Goodbye Ben!

Photo by Heather Tassmer
Ben Dalton looks at some Berks-Mont pencils he received in his gift bag. Editor of the Boyertown Area Times Matthew Reichl sits to the right of Ben.



Ben Dalton, our other intern, just went back to school. Ben is a student at Brown University.

Ben kept busy this summer just like Mark did. We sent him to municipal meetings as well as fun assignments like an art gallery and church carnival.

He also had the chance to cover bigger stories like when Rendell came to Reading.

Ben also helped us proof our pages on production days and was a big help. It’s always great to have a fresh set of eyes on a page.

We took Ben to the Boyertown Cafe on Aug. 21 and presented him with some goodies on his next to last day.

Ben did a terrific job this summer and will be missed! We wish him well with school and future work adventures!

A goodbye to one of our interns

Mark Eddinger, a student from Penn State, recently just finished his internship with us here at Berks-Mont Newspapers in Boyertown.

Mark mostly wrote sports stories but he also helped in other departments writing features and news stories. He experienced some photojournalism also, taking pictures to accompany his stories.

We enjoyed having Mark here and hope he enjoyed his time at Berks-Mont. By reading his work, you can tell he is very passionate about writing and is having a great start to a career in journalism.

We took Mark out to lunch on his last day and hooked him up with the A.P. Style Guide (a journalist's bible) and some Berks-Mont goodies.

(Photos above By Heather Tassmer)
Top: Mark takes a look at his new A.P. Style Guide.
Bottom: The Connection editor Toni Colon hands Mark a giftbag. haha


Enjoy the rest of your summer, Mark! Good luck with school!

Yay for summer interns!!

Another production day has passed at The Southern Berks News.

“Production Day” is journalism jargon for the process of putting the paper together-formatting pictures, editing, and laying out the paper.

This week I decided to spotlight Exeter Township yet again.

Our new intern, Ben Dalton, talked to the Concerned Citizens of Exeter Township and a township supervisor about a fund to restore trees cut down for the Exeter Commons project. Citizens are concerned the money won’t be spent on the environment. Township officials are offended that people don’t trust them and are in the process of deciding how the money given to them by the Exeter Commons developers for the trees will be spent.

Ben also did a great job on writing about two church anniversaries. One church celebrated its 215th anniversary and another celebrated its 10th anniversary. Ben snapped a great picture of a child competing in a pie eating contest.

Mark Eddinger is another college student interning at Berks-Mont’s Boyertown office. Mark has also been doing a phenomenal job for us. We are definitely going to miss both of the interns when they go back to school in August.

I’m probably going to be tackling the economy/gas price issue in the near future. If you would like to share how you’re coping with gas prices, send me an e-mail htassmer@berksmontnews.com or call 610-367-6041 ext 225. You can also write a letter to the editor and send it to Heather Tassmer, 124 N. Chestnut Street, P.O. Box 565 Boyertown, Pa. 19512.

I hope everyone has a great and safe holiday for July 4th. I’m headed back to Lancaster County for mine and am looking forward to a cookout.

For some reason, Ben's awesome photo won't load:( so I'm headed out.