Eden Turner's Next Assignment: Education Reporter
Eden Turner, who has served as editor-in-chief for the Tiger’s Roar student newspaper since fall 2022, is graduating this week. Her new post, beginning in January 2024, is as education reporter for the Times-News newspaper in Twin Falls, Idaho.
“I’m very excited and I can’t wait,” said Turner. “This
is a big change for me.”
Raised in Mableton, Ga., Turner joined the Tiger’s
Roar in fall 2021 after starting at Savannah State the previous fall, having
earned 13 dual-enrollment credits in high school.
During her time at SSU she joined Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc. and the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. She also volunteered
as a writing fellow at Savannah’s Deep Center, a community-based non-profit
organization that seeks to empower young people through writing and art.
She also took an internship at the Savannah Morning
News in January 2022. She stayed 17 months working as a general assignment
reporter.
Turner found her motivation and drive in part through
seeing her fellow students thrive.
“I wanted to highlight the great things that other
students were doing and what was happening in the SSU community in general,”
she said. She used the Tiger’s Roar’s platform to that goal.
Looking back, she is thankful to Kareem McMichael,
online content manager for the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications.
“He has always been there for me as a mentor and he helped me push past my
boundaries.” She also remembers Dr. Vicki Brown, Dr. Juliana Trammel and the entire
department.
“If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be where I am
today,” she said.
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