About Mandy
I am currently an online editor of varying titles for Cincinnati.Com, a portal for the Cincinnati Enquirer, Kentucky Enquirer and several other online and print products. I oversee the content on the front page of Cincinnati.Com, drawing on those good-old-fashioned news judgment skills that everyone says don’t matter anymore. I also plan out the social media strategy for the newspaper, help create new digital products and train newsroom staff in social media and blogging.
All of my views expressed here, of course, have nothing to do with my news organization – just telling you so you know a little bit about my everyday experience in new media issues.
This is me
I could go into all of my professional work before this point, but instead I’ll just refer you to my resumé for the gritty details of my professional career so far.
Unlike most of the other deep thinkers in my field, I did not go to Northwestern. I proudly received my BS in journalism at Kent State University, which I liked so much that I stuck around to get a Master’s in media management two years later. I was lucky enough to be put through grad school on a fellowship with WKSU (NPR), where I really caught the online bug and starting filling my brain with multimedia skills. If I hadn’t stayed in school, I’d probably still be trying to get a job as a reporter.
Today, I’m living in Cincinnati with my husband, Ben Fischer, and our cats Jerome and Calamity. Ben covers Cincinnati Public Schools for the Enquirer which means that, yes, he’s also my co-worker.
It’s laughable to call what I do in my free time “hobbies” – as I spend most of it on the computer, watching TV or hanging out at bars. I suppose I actually do some cooking and working out too…that probably sounds a lot more professional to say, right?
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