UNL's College of Journalism and Mass Communications is excited to announce the fourteen Matousek Scholars selected to serve the college's Experience Lab for the fall 2024 semester.
The experiential learning program allows students to gain hands-on experience from their first day at Andersen Hall. Matousek Scholars serve as the student leaders of Experience Lab and coordinate day-to-day operations under faculty guidance.
Nearly 360 students are participating in the fall 2024 Experience Lab, making this semester the highest enrollment yet.
Students work with faculty and professional mentors to build their academic skill sets while exploring their professional interests in one of the college’s media outlets: Buoy, Heartland Pulse, 90.3 KRNU, Nebraska News Service, Nebraska Nightly, Production House and Unlimited Sports.
Through these unique programs, students create content and manage projects for community organizations, news outlets and other media platforms.
The following is a list of student leads for fall 2024, listed alphabetically by Experience Lab program, with their major(s), year in school and hometown:
| Full Name | Major(s) | Program | Year | Hometown |
| Jack Hughes | Advertising & Public Relations, Marketing | Buoy | Junior | Omaha, NE |
| Natalie Haskin | Advertising & Public Relations | Buoy | Senior | Crystal Lake, IL |
| Robert Coleman | Advertising & Public Relations | Heartland | Junior | California, MD |
| Truman Kloehn | Sports Media and Communication | Heartland | Sophomore | Milwaukee, WI |
| Paige Waite | Advertising & Public Relations | KRNU | Senior | Lincoln, NE |
| Grace Ridgley | Journalism | KRNU | Sophomore | Omaha, NE |
| Ruth Bailey | Journalism, Political Science | Nebraska News Service | Junior | Garland, TX |
| Livia Ziskey | Advertising & Public Relations, Journalism | Nebraska News Service | Junior | Omaha, NE |
| Lucas Sinnett | Sports Media and Communication, Broadcasting | Nebraska Nightly | Senior | Omaha, NE |
| Mackenzie Noble | Broadcasting | Nebraska Nightly | Junior | West Dundee, IL |
| Linda Kuku | Broadcasting | Production House | Senior | Lincoln, NE |
| Macy Henderson | Advertising & Public Relations | Production House | Senior | South Elgin, IL |
| Kyler Adams | Sports Media and Communication, Broadcasting | Unlimited Sports | Senior | Paducah, KY |
| Krystin Collins | Broadcasting, Sports Media and Communication | Unlimited Sports | Senior | Papillion, NE |
