Two former BG News staffers, now a husband-wife team for Ohio's largest daily newspaper, will speak to students at the BGSU's Bowen-Thompson Student Union on Wednesday, March 21, in an event sponsored by the BG News Alumni Society.
Cleveland Plain Dealer veterans Michael K. McIntyre and Elizabeth (Kimes) McIntyre will talk about their careers, share job-seeking advice with students, and discuss the pros and cons of newsroom marriages from 3-5 p.m. at the Union's multi-purpose room. The event is open to the public. The McIntyres also will answer student questions and have dinner with BG News editors.
The BG News Alumni Society has sponsored events the past two years during the same time of year as part of BGSU's Communications Studies Week, but the event was canceled by the School of Communications Studies this year.
A native of Lakewood, Ohio, Michael is a 1987 graduate of BGSU with a B.S. in journalism. A former City Hall reporter for The Morning Journal in Lorain, he has worked at The Plain Dealer since 1990, covering a variety of news and feature writing beats. He currently writes Tipoff, a metro-front column of assorted political, crime and human-interest items "written with attitude," twice a week. He also writes Laugh Track, a weekly column on Cleveland's stand-up comedy scene in The Plain Dealer's Friday! Magazine.
A native of Youngstown, Elizabeth McIntyre is a 1989 graduate of BGSU with a B.S. in journalism. She began working at The Plain Dealer as a copy editor after a short stint at The Morning Journal in Lorain. At the P-D, she served as design/graphics editor, Sunday editor and assistant managing editor/features, before being named assistant managing editor/metro in October 2004. In that role, she is responsible for all local, regional and state news coverage.
The McIntyres met at The Morning Journal and were married after moving to The Plain Dealer. They live in Rocky River with their son, Aidan, age 9, and daughter, Maura, age 6.
