Sheridan Hendrix
Verified
(She/Her)
As seen in:
The Columbus Dispatch,
MSN,
Yahoo Entertainment,
Yahoo Life,
USA Today,
Yahoo Canada,
Yahoo News,
Yahoo News UK,
Aol,
Yahoo Finance,
U.S. News and World Report
and
Covers:
Higher education in Ohio, focusing on Greater Columbus area colleges and universities as well as issues affecting college students
Doesn't Cover:
Topics that don't relate to higher education and issues that don't affect Ohioans
like the hotel but spelled different • @DispatchAlerts higher ed reporter • @Poynter-Koch alum • Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen • shendrix@dispatch.com 💌
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
John R. Oller Special Projects reporter for The Lantern, Ohio State's student-run newspaper.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Kit Kittredge and Kent Brockman
Why did you become a journalist?
I wanted to own a photography business but almost failed econ in high school, so I landed in journalism as the next best thing.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I was the Arts Editor of the Arlingtonian, my high school's news magazine. I took pictures and did all the layouts.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
A six-month project on college suicide rates and a two-part series on young adult cancer patients (both in my portfolio)
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Find a good mentor, always be working on something, go out and meet people (even if it's awkward)
When's the best time to pitch you?
Whenever you've got a good story for me.
What's your favorite drink?
Skim milk
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Driving around rural Eastern Ohio for stories, watching documentaries on my couch, or spending time with my friends at Bible study
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it's unimportant because I cover an area outside of where most of our readership lives.
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