Kim Walz: Editor and Chief of Grand Central Magazine

By: Nick Baker

There is a new online publication at Central Michigan University, it’s called Grand Central Magazine, and Editor and Chief Kim Walz thinks you should check it out.

Kim is a fifth year senior at CMU, studying journalism with a concentration in Public Relations and Spanish. Kim has been running the news site grandcentralmagazine.com since July, 2008, but has been writing for them since August of 2007. It is now Kim’s job to make sure the site is in order and checks all the stories, working to get it as close to perfect as possible.

Bringing a new online publication into the campus spot light has been hard work though and it’s been a bumpy road for the magazine.

“We spent the whole previous semester working on the magazine and sorting things out,” said Kim. “We still run into structural problems with the magazine, but for the most part we work our way through them and keep growing and expanding on what GC (Grand Central) can become.”

There are quite a few things that Kim like about her magazine though, developed through all the hard work she, and the rest of her staff, put into the site.

“I like that we do everything at GC,” said Kim. “We write the stories, take the photos for our content, do our own PR and most importantly we upload our own content. I also like that we feature new media like; multimedia and sound clips. It is something that no one has quite done yet on our campus.”

Kim doesn’t think Grand Central has reached its full potential yet though, and sees a bright future ahead for her online magazine.

“I see great things for GC,” said Kim. “Since we are one of the first media outlets on campus and in Michigan to feature new media aspects, we will keep expanding and growing.”