Happy birthday, Rachel Matthews
Here’s wishing a very happy VizEds birthday to my friend and former intern Rachel Matthews. Rachel turns 24 today.
Rachel was my intern for my first summer here at The Virginian-Pilot, 2004. We were both on the rebound. The intern I was after — a student at the University of Missouri — went instead to a larger paper. Meanwhile, Rachel — also a Mizzou student — had been promised an internship by a large publishing firm in New York City, but at the last minute, the firm canceled the internship.
Rachel’s professor — Missouri’s brilliant Daryl Moen — perhaps found it easy to match us up.
Rachel not only did wonderful work for us that summer, she also took great care of me. I wasn’t in good health at the time — my blood-sugar levels were all out of whack. Rachel was very kind to keep an eye on me, making sure I didn’t skip lunch and watching out when I got dizzy or lightheaded. Later, of course, my doctor upped my medications, which fixed me right up. But I wouldn’t have made it though that summer without my loyal intern.
The next summer, I was delighted to discover she signed on for an internship with my old pal Michael Dabrowa of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
A few samples of her print work from The Missourian, the Pilot and the AJC:
Download her print portfolio here.
After she graduated from Missouri, Rachel finally moved to New York, where she pursued a master’s degree in art from the prestigious Pratt Institute. She graduated from Pratt last December, moved back home to Raleigh and has been free-lancing this spring.
A few samples from Rachel’s years at Pratt:
The one of the left is her graduate thesis exploring the future of album artwork for the iPod generation. Very interesting.
Find Rachel’s personal portfolio here.
Rachel is currently looking for work. She’d really like to find a design or public relations position with a nonprofit. Luckily for us, “nonprofit” pretty much describes most newspapers these days. Heh.
Seriously, though, she’s a wonderful designer — as you can see. But her writing skills are fabulous, as well. if you know anything about nonprofits or have positions open, please give Rachel a call. She certainly has my stamp of approval. Find her resumé here.
Rachel shares a birthday with Ryan Ford of The Detroit Free Press, actors Noah Wylie, Angelina Jolie, Bruce Dern and Dennis Weaver, sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, singer Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas, King George III of England and Greek philosopher Socrates.
Plus, today is Old Maid’s Day. Seriously.
Best wishes for a very happy birthday, Rachel! Good luck with the job hunt!
June 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Happy B-Day Rachel!