CAFME in NYC: Who's Who

Get to know the CAFME members who traveled to New York City to meet up with Ed2010!

Caitlin Covington is a senior electronic communications major and creative writing minor at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is a writer and editor for Carolina Woman Magazine, a magazine for women in the Triangle area with a readership of more than 100,000. She is also a contributing writer and photographer for Greatist.com, a trusted health and fitness source for the young, savvy, and social. She runs her own blog, Southern Curls and Pearls, where she posts about fashion, beauty, fitness and food. In her spare time, she loves cooking, working out, taking pictures and reading her beloved fashion magazines. After graduation this May, Caitlin is hoping to land her dream job in NYC working for a fashion, food, health, or fitness magazine!

Carson Blackwelder is a junior English and journalism double major concentrating in reporting. On campus, he is an assistant design editor and arts reporter for The Daily Tar Heel, managing editor for Rival magazine and special projects coordinator for Cafme. This past fall, he worked as an editorial intern at Our State magazine, North Carolina’s bestselling regional magazine, where he copy-edited articles and produced sidebars for the issues. Carson is a pop culture writer and graphics producer for "Brain Game," a "Jeopardy!"-style quiz show for local high school students, on WRAL, Raleigh’s CBS affiliate. He has blogged for Blue & White magazine, a campus publication, and Cliché Magazine, an online entertainment magazine based out of Los Angeles. Last summer, he interned for Raleigh Downtowner, a small lifestyle magazine focusing on the city. Carson enjoys all things TV, music and movies and hopes to intern at an entertainment publication in New York City this summer before moving up after graduation.

Charlotte Taylor is a sophomore advertising major and art history minor at UNC-CH. She works as a design assistant for the Carolina Union Design Services, working on various design projects for a variety of the over 600 student organizations on campus. She also works as a PR & marketing intern at the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, helping to market the planetarium, both design-wise and content-wise, throughout North Carolina. She works as a staff member on the design desk at The Daily Tar Heel as well. Charlotte was born and raised in Huntington Beach, Calif., by her artist mother and thus, loves both the ocean and the imagination/ creativity she has come to associate with it. She hopes to continue working in the arts after college, beginning in New York City and hopefully traveling to places equally as incredible in the years following.

Courtney Lindstrand is a sophomore Journalism-Editing and Graphic Design major at UNC-CH. She is a campus ambassador for LuckyU, Lucky magazine’s pilot marketing program that aims to bring affordable fashion to college women. Courtney is the Art Director, blog columnist and a freelance writer for Blue & White, UNC’s premier feature magazine. She is a designer for Scope fashion magazine and a contributing writer for Her Campus UNC, an online magazine for college women. She is also the interior design coordinator for COUTURevolution, UNC’s eco-friendly fashion show. Last summer, Courtney was an editorial intern at The Daily Reflector, the newspaper in her hometown of Greenville, N.C. This summer, she hopes to intern at a major fashion or lifestyle magazine in New York City. In her free time, you can find Courtney attempting to cook using recipes from her favorite website, Pinterest.

Courtney Tye ia a double major in graphic design and information science and is interested in both print and web design. She is the design editor for Carolina Passport Magazine and design director for Scope Magazine, and has designed and copy edited for other publications as well. In the summer of 2011, Courtney interned at University Directories, working on planners and directories for over 190 U.S. colleges and universities. She has also interned for Coman Publishing, a Durham-based magazine publishing company. After graduation in May 2013, Courtney hopes to pursue a career in magazine design.

Apply to be a Cafme officer!

Positions available: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Special Projects Coordinator
Deadline to apply: Friday, April 6 by 5 p.m.
How to apply: Send your resume and a cover letter explaining why you want to hold the desired position and how you could benefit Cafme in that position. Send these two materials in an email to unccafme@gmail.com. You do not have to be an official member of Cafme to apply or to be elected.

PRESIDENT
Responsible for:

• Leading meetings with the executive board, overseeing other officers
• Preparing meeting handouts and speaker invitations
• Brainstorming meeting ideas and speakers (and playing a very active role in semester planning)
• Reaching out to industry contacts for meetings
• Coordinating with UNC to book meeting locations, times and to maintain club's official status, meeting with advisor if necessary
• Serving as a liaison to Ed2010 for chapter updates and maintaining Cafme's official chapter status
• Serving as the face of the organization, a representative of the Journalism School
• Keeping (safe) all Cafme documents
• Checking email account
• Assisting and suggesting projects for member recruitment
• Maintaining contact with the board and participating in officer discussion on how to better improve the club
• Encourage partnerships with other campus organizations
• Helping plan and lead during club trips with the president(s): this includes the annual NYC Trip, Pace Trip, etc.
• Attending each meeting