Edmund Meinhardt


Decrying cuts in federal student aid . This one showed up on nytimes.com via U-Wire. Feeling the chill. The nature of academic freedom. This won 7th place in the 2005 Hearst Journalism Awards. Our Apology. This ran on the front page of the Daily Egyptian when the Kodee Kennings hoax story broke. Kodee Kennings. The Daily Egyptian was duped in a hoax. This piece was part of a series that won the 2005 ICPA award for in-depth reporting. Carbondale Police chaplain helps people cope A feature on Rev. Bob Gray: police chaplain, fire chaplain, pastor, counselor. Campus clocks 'fall back' A feature on the task of resetting hundreds of clocks in one night, including two giant ones.	This site offers a selection of items from my portfolio. My intention is to eventually have links to my entire body of work. Unsigned editorials represent most of what you will find here, but there are news stories and some magazine items also. I wrote all of the unsigned editorials listed here unless otherwise indicated. Click on the headings at left to see more. Update: I have been accepted to the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois Springfield, which begins in August.	I am a journalist and technical writer with a background in information systems. I worked for several years as a software developer and a development team leader before returning to school to complete a degree in journalism. While attending Southern Illinois University Carbondale, I wrote numerous editorials and news stories for the school paper, the Daily Egyptian. I have also written for the Southern Health Magazine and still contribute to the Community Magazine Group.

Decrying cuts in federal student aid . This one showed up on nytimes.com via U-Wire.

Feeling the chill. The nature of academic freedom. This won 7th place in the 2005 Hearst Journalism Awards.

Our Apology. This ran on the front page of the Daily Egyptian when the Kodee Kennings hoax story broke.

Kodee Kennings. The Daily Egyptian was duped in a hoax. This piece was part of a series that won the 2005 ICPA award for in-depth reporting.

Carbondale Police chaplain helps people cope A feature on Rev. Bob Gray: police chaplain, fire chaplain, pastor, counselor.

Campus clocks 'fall back' A feature on the task of resetting hundreds of clocks in one night, including two giant ones.

This site offers a selection of items from my portfolio. My intention is to eventually have links to my entire body of work.

Unsigned editorials represent most of what you will find here, but there are news stories and some magazine items also. I wrote all of the unsigned editorials listed here unless otherwise indicated.

Click on the headings at left to see more.

Update: I have been accepted to the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois Springfield, which begins in August.

I am a journalist and technical writer with a background in information systems. I worked for several years as a software developer and a development team leader before returning to school to complete a degree in journalism. While attending Southern Illinois University Carbondale, I wrote numerous editorials and news stories for the school paper, the Daily Egyptian. I have also written for the Southern Health Magazine and still contribute to the Community Magazine Group.