Amanda Holmberg

Hello!

Amanda Holmberg is a senior journalism student at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota and will be graduating in May of 2025.

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.

In summer 2024, Amanda had the privilege of expanding her experience as a press intern at Press Publications (St. Paul, MN) and as a storytelling intern at ECHO (Fort Myers, FL). 

She works as a multimedia reporter for Bethel's newspaper, the Clarion.

Below you will find some of her recent work.

My Work

ROYAL REPORT •

Hinge date evangelist

2023 was my Hinge year. And I don’t mean my turning point year. I’m talking about the app that’s supposed to save your love life and introduce you to the father of your future children.During Christmas break, my brother and I downloaded the app together. I was terrified. There were 27-year-olds (before I figured out how to change my age range) asking 20-year-old me about my career plans and family goals. I didn’t have plans. I just dropped out of college the week before...
ROYAL REPORT •

12 steps toward simple sustainability

Amy Holmberg is a senior journalism major at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her passion lies in artistic and authentic storytelling through writing, photography, and videography. She serves as a multimedia reporter for Bethel’s student newspaper, the Clarion, and she is seeking a position in writing, photography, or video production upon her upcoming graduation.

Amy Holmberg is a senior journalism major at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her passion lies in artistic and aut...
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
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...
The Clarion •

Am I woman enough?

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...
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...
ROYAL REPORT •

Bethel, baseball and BUILD

By Faith Rono and Ashton Lafluer | ReportersJoel Fredrickson is an avid sports fan. He played multiple sports in high school, including football, basketball and baseball. He went on to play catcher at Bethel University, formerly Bethel College, and he looks back fondly on the spring break trips the Bethel baseball team went on together.“Once you get away from playing sports, probably the biggest thing you take back from it is all the friendships you develop,” Frederickson said.After completing h...

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