The
Norwalk, CT native grew up in a small suburban city outside of New York. Home
to about 90,000 people, when it came time to apply to colleges, Moritz knew
that he wanted to be surrounded by the hustle and bustle of the city. Beyond
that, Moritz was certain of his major: journalism, a department of Temple
University that is very well known.
“I knew I wanted to do
journalism. So basically so junior year, I made a list of all the schools that
had good communications, and Miami and Temple were the only two left. I heard back
from Temple within 15 days and it took Miami 3 months. By that point, I knew
that I was going to Temple.”
Since beginning his time at
Temple, Moritz has taken an active role in writing for The Temple News, the
University’s school newspaper. “I write once a week, once every other week. I’m
a news editor, so I cover whatever needs to be cover, usually bigger issues.”
In fact, Moritz has recently become involved
with “Visualize Temple,” a section of the school paper that is responsible for
keeping the university students and community up to date with future plans and
design elements of the campus.
Beyond
graduation in May 2015, Moritz plans on continuing his journalism career in the
hopes of working for a local paper closer to where he grew up. “I want to be a
reporter for Newsday in Long Island, it’s close to home. It’s a fairly large
paper but it’s not a giant paper, which I like.”
Between
Moritz’s passion for his major and the career building opportunities Temple has
supplied him with so far, only time will tell where this promising budding journalist
will make his mark in the future.
By Caitlin Cowan
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