The FREE PRESS Adviser Bonny Rodden will resign this year after four years working with the newspaper. She will stay on until the last paper of the semester is finished in April. Her replacement will be chosen by the beginning of August.
The adviser serves as a guide to the staff at The FREE PRESS. The adviser is not directly involved in the production of the newspaper but supports the editors and writers during production as a voice of experience and criticizes the papers after they come back from the press. The adviser also provides contacts to experts in the field and helps staffers find internships at professional newspapers.
Rodden has 12 years of experience working at news organizations on the east coast, primarily as a reporter. She has worked for the Associated Press and The Philadelphia Daily News, among others.
Rodden does not describe her resignation as a retirement. “I’m going to give myself some time to be with my four-year old son,” she said. “I might go into teaching, that’s the part I really love about my job,” she said.
She will be replaced before August this year. The hiring process begins in June and will be overseen by a committee composed of people from The FREE PRESS, University administration, and other groups affiliated with the position.