To learn more about me or contact me about professional opportunities or collaboration, please reach out to me at andrew.kennard@drake.edu. I am currently working as News Editor of Drake University’s student newspaper, The Times-Delphic. I post regularly in a blog series titled On Our News for my reporters and Times-Delphic readers. I also regularly create content for Drake Environmental Action League’s social media.                                                                                                                             

Education

Drake University– Class of 2024 

Majors: Multimedia Journalism and Writing. Minor: Spanish.

Cumulative GPA 3.98, School of Journalism GPA of 4.0; Dean’s List Fall 2020; President’s List Spring 2020

West De Pere High School– Class of 2020

Cumulative weighted GPA of 4.3; National Honor Society member

Experience

Native News Online — Reporting Intern

JUNE 2021 – AUG 2021

• Reported on a variety of current issues and topics in Indian Country, including:

• The barriers between Native Hawaiians and homeownership
  • Interior Sec. Haaland announces federal boarding school investigation
  • The story of residential school survivor Eddy Charlie
  • The Assembly of First Nations’ National Chief Elections
  • Native Gro offers a ‘one-stop-shop’ to tribes entering the cannabis industry
  • An intertribal policy summit about the Snake River dams 
  • Obituary of renowned Native American spiritual leader Chief Leonard Crow Dog

• Pitched three stories each week, which often turned into stories for NNO
• Some of my stories were also published to Yahoo News
• Collaborated with other members of NNO’s reporting team

 

The Times-Delphic — News Editor

AUGUST 2021 – PRESENT; Staff Writer from SEPTEMBER 2020 – MAY 2021

• Send out a weekly budget of stories, work with writers, and edit all stories for the News section
• Write detailed, factual articles on various relevant topics for a student-produced weekly newspaper 
• My article about the Drake community’s response to COVID-19 made the front page of the 2021 Relays Edition

Leadership and Service

• 2021 Drake Environmental Action League Communications Chair 
  • Responsible for social media content creation, event communication, and planning
• 2020-2021 Environmental Chair for the Carpenter Residence Hall Executive Council
  • Responsible for organizing environmental initiatives and helping with general planning
• Donald V. Adams Leadership Institute: Spring 2021-Present
  • Strengthening my leadership and self-management skills with other student leaders
• Boy Scouts: 2013-2020; Attained the rank of Eagle
  • Completed my Eagle Project, a wheelchair-accessible Ga-Ga Ball pit for Syble Hopp School
  • Held several leadership positions in my troop, including Senior Patrol Leader; currently an adult volunteer
• Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary volunteer: July 2021
• De Pere Christian Outreach thrift store volunteer: July and November 2020
• Spring Lake Students’ Student Leadership Team: September 2018 – August 2020