The Quinnipiac Chronicle
2008-2010 Portfolio
2008-2010 Portfolio
As a freshman, I was hired as the Managing Editor of The Quinnipiac Chronicle. Each week, I worked with the staff to edit and layout a 16 page publication. The following pieces are examples of my work on the newspaper -- including a front page article, front page design and photography, and an opinion piece. During my junior year, I served as the Publisher & General Manager. I was responsible for the overall production and business aspects of the newspaper. I designed Media Kits to send out to potential advertisers, designed the staff t-shirts and spearheaded a committee to revise the organization's constitution.
According to the Vice President, passing the health care reform bill was a big f***ing deal. Apparently this article was kind of a big deal too. It was featured on the website The Daily What on March 24th 2010. It also received great feedback on campus by students because it spelled out how the reform would specifically affect college students.
For a preview and link to the complete article, please see below.
For a preview and link to the complete article, please see below.
All you need to know about Obama’s package
Tara McMahon, Managing Editor
President Barack Obama called it a “patient’s bill of rights on steroids.” House Majority Whip James Clyburn referred to it as “the Civil Rights Act of the 21st century.” Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation has labeled it the modern day “Intolerable Acts.”
Call it what you may, the Health Care Reform bill was passed by the House on Sunday and signed by President Obama on Tuesday. But what does this mean for college students? Just last week, Obama spoke at George Mason University in Washington, D.C., where he outlined the bill and how it will affect everyday people.
“Since you’ve been hearing a whole bunch of nonsense, let’s just be clear on what exactly the proposal that they’re going to vote on in a couple of days will do,” Obama said. The first aspect of the legislation is what Obama referred to as “the toughest insurance reforms in history.”
Thousands of uninsured Americans with preexisting conditions will be able to purchase health care. Insurance companies will be banned from denying coverage to children with preexisting conditions. Insurance companies will no longer be able to drop someone’s coverage when they get sick.
“And they’ve been spending a lot of time weeding out people who are sick so that don’t have to pay the benefits that people have already paid for,” Obama said. “Those practices will end.”
Last weekend, members of the QU Democrats visited Capitol Hill to watch the health care debates prior to the vote. President of the QU Democrats Mark Bouchard believes that the current health care system is plagued with increasing costs, reduced coverage and negligence toward those with preexisting conditions.
“I was appalled to see that so many people were protesting against health care reform and were so blindly adamant to uphold the status quo,” Bouchard said.
for the complete story, please check out QUChronicle.com
Tara McMahon, Managing Editor
President Barack Obama called it a “patient’s bill of rights on steroids.” House Majority Whip James Clyburn referred to it as “the Civil Rights Act of the 21st century.” Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation has labeled it the modern day “Intolerable Acts.”
Call it what you may, the Health Care Reform bill was passed by the House on Sunday and signed by President Obama on Tuesday. But what does this mean for college students? Just last week, Obama spoke at George Mason University in Washington, D.C., where he outlined the bill and how it will affect everyday people.
“Since you’ve been hearing a whole bunch of nonsense, let’s just be clear on what exactly the proposal that they’re going to vote on in a couple of days will do,” Obama said. The first aspect of the legislation is what Obama referred to as “the toughest insurance reforms in history.”
Thousands of uninsured Americans with preexisting conditions will be able to purchase health care. Insurance companies will be banned from denying coverage to children with preexisting conditions. Insurance companies will no longer be able to drop someone’s coverage when they get sick.
“And they’ve been spending a lot of time weeding out people who are sick so that don’t have to pay the benefits that people have already paid for,” Obama said. “Those practices will end.”
Last weekend, members of the QU Democrats visited Capitol Hill to watch the health care debates prior to the vote. President of the QU Democrats Mark Bouchard believes that the current health care system is plagued with increasing costs, reduced coverage and negligence toward those with preexisting conditions.
“I was appalled to see that so many people were protesting against health care reform and were so blindly adamant to uphold the status quo,” Bouchard said.
for the complete story, please check out QUChronicle.com
This opinion piece was published on the day of President Obama's First State of the Union speech. It ranked #3 on google news under the "Obama" search.
for the complete piece, please check out QUChronicle.com
for the complete piece, please check out QUChronicle.com
logo design for staff t-shirts
