Hillary Copsey - Summer 2002

Hillary Copsey, an Ohio University senior news-editing major, comes to the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire after three years writing for The Post, a daily, student-run newspaper in Athens, Ohio.


Copsey’s experience as a campus staff writer and editor and a senior city writer has allowed her to sharpen reporting and writing skills she only talked about in her classes at Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. During her three years with The Post, she has covered deaths, crimes and countless meetings.


The Ashland Times-Gazette, a daily paper near her home, gave Copsey reporting experience during the summer of 2000. She wrote about high gas prices, council meetings, reunited sisters and the man who made mandolins for Barbara Mandrell’s band.


One of the best experiences of Copsey’s life, though not journalism related, gave her career a direction. After spending 10 weeks studying Spanish on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Copsey decided to try international reporting. She will take foreign correspondence classes at Ohio University next year and apply for an international internship following her graduation.


Outside of her career-related experience, Copsey is a member of Phi Mu, the nation’s second-oldest sorority. It is her third year as a chapter officer and her second term the Delta Delta chapter recruitment chairwoman, a position that has taught her a great deal about human relations.

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