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Cassandra L. Benz
University of Illinois
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Cassandra is a first year Master's student majoring in agricultural education. Her career goal is to become an equine educator by teaching in the classroom and publishing research. She intends to focus her research on how being involved in the equine industry benefits individuals first on an academic level and later in the work force. It is her intent that this research will help bring more government funding to equine riding programs and the research of equine science. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. degree in Animal Science, competes in horse shows, participates in riding clinics, and instructs riding lessons.
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Emily Wellstood Clarke
State University of New York at Cobleskill
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379 Ridge Road
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Emily is a junior majoring in Animal Science with an Equine Journalism minor. Her goal is to obtain a position in the equine publishing field. She hopes to learn all aspects of publishing including research, editing, and writing. In addition, she hopes to utilize her graphic design skills by designing logos, page layouts, and advertisements. She has been published in the following publications, The Coby Cadet and Country Folks, and has several articles pending in Alumni Magazine.
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Nadja Fischer
Van Hall Larenstein
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Marijkeweg 26 - 3B14
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Nadja is German, studying Equine Leisure and Sports in the Netherlands. After graduating in 2009, she hopes to work in the United States. Her interests are in equine scientific journalism. She would like to make newest scientific research and findings more known as well as tangible and applicable for everyone involved in horses. Currently, she is part of a group starting a magazine for equine students in the Netherlands, Germany and possibly other countries in western Europe. She started riding English as a child but switched to western about five years ago. She has experience riding her own horses as well as riding for a trainer. At the moment, she doesn't own a horse to focus on her schooling with plans to do part of her studies as well as an internship and her thesis abroad.
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Renee K. Frantum
Eastern Kentucky University
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109 High Street
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Renée is currently pursuing graduate studies at Eastern Kentucky University. She is an equine photographer and freelance writer whose work has appeared in several equestrian magazines as well as national and regional magazines. She is the PR Assistant for the Asbury College Equine Center and webmaster for Equestrian Ministries International. Renée's written area of expertise includes human-interest features and profiles. Behind the camera, she focuses on a wide range of portraits and action.
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Katie Killmeyer
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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3527 Country Wood Drive
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Katie is a senior at Indiana University of Pennsylvania studying Journalism. In 2005, she obtained her associate degree in Equestrian Studies at The University of Findlay. As she wraps up her undergraduate career, she couldn't imagine a better career path than equine publishing. She is currently an intern in the communication department at the United States Pony Club headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky. She has learned plenty through this internship and had some work published. After graduation in December, she plans to apply to graduate school for professional writing and begin her search for equine/journalism jobs. She would love to find herself working for one of the many horse related magazines or perhaps make her way to an equine public relations group.
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Jessica La Belle
University of Alaska Anchorage
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5427 Wild Mountain Drive
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Jessica has been involved with horses for 11 years and during that time she has taken her Hanoverian gelding from Fourth Level dressage to bridleless riding. She started her Quarter Horse gelding herself and is currently preparing him for a dressage career. She is greatly interested in combining the training techniques of English and Western riding. It was through a local reining trainer that she became involved with Les Vogt’s COWHORSE U. She co-authored and edited the book portion of this program. She is currently majoring in English and working as a staff writer for the Alaska Horse Journal, but her goal is to be a part of the creative team of a national horse publication such as Dressage Today, Horse Illustrated or EQUUS.
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Nicole Lanphear
Western Washington University
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1014 23rd Street, Apt. 16
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Nicole is a journalism major at Western Washington University. At age 11, she began riding and a year later got her first horse. She competed in 4-H and performance shows including the Arabian show circuit. In 2004, she was selected as a Princess on the Clark County Fair Court and in August, she won the title of Miss Teen Rodeo Washington as well as Miss Congeniality, Horsemanship, Appearance and Personality awards. Nicole has been a reporter and news editor for the college newspaper and is currently the Editor-in-Chief. She also freelances for the Northwest Horse Source and Whatcom Magazine in Bellingham. Her goal is to continue to freelance and write for horse publications. Nicole is the 2007 AHP Student Award Winner.
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Rebecca Lippert
University of Louisville
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N64W33782 Lakeview Drive
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Rebecca is a freshman at the University of Louisville majoring in Communications with an emphasis on equine journalism. Her horse experience started at age 8 in 4H showing a borrowed horse and ended after four years showing her own horse in the POA circuit at all levels. She has four years of high school yearbook, including two as the senior editor. She enjoys writing poetry and has had several poems published. She hopes to combine her passion for horses with her education and experience in a career in equine publications as a writer, designer, and editor.
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Jessica Shea O'Daniel-Dudick
Oklahoma State University
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Jessica is a graduate student at Oklahoma State University pursuing her Masters degree in agricultural communications. She received her B.S. in equine business management from Southern Nazarene University. From 2006-2007, Jessica was staff writer and editorial assistant for the Pinto Horse Magazine. She currently works at Farm Progress, assisting the executive editor.
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Leslie Potter
University of Southern Maine
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Since her first riding lesson at age eight, Leslie has been passionate about horses. After graduating from high school, she chose to pursue a degree in Equestrian Science, and then went on to teach and manage a riding program in her home state. She paired her passion with horses with her interest in journalism when she worked as a horse show correspondent for two different equestrian periodicals. She enjoyed the experiences, but she knows there is much more to equine journalism than simply covering events. Last fall, she went back to school, this time to earn a Media Studies degree with the hope of working as a writer or editor at an industry magazine, serving the horse world that has done so much for her throughout her life.
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Catherine Rivard
Northwestern College
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MC#1452 Northwestern College 3003 Snelling Ave. N.
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Catherine is eager to explore equine publishing, specifically in editing and design. Her horse background includes involvement in 4-H for 10 years, working at a horse camp for four years, teaching English and western lessons, raising and retraining horses, and showing/training in saddleseat, gaited, hunter/jumper, and dressage, with experience in gaming, trail riding and western. As a homeschooler, much of her publishing experience came through 4-H where she served as a county-wide reporter, won state journalism and essay awards, and was published in the local newspaper. Additionally, she has won national awards for her essays and her art has been published nationally numerous times.
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Elizabeth Ryan
Rider University
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Elizabeth's career goal is to secure a position as an editor and contributing writer for an equine related publication. She has been involved with horseback riding since the age of five. She currently owns and competes with a Thoroughbred mare in the Adult Amateur Jumpers in C-through A-rated USEF hunter/jumper competitions. She has been a working student for her trainer since age 15. In addition, Elizabeth does freelance body clipping and schools young horses for another barn. She is a member of the Rider University Equestrian Team. She is currently pursuing a double major in English Writing and American Studies and completing the requirements for the Baccalaureate Honors Program. She is a member of the Editorial Committee for the college literary magazine and has poems and short stories published.
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Carly Silver
Weston High School
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Kaitlin Stewart
University of Oregon
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Kaitlin is a senior majoring in Journalism with an emphasis in public relations at the University of Oregon. She plans to use her degree to become a marketing and public relations specialist in the horse publishing industry. She is currently an Account Executive and Web Site Coordinator for Allen Hall Public Relations. She also worked as a marketing intern for CJ Hurley Century Arts, a custom interior and fine art studio in Portland. She has been riding horses since she was five years old. She fell in love with horses when she first discovered what a horse was. She loves jumping and still rides in Oregon and California.
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Annamaria Tadlock
Southwestern Oregon Community College
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Annamaria, a college sophomore, has been riding and training horses most of her life. She started UltimateHorseSite.com at the age of 13 and it has grown into one of the larger equine sites on the web. The site gives her the opportunity to learn about horses as well as improve her writing skills. She writes articles on horses for her web site as well as publishes other authors’ work. She currently barrel races and trains horses on her parent’s ranch in Oregon. She hopes to continue to grow and manage the Ultimate Horse Site and promote the horse industry on the internet.
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Caterina Tadlock
Southwestern Oregon Community College
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Caterina is a junior majoring in English. At her college, she writes and proofreads for the college newspaper. She has been published on an online horse web site. Her goal is to start working as a freelance writer in equine publishing and eventually start her own equine magazine.
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Bana K. Varnon
University of Texas at Austin
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Bana began working with The Texas Thoroughbred as an intern in 2007, and in the year since she's been there, she has learned more about horses and equine journalism than any class could have ever taught her. As a current employee, she attends and covers several races throughout the state and hopes to continue even after her May 2009 graduation. Prior to this internship, she worked at her hometown paper, The Vindicator, where she polished off her journalism skills as staff reporter. Also, she's contributed to UT's campus newspaper, The Daily Texan, and magazine, Burnt Orange. Bana is the 2008 AHP Student Award Winner.
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Rebecca Walton
James Madison University
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Katherine L. Wimberly
University of Florida
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Meredith M. Woods
University of Florida
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Meredith is working as a freelance journalist while completing her MA in Public Relations at the University of Florida. Currently, she is writing several stories for Florida Horse Publications. She has also written for HORSE Magazine (UK) and Florida Carriage Museum. Throughout her MA degree, her research focus has been public relations for agricultural, animal, and equestrian industries. Upon graduation, she hopes to gain more practical experience by working at a public relations agency. Eventually, she hopes to open her own consulting firm specializing in public relations and strategic communication services for agricultural, animal, and equestrian industries.
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Jessica Melanie Woodward
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Kandace York
Owen Community College
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