Our members’ expertise ranges from writing to research to videography to editing, covering many aspects of the communication professional realm.
Below, meet some of our members who are willing field questions, chat about careers, exchange leads to jobs or training, or simply have a coffee chat about work. As you’ll see, many of the members also are looking for suggestions and pointers themselves, as we never stop learning — especially from one another!
Gena Asher
I spent half my career as a reporter at the (Bloomington, Ind.) Herald-Times, covering business, news and enterprise stories. The other half was at Indiana University’s School of Journalism, now The Media School, where I was digital content manager, overseeing websites and the school’s social media platforms. (Read more.)
Marion Garmel
I decided to become a reporter a long time ago when, as a kid in El Paso, Texas, I visited my hometown police station because I wanted to be a police woman. A reporter there wrote a story about me. A week later, he was injured covering a fire. I visited him in the hospital and decided that being a reporter was more important. I was in high school. (Read more.)
Natalie Hoefer
I started freelancing for newspapers in 1998. I was hired as a reporter for The Criterion, the newspaper for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis (covering 39 counties in central and southern Indiana) in 2013, and joined WPCI via the Louise Eleanor Ross Kleinhenz scholarship in 2014. I have served the organization as temporary secretary and am currently president. (Read more.)
Julie McGue
Julie Ryan McGue is an identical twin and an adoptee. Her writing centers on finding out who you really are, where you belong and making sense of it. In May 2021, Julie’s debut memoir, “Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging,” was released. It immediately became a No. 1 New Release in Family and Personal Growth on Amazon. (Read more.)
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