Lauren Weaver

Senior / Visual Journalism

Lauren Weaver is a senior at Penn State who will be graduating in May 2013 with a Baccalaureate degree in Visual Journalism with a minor in International Studies.

She has a great deal of experience in the travel industry, working as a Production’s Assistant for the online travel company, Travelscream, Inc., two years. During her career, she used a variety of online marketing techniques to increase visibility in search result pages and helped maintain social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to increase global brand exposure. She also assisted in the management of daily production and distribution of travel deal promotions, deal newsletters and blog posts. She was given the opportunity to blog Travelscream’s website and with this opportunity she was able to independently research and write about areas of travel that she believe are interesting and important.

During the fall semester of her senior year, she interned with The National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C. The internship was a hands-on opportunity where she was able to learn online content planning, production and publishing for a major media website. She also researched and wrote short pieces for National Geographic Traveler’s award-winning blog, Intelligent Travel.

Upon graduation she hopes to travel, write and learn more about the world around her.