despair grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting for their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

— Wendell Berry, The Peace of Wild Things

Posts in Journalism

Student to Professional Journalism: What changes?

I've been a student journalist at my university's newspaper, The Asbury Collegian, for four years now, from a staff writer freshman year, to the executive editor now in my senior year. However, during the summer of 2016, I got my first taste of professional journalism, and it was eye opening. I interned at my local weekly newspaper for eight weeks, essentially joining the team for the months I was there. Here are the lessons I learned about the difference between your university newspaper position and a community newspaper role

JournalismHannah SchultzApril 3, 2017Kentucky, Journalism, The Asbury CollegianComment

The Art of a Breaking News Story

Normally, student journalism doesn't allow for much excitement. We tend to cover the same events again and again here at Asbury: Holy Emphasis Week, homecomings, student government elections. I could list a dozen things we have covered with a slightly different angle during all four of my years at the Collegian.

But every once in awhile, something big happens in Wilmore or in connection to Asbury. We at the Collegian have a chance to go head to head with local news stations to scoop a story. When you get a whiff of these stories, you recognize them immediately. They make your blood sing and heart pound: here's our chance, your body seems to say as adrenaline floods your veins. Here is our chance to take the best angle, to nab the exclusive interview, to be read by thousands of eyes. It's intoxicating.

JournalismHannah SchultzFebruary 6, 2017Student newspaper, Journalism, Asbury Collegian, Asbury University, breaking, news, story, Newspaper, Wilmore, Asbury, social media, controversy Comments

What it's like to climb to the top [of a student publication]

I got the call on a rainy day shortly after returning from my semester abroad. I didn't recognize the number, and we were in the middle of a used Kia lot, car shopping for my brother. The "859" area code told me it wasn't a telemarketer, so I ducked into my dad's car to take the call.

"Hi, Hannah." At first I didn't recognize the slightly gravelly voice, but he continued without a reply from me. "Greg Bandy, here. I just wanted to be the first to congratulate you."

JournalismHannah SchultzJanuary 23, 2017Journalism, Executive editor, Asbury University, Asbury Collegian, Newspaper, Student newspaper, College Comment

Dec 31, 2023

Photography and Video, Life

A Year in Pictures: 2023

It was a year of travel to new and old places, the year I started my dissertation, the year I hiked eight miles and up volcanic sands while pregnant, the year we bought a wagon to take Argos on adventures again, and most importantly, the year that I become a mom.

Oct 21, 2023

Travel With Me: Maui & Big Island, Hawai'i (Days Eight, Nine, & Ten)

Our final day on Maui was much more relaxed (at least for me) than the previous. While Ryan went on a scuba diving excursion to the Lahaina Cathedrals (which was one of his favorite parts of the whole trip), I got a prenatal massage at the spa at the neighboring hotel to ours and read a book on the balcony. We then spent the rest of the day lounging in the pool and enjoying some farmer’s market soursop (a fruit I’ve only ever had in Hawai’i and am obsessed with).

Maui, Hawai'i (Day Seven): Road to Hana & Wai’anapanapa State Park

Oct 14, 2023

Nature, Travel

Maui, Hawai'i (Day Seven): Road to Hana & Wai’anapanapa State Park

By far one of the most famous activities to do on Maui is to drive the Road to Hana, a 64-mile stretch of highway along the coast, connecting Kahului to Hana. While the drive technically only takes three hours, what’s special about it is the number of roadside stops to see waterfalls, buy fresh banana bread, and take dips in the ocean. so plan on spending much more than a few hours on this excursion. While ideally you would stay the night in Hana to maximize your time for pit stops, it is possible to hit some of the highlights in a single day.

Adventures inSerendipity

— Hannah Schultz (biographical name): a Kentuckian, traveler, PhD student, hiker, environmentalist, and Great Pyrenees enthusiast

Adventures in
Serendipity