- Pronouns:
- she/her
- Department:
- High School Journalism Institute
- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
- Major:
- BA in Journalism with a minor in Human-Centered Computing
- Graduation year:
- 2025
- Hometown:
- Columbia City, IN
Grace Romine is a recent graduate of Indiana University with a degree in Journalism, News Reporting and Editing. During her time at IU, Grace worked for the Indiana Daily Student, writing for the Arts and News desks, serving as an Arts Editor for two semesters, and a Summer Managing Editor. Grace worked as an intern for Dr. Mike Conway’s Indiana Broadcast History Archive and an undergraduate research assistant for Dr. Lisa Lenoir, presenting her lead-authored project “Breaking News (Taylor’s Version): The New York Times and a Taylor Swift Media Frenzy,” at the Midwest Popular Culture Association conference in Chicago, October 2024. Grace has volunteered with WFHB Community Radio, worked for WANE15 as a “Living Local 15” lifestyle show intern (Fort Wayne, IN), interned with Fort Wayne Magazine, and with The Handbook, a digital fashion and lifestyle publication in London. Grace was initiated into the Kappa Tau Alpha honors society for excellence in journalism and mass communication studies and was a member of The Media School’s Academic Honors Program inaugural cohort. She was the Vice President for the student organization, “Women Empowering Women,” where she successfully organized philanthropy events for Hoosier Hills Food Bank and the Society for Women’s Health Research. After finishing her bachelor’s degree in three years, Grace plans to move to Columbia, Missouri in August to begin her Master of Arts in Journalism at the University of Missouri on a full ride scholarship. Grace loves wearing lots of jewelry, going to the movies, and really hopes to one day have a pet dachshund.