KAILYN RHONE

Multimedia Journalist

Kailyn Rhone was a Reuters intern this summer covering retail and consumer goods companies in the New York office. She is also a former intern of The Wall Street Journal covering careers and workplace trends. In her spare time, she is a freelance writer published in Teen Vogue, YR Media and more.

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A graduate student at New York University studying business and economic reporting from Fort Lauderdale, Florida with a love, passion, and drive for cultural storytelling to create change within her community. She previously graduated summa cum laude from Florida A&M University last spring with a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations.

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Inside of NYU's Business and Economic Reporting Program,

Rhone takes MBA courses in accounting, corporate finance and economics to learn more about the world of business journalism in hopes to further enhance her multimedia skills (videography and social media marketing). She aspires to use her master's degree to report on stories and issues that are immensely impactful to minorities and deeply significant to her heritage and culture from a business and digital lens.

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Rhone interned for Tampa Bay Times, Texas Tribune, and was an emerging reporting fellow for ProPublica. She also is a freelance writer who has been published in Teen Vogue, YR Media, and The Tallahassee Democrat. As a Black journalist, she wants to address unspoken issues surrounding minorities in part of creating change for future generations to come. Rhone is expected to graduate Fall 2023 with a Master of Arts in Business and Economic Reporting.

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