 Tierney, who is employed full-time at Lincoln College as an
admissions counselor, will be producing three stories per week for
the sports section, starting this fall.
"I'm excited," said Tierney. "I have worked periodically for
Lincoln Daily News for the last two years, covering Lincoln Railer
football, and it's been an enjoyable experience. I'm looking forward
to expanding my role this fall and being a part of Lincoln Daily
News as they grow their local sports coverage."
The whole staff at LDN is very excited about Tierney joining
efforts to provide the best coverage of local sports in Logan
County. He is expanding his previous role to include more county
sports coverage, even beyond football, and bringing some new tech to
LDN.
Veteran sportscaster Jeff Benjamin also joins the staff again
this season to report Railer basketball as only he can bring it.
With Tierney anchoring and Benjamin reporting Railer basketball,
we are confident that our readers will have the best sports coverage
in Logan County. Tierney and Benjamin are a dream come true!
Tierney's responsibilities will include game coverage, sports
feature stories, sports columns and possibly occasional non-sports
stories. He is also looking into ways to incorporate social media
into his coverage of local sporting events.
Prior to joining the Lincoln College admissions team two years
ago, Tierney worked for seven years at The Courier in Lincoln, in
both full-time and part-time roles. During his time as the paper's
sports editor, Tierney received multiple awards from the Illinois
Press Association and Illinois Associated Press Editors Association,
including a first-place award for Best Sports Column.
Tierney also received 10 awards from the Illinois College Press
Association in two years of competition as a member of the staff of
the Elmhurst College student newspaper, The Leader. During his two
years at The Leader, Tierney served as sports editor and
editor-in-chief. As editor-in-chief of a staff of over 30 editors,
writers and graphic artists, Tierney helped lead his college
newspaper to a first-place award in General Excellence in the
division for small college newspapers.
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He is currently working to complete his master's degree in
communication from Illinois State University. Tierney's work for
Lincoln Daily News will serve as academic credit toward the
completion of that degree.
Tierney is looking forward to working as a sports reporter again
on a part-time basis.
"Although I don't desire to have a full-time career as a
journalist any longer, writing is still one of my passions," said
Tierney. "I have especially enjoyed covering athletics in Logan
County. I've been able to interact with students and coaches and
tell their stories, whether it's the joy of victory, the agony of
defeat or something in between.
"I'm sure I'll start off a little bit rusty, but, I'm confident
that I can provide good coverage for the readers at LDN. I'm a
competitive person, so my goal isn't just to provide coverage; I
want to provide the best coverage for local athletes among local
media. I hold myself to a high standard in that respect."
Tierney can be reached through the Lincoln Daily News editorial
department at
sports@lincolndailynews.com.
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