Jumaane Millette

It’s been a long time. My time at The Ticker began in fall 2022. Truth be told, I filled out an application for copy editing and photography because I was bored. I had a four-hour gap on two days and a three-hour gap on two other days. A bored freshman wouldn’t have anticipated the impact such a decision would have on his career in art and marketing, as well as his entire life. It’s not like I hadn’t done journalism before. A class from high school may have been the pull toward The Ticker.

Jumaane Millette Jobs in Journalism is The Ticker’s latest column about the various fields spanning journalism, media and literature. Stay tuned every week Knowledge of journalistic processes can go further than reporting and commenting on current events. Public relations specialists work to maintain a positive public image of their company through earned and owned media. The role often involves communication with the public and external media organizations.

February 9, 2026 Scientists from New England Biolabs and Yale University have developed a new method to fight bacterial infections that are highly resistant to antibiotics. They used bacteriophages, which are viruses that specifically target bacteria. Although these viruses have been used for more than a century to combat bacterial infections, researchers have recently made a breakthrough that enables quicker and safer synthesis of infection-controlling bacteriophages.