{"id":359753,"date":"2026-09-29T13:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/359753\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T13:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:36:07","slug":"wsu-student-journalist-picked-for-new-york-times-mentorship-program-wsu-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/359753\/","title":{"rendered":"WSU student journalist picked for New York Times mentorship program | WSU Insider"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lucille Stutesman, editor-in-chief of the student newspaper The Daily Evergreen<\/a>, is the first Washington State University student selected for The New York Times Corps, a mentorship program that pairs aspiring journalists with world-class reporters and editors.<\/p>\n

As one of 21 students selected this year<\/a>, Stutesman will receive career guidance from Sharon Chan, deputy editor of Cultures and Careers at the New York Times.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in disbelief. I thought they had the wrong person,\u201d Stutesman recalled.<\/p>\n

Upon confirming that paper had indeed selected her for the program, Stutesman excitedly shared the news with her mom. She otherwise had to keep the news under wraps for weeks until the Times made its formal announcement earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Stutesman\u2019s journey to journalism began in high school with a suggestion from her English teacher to get involved with the school newspaper. Having regularly watched the evening news with her dad, Stutesman always did her best to stay informed about current events.<\/p>\n

While she and her family moved often growing up, Stutesman said Washington always felt like home. After graduating high school in New York, she enrolled in the journalism program at WSU. Within two weeks of arriving in Pullman, she\u2019d joined the Daily Evergreen as a staff reporter.<\/p>\n

Stutesman quickly rose up from reporter to news editor, taking a break this past spring for an internship in Olympia with The Spokesman Review. Her time with the Spokesman included breaking news about an influx in patients from Idaho seeking cheaper medical \u201ccharity\u201d care<\/a> across the border in Washington.<\/p>\n

\u201cLucy\u2019s talent is impressive, and her energy inspirational, both for other students and WSU staff,\u201d said Richard Miller, director of the Office of Student Media. \u201cI feel privileged to be assisting her and her Evergreen team.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued. \u201cThe fact she chose WSU is a real tribute to our journalism program. She\u2019ll definitely be keeping Murrow professors on their toes.\u201d<\/p>\n

While she\u2019d known about the mentorship program offered by The New York Times for a couple years, it wasn\u2019t until earlier this year that Stutesman remembered to apply. She\u2019s eager to learn from Chan while serving in a leadership role with The Daily Evergreen and considering her post-graduation plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve really liked covering everything I\u2019ve covered so far \u2013 particularly transportation and government \u2013 but I\u2019m too indecisive to pick just one beat.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucille Stutesman, editor-in-chief of the student newspaper The Daily Evergreen, is the first Washington State University student selected…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-359753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}