Vashti Reed
InternVashti Reed is a digital intern at WGLT, focusing on video reporting.
Vashti is a junior at Illinois State University, majoring in journalism. She is very involved on her campus, currently anchoring for ISU's TV-10, secretary for a sexual assault awareness organization on campus, social media coordinator for Strut modeling alliance, and a Fall 2024 inductee into the Women of Enlightenment chapter of the National Association of Colored Women's clubs Incorporated.
Vashti is from the south side of Chicago. After college, she hopes to attend graduate school out of state to obtain her master's degree, and from there find a career in broadcasting and/or social media management.
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The Town of Normal and ISU agreed on several temporary safety measures, including the closure of a small stretch of School Street near the Hewitt-Manchester dorms. WGLT asked students passing through what they think of the changes. -
WGLT visited a recent Prairieland Punishers roller derby practice as they prepared for their double-header bouts Saturday at the Interstate Center in Bloomington. -
Panelists came together Thursday in Normal to share their stories and talk about the psychological impacts of adjusting from being incarcerated to getting back to everyday life.
