Amy Holmberg

Hello!

Amy Holmberg is a recent journalism graduate from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota.

She loves using creativity to tell compelling stories through words, photos and videos. Her hope is to produce honest stories that connect people to their community around them.

Aside from creating, she loves playing hockey, watching clouds and learning about outer space.

Over the past three years, Amy gained experience through roles as a freelance journalist at TMC Publications CO, multimedia reporter at the Clarion and administrative designer at Kemmetmueller Photography. The past two summers, she  completed three different writing/storytelling internships for Press Publications, ECHO Global Farm, and TMC Publications CO, where she wrote and photographed published stories for local newspapers and a quarterly magazine.

She is now looking for positions in journalism and storytelling.

Below you will find some of her recent work.

My Work

Midway Como Frogtown Monitor •

Real education with artificial intelligence

As artificial intelligence evolves, Minneapolis and Saint Paul schools are raising questions around what student learning should look like because of it. Following ChatGPT’s debut in fall 2022, teachers noticed a rise in AI-written assignments, leading educators to suggest larger conversations be had about the future of AI and academic integrity.
STARTING IN MIDDLE SCHOOLPhil Wacker has taken part in many of the discussions about AI as assistant director in the office of teaching and learning at...
Hard (metal) work to academic excellence - Southwe •

Hard (metal) work to academic excellence - Southwest Connector

Randee Wrobel’s curiosity fills her eyes with tears of protest as her dad, Randy, escorts her out of the garage and locks the door. At four years old, she loves being around while he works on mechanical projects. That day, Randee isn’t allowed to watch her father welding. She wants to ask why.After finishing up in the garage, her dad shows Randee what he made. Finally, he answers her question, explaining the dangers of watching welding without proper safety equipment: “You’ll go blind,” Randy sa...
The Clarion •

Am I woman enough?

OPINION - As a long and lanky, gap-toothed kid, I thought very little about my appearance. My mom let me dress myself, so I wore whatever I wanted. The most trouble that got me into was being chased by a boy at the park because I was wearing my fleece Tigger the Tiger onesie, and he liked Winnie the Pooh.
Like my wardrobe, my mom gave me total creative control over my hair styling as well – with exception to the bob cut I forcibly rocked until middle school (Mom was fed up with untangling food out of my h...
The Clarion •

1-1 series secures Royals and Oles’ rematch in the MIAC semifinals

BLAINE, Minn. – The crowd at the National Sports Center watched for flying pucks, nets and bodies Friday, Feb. 21 as intensity built during the Bethel University Royals’ hard-fought 3-1 win against the St. Olaf College Oles in the first game of both teams’ final regular season series. 
Aside from a close Ole overtime win earlier this season, the previous time these teams matched up was significant: the 2024 MIAC championship game, where—against the odds—fifth-ranked St. Olaf emerged victorious i...
Longfellow Nokomis Messenger •

Banding together

Members of Minnesota Music Resistance believe music can be used as activism. Founding members of the organization came together with a shared passion for music and a shared dream of seeing political change in their community. MMR was created shortly after the 2024 election as a way to connect people through music and to allow members to take a stand against authoritarianism. MMR’s mission to fight authoritarianism hits home to founding member Claire Luger, who spent years in the Middle East as a...
Royal Report •

A bar of their own

Women’s sports fans in the Twin Cities are not confined to watching their favorite teams online. Jillian Hiscock opened A Bar of Their Own in March, a sports bar exclusively showing women’s sports.

The walls are covered in jerseys and flags from women’s teams around the state. “Watch women’s sports” is proudly displayed on banners hanging above the bar. The air feels welcoming and inclusive — it’s a place where fathers bring their daughters to watch their favorite teams. 12 televisions around the room show women’s sports games: volleyball, basketball, hockey. People laugh, eat and drink, and conversations about Caitlin Clark permeate the environment.

Hostess Kristen Hutchinsen said the bar has been busy since its March opening. For the NCAA championship game, people lined the street two hours before opening to get a seat inside. All night, there was a three-hour wait to get a table

For more of this story, go to https://medium.com/bethel-bytes.

Produced and filmed by McKayla Machlitt and Amy Holmberg
ROYAL REPORT •

#TFTB

Bethel students’ and staff gather their thoughts on what they stand by, ranging from their niche interests to admitting weird food combinations they like. Faculty members took their time to answer, as some didn’t understand what the question meant. One girl interpreted the question literally, and began searching for the name of a hill she liked — the one in Ecuador.

Another student laughed after admitting their feelings about a controversial social media influencer.

“I support JoJo Siwa,” senior journalism major Talia McWright said. “People are a little mean to her in her current era.”

Videography by Amy Holmberg and McKayla Machlitt.
Produced by Amy Holmberg and McKayla Machlitt.
Music: “Fun Day” by BenSound.
BETHEL EDITING •

Adapting to the unexpected

Justin Felisko’s career path has been anything but what he expected it to be. He is no stranger to learning to adapt. After starting his post-grad as an intern at USA Hockey Magazine, Felisko adjusted his plans of beat writing for the major leagues to writing for a different big league: Professional bull riding. He worked in that industry for 10 years, before returning to his roots at USA Hockey Magazine, accepting a position as Managing Editor.
Q: What steps did you take to achieve your current position?A: Since I was in middle school, the goal was always to work for a newspaper, work in sports, and just be a storyteller.I went to undergrad at Springfield College of Massachusetts, where I double majored in communication sports journalism and English…summer after junior year, I was just covering little league baseball and freelancing and doing all the fun stuff that you do when you’re trying to break into the field, and I happened to st...

Let's connect!