Li Hubbard

Columbia Higher education reporter for @postandcourier Former publications: @virginianpilot @TheAlligator @fswcompass @FloridaWeekly 📷 Insta: li.hubbardd

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

Check out my article about USC's live mascot and the wild story of its name 🐔

[The Post and Courier @postandcourier]

USC finished buying the rights to its live mascot’s trademark name after a fight between handlers last summer put one of the nation’s largest college athletics departments in a bind for weeks.https://t.co/c1DcAiVufu

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

After returning, I left FL for Columbia, SC earlier this month to start my new postion @postandcourier reporting on @UofSC and higher ed - I’ll miss my home state with all my heart, but I’m excited to tackle great stories here

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

I have been Twitter inactive for a while - so here is my slew of exciting personal news:

In December I graduated from @UF with my Bachelors in women’s studies. I couldn’t be prouder of myself or more grateful for my wonderful department.

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

To celebrate, my family traveled up the Danube River in a trip of a lifetime. I turned 21 (finally) in Linz, Austria.

[Sean Kennedy 🗞 @SeanDKennedy]

Today we say goodbye to some of our summer interns: @BrighamNoble, @sclaire_perry, @HubbardLianna, @peek_maddy and @BillySchuerman! They did fantastic work this summer and you should give them a follow so you could say "you knew them when!"

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

Thank you to the editors that made my summer so successful @EditorReece @anobleDC @Denisewrites and the reporters who shared bylines with me @AliSullivan9 @laurengirgis

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

End-of-summer personal post☀️I spent this summer working @virginianpilot as the data reporting intern. I grew so much in my work with data and ability to navigate a new area of sources. Here’s some of what I did:

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

My largest project of the summer was a look at the first six months of homicides in Hampton Roads. We mapped each homicide for the year and then set out finding the human stories behind the numbers. https://t.co/5nnGmFGt39

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

My final article of the summer in @virginianpilot: https://t.co/MGwU0uoYAz

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

@AuroraCeciliaM @TheAlligator Congratulations Aurora! You’re gonna rock it

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

My latest in @virginianpilot I spoke with the caretakers of historic Black cemeteries across Hampton Roads about the challenges of maintaining history. Turns out how well a cemetery is treated can depend on what city it lands in.

[The Virginian-Pilot @virginianpilot]

Historic Black cemeteries across Hampton Roads are filled with some of the most important members of the region’s history.

But how well their graves are treated depends on what jurisdiction they fall under. https://t.co/R0XSOeQMKc

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

To every young UF journalist considering if @TheAlligator is the place to start your career: take the leap. There is nothing more rewarding, back-breaking or community building than student journalism. You are it’s future. Everything you do, do it whole-heartedly.

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

I choose to attend UF in hopes of joining @TheAlligator. In my countless midnight print nights, I found who I wanted to be as a journalist and who would inspire me. I gave this paper two years of sweat, dedication and tears. And this Monday, I printed my final paper.

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

The best part was getting to know the greatest journalists and leaders I’ve had the honor to call my peers. @anna_wilderr @astahemenway @juliamcoin @kaliarichardson @jiselle_lee @AlanHalaly @LydiaSParker you made me want to keep going every day. Continue to do great journalism.

[The Alligator @TheAlligator]

Today’s final paper of the Spring semester ⬇️

[Li Hubbard @HubbardLianna]

@juliamcoin @TheAlligator I couldn’t be prouder to pass the torch off! You’re going to rock this semester