Podcasts Culture Persons of Interest Michelle Van Dorn

Michelle Van Dorn

Published: March 21, 2019, 1:02 a.m.

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Michelle Van Dorn earned her bachelor\'s degree in print and electronic media from Wartburg College in 1998. After graduation, she started at The Courier in Waterloo, Iowa, as a copy editor. Eventually, she took over as the newspaper\'s first online editor. Van Dorn was part of the team that helped The Courier win national and state awards. Her help in covering the trial of Mark Becker earned the Associated Press Managing Editors Association Online Convergence Award and the Iowa Newspapers Award for online coverage. Lee Enterprises also awarded the team a corporate-wide award for excellence in news.
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In March 2010, she was hired as the executive editor of SFO Magazine, an online financial publication. She has continued to coach middle school track since 1999. She is also a member of the Hawkeye Community College\'s Digital Mass Media Education Advisory Committee.
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Michelle also received the Panther of the Year award in 2017-18, which goes to an outstanding staff member in the department.

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Follow Michelle on Twitter: @MichelleVanDorn
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