Rising Star: Melissa Turqman
For Melissa Turqman, age is only a number. At 27 years old, she is already a Vice President of Digital Advertising at Modern Luxury.
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Rising Star: Adam Harris
Rising Star winner Adam Harris is the staff writer at The Atlantic, covering education. He had a winding path to journalism. He always knew he wanted to do something he found important and necessary. “I was always interested in telling stories,” he says.
Rising Star: Georgi Kantchev
Rising Star Georgi Kantchev’s career has spanned the dawn of the social media age. When he was first published, people were only beginning to talk about how important digital was. “It’s a competition for eyeballs in the end,” he says.
Rising Star: Deborah Swearingen
Rising Star Deborah Swearingen has always loved to write. She’s a curious person who describes herself as “interested in people and in learning about people,” so it makes sense she found her way to journalism. In her current role at Evergreen Newspapers she has the chance to do just that.
5 Answers with Rising Star Haowei Qin, Data Scientist, USA TODAY Network
Since he joined USA TODAY Network in 2016, Haowei Qin has fueled growth by changing how the company views and leverages data from a strategic and operational perspective.
Rising Star: Dorothy Edwards
Dorothy is a photographer for the Naples Daily News, part of the USA TODAY network. She started in 2015 after graduating from Western Kentucky University. She’d been interested in photography in high school and took portraits of her friends.
Rising Star: Bridget Lane
Rising Star Bridget Lane supports real news from behind the scenes – and behind a screen. As a computer software developer at USA TODAY Network, she supports over 140 websites across the United States.
Rising Star: Adina Solomon
Rising Star Adina Soloman has written for the Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, and many more. She shares what it’s like to balance life as a freelancer and how she became involved in the death industry.