Jason Herr is vice president of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Alaska Chapter.
Position / Job:
University of Alaska Anchorage student and layout editor for UAA’s The Northern Light newspaper.
Job responsibilities:
I am responsible for creating the layout for each issues of the Northern Light. We are published weekly during the school year at UAA with a circulation of 1,750 issues distributed throughout the campus and businesses in Anchorage. When I have time, I contribute to writing articles and preparing content to be published in the newspaper.
Education:
Pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Public Communications – Strategic Communications from UAA.
How does PRSA membership help you?
I like to talk, and this seems the perfect organization to help with that. Though I am new to PRSA and PRSSA, I see the organization to be an amazing way to reach out to professionals for advice, connections and a way to grow as a communicator.
Most of my career experience has been as a retail manager, and I can certainly speak to the need for effective communicators in every possible situation.
I am a cheerleader at heart, and one of the best ways to do that is through communication and positive energy. I look forward to working more with our local PRSA chapter as a student involved with PRSSA at UAA.
When I graduate in May, I’ll join PRSA as a full member and look forward to new opportunities that will be available and continuing my growth as a communicator.
Hometown: Fairbanks
All-time favorite song: Hey, Mickey, by Toni Basil