ASHLEIGH WILSON
MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST
Writing Samples
A1
The entire state of North Carolina is currently under quarantine thanks to a troublesome betle, the emerald ash borer.
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service (NCDA&CS) announced the statewide quarantine last Thursday...
N.C. Under Quarantine
September 2015
After several weeks of deliberating, the decision has been made.
Last evening, the world turned in to hear the final decision of whether the grand jury would indict Police Officer Darren Wilson.
No Charges, No Indictment
November 2014
Honors education, an outlet for high achievers that fosters leadership development, creative expression, and critical thinking, has been criticized for catering only to student who are the "cream of the crop."
N.C. A&T mourns the loss of another fallen Aggie, Dorian Tawan Edwards.
In an email sent by University Communications to A&T students, it revealed that 19-year-old Edwards, a sophomore chemical engineering student, died early on Sunday, Oct. 19, from a shooting that took place at a party.
A&T Student Killed At Party
October 2014
Honors For Sale
March 2014
Turning Point
November 2013
Media Coverage
November 2013
In November, Bob Butler, NABJ president, and Dedrick Russell, NABJ's vice president for broadcast, joined journalists and public relations professionals at North Carolina A&T State University to examine media coverage of civil and human rights in 2013.
Do journalists, particulary black journalists, sometimes fail to distinguish the lines between objective reporter and active participant?
That question and others were recently examined during a town hall summit, "Media Coverage of Civil and Human Rights in 2013: Unfiltered and Unbiased?"