Member Spotlight: Dinanda Pramesti

This week's member spotlight is Dinanda Pramesti. Dinanda is a junior Communication student with a concentration in Journalism and a minor in Global Affairs from Falls Church, VA.


Q: When did you join SPJ?

A: "I joined during the Fall of 2016 semester."

Q: What do you love the most about SPJ/being involved in student media?

A: "What I like the most about being in SPJ is that we get to connect and talk to Journalism professionals and those that have been through what we are doing right now. I also like that we get to make new friends in SPJ and in student media in general."

Q: What other organizations are you a part of?

A: "I'm a part of the Muslim Student Association."

Q: Have you had any internships or any cool opportunities?

A: "I interned at Voice of America last summer for the East Asian Service. We covered news stories about East Asia."

Q: What are some career goals/ aspirations that you have for yourself?

A: "I want to become a good journalist. I want to report on stories that are not typically reported on, like helping out the minority community. I want to be able to report on stories that affect the minority communities. I would love to work for MIC or Mashable."

Q: Any fun facts about yourself?

A: "I can make my tongue into a three leaf clover."

Flash Questions:

Pizza or Sushi: Pizza
Broadcast Journalism or Print: Both
Radio or TV: TV
Video or Photography: Video
Rain or Snow: Rain
Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks: Starbucks 

If you could only speak one language for the rest of your life, what would it be? I love French. I think it is so pretty.

Thank you to Dinanda for being this week's member spotlight. See you all on Tuesday for our weekly meeting.

Signing off,
GMU SPJ

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