L#14: Ashley Day ('09)

"Hot off the Press!  Extra!  Extra! Read all about it! We gotta fresh copy of the Babbler here!"  Ashley Day was the Chief Editor of The Babbler, the Lipscomb student-campus newspaper, for two years.  Did you know the Babbler at times had some controversial articles that were pulled off the student center news stands? After college, she went on to work for publications like Good Housekeeping, Field & Stream and USA Today, where she was a food & travel editor specializing in fine dining experiences in New York City & Las Vegas.  These days content director for one of the premiere culinary institutions in the country, The Institute of Culinary Education, and the U.S. editor for Chef & Restaurant magazine. We're going to talk about a range of topics like: Disney World, working at Chili's, rowing crew, Pi Delta, Travel Abroad programs, the hustle & grind of NYC journalism, covering major news stories like The BP Oil Spill & The Boston Marathon Bombing, "Fake News" & "Big Media" and the future of print journalism!