Departments
Journalism
Education
- Doctorate degree, Education at Northeastern University in Boston, MA
- Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- Bachelor’s degree in English, Clark University
Professional Experience
- Technology and Culture Reporter for The News & Observer in Raleigh
- MSNBC in the NBC affiliate
- The Middlesex News
Professor Hempel is the recipient of a 2023 High Impact Teacher award from the College of Arts, Media, and Design, as well as CAMD’s Excellence in Teaching and Distinguished Service awards. She is also the recipient of a university-wide Excellence in Teaching Award.
Since 2009, she has been leading students on reporting trips to work as part of a traveling press corps. She’s taken groups to Egypt, Syria, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey, Spain, Greece, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Panama.
Professor Hempel has a bachelor’s from Clark University, a master’s from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and a doctorate from Northeastern University. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her husband, Washington Post arts reporter Geoff Edgers, and their two children.
Creative Work
Click below to view a selection of the online magazines Professor Hempel has created with her students’ work abroad:
- Beyond the Canal: A Journey Into Panama: https://beyondthepanamacanal.sites.northeastern.edu
- Portraits of Puerto Rico: https://portraitsofpuertorico.sites.northeastern.edu
- Panama Up Close: At the Continental Crossroads: https://panamaupclose.sites.northeastern.edu
- Cuba, Behind the Blockade: https://behindtheembargo.sites.northeastern.edu
- Northeastern Journalism in Cuba: https://nujournalismincuba2018.wordpress.com
- NU Journalism Abroad – Greece 2017: https://nujournalismingreece2017.wordpress.com
- NU Journalism Abroad – Spain 2015: https://nujournalism2015.wordpress.com
A sampling of student projects advised by Professor Hempel:
- https://meetingthemetaverse.wordpress.com (Winner of the 2023 CAMD Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Achievement.)
- https://www.themememessage.com (Winner of the 2022 CAMD Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Achievement.)
- https://westfromsouth.weebly.com (Winner of the 2021 CAMD Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Achievement.)
- https://kaitlynbudion.wixsite.com/the-era-in-2020
- https://below-the-surface.github.io (Winner of the 2020 CAMD Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Achievement.)
- https://soundcloud.com/stfob (Winner of the 2019 CAMD Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Achievement.)
- https://serranoalejandro16.wixsite.com/convicted/story
- https://rowenalindsay.github.io/Brockton-Power/
- https://rawgit.com/CatherineLindsay/trans-inmate/master/dist/index.html (Winner of the 2018 CAMD Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Achievement.)
- https://kellykasulis.wixsite.com/workinghomeless
Professor Hempel’s impact on students, in their own words:
- https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/02/12/mastrodonato-a-difficult-goodbye-after-15-years-writing-about-boston-sports/
- https://camd.northeastern.edu/news/first-generation-graduate-jonathan-mejia-shares-his-camd-experience/
- https://camd.northeastern.edu/news/student-taraneh-azars-passion-for-journalism/
- https://camd.northeastern.edu/news/riley-robinson-co-op-profile/
- https://camd.northeastern.edu/news/zach-ben-amots-chicagos-wls-tv/
- https://camd.northeastern.edu/news/journalism-student-grows-skillset-at-ensia/
- https://camd.northeastern.edu/news/collyn-stephens-learns-reporting-skills-in-media-advocacy-program/
- https://camd.northeastern.edu/news/kate-coiro/
- https://camd.northeastern.edu/news/owen-pence-sports-correspondent/
- https://camd.northeastern.edu/news/journalism-student-creates-compelling-content-as-video-co-op-for-the-boston-globe/
- https://news.northeastern.edu/2018/02/02/as-patriots-team-reporter-alumna-is-super-bowl-bound/
- https://news.northeastern.edu/2017/03/10/journalism-student-selected-for-new-york-times-global-reporting-experience/
Professor Hempel’s impact on School of Journalism programming:
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/northeastern-university-students-publish-stories-of-their-experiences-in-panama/42816858
- https://news.northeastern.edu/2022/07/13/emerging-journalists-panama-stories/
- https://camd.northeastern.edu/news/camd-students-sweep-at-regional-emmy-awards/
- https://news.northeastern.edu/2021/06/08/trips-abroad-help-yield-collegiate-emmy-awards-for-northeastern-video-journalists/
- https://news.northeastern.edu/2020/12/22/these-northeastern-students-made-sure-that-covid-19-victims-stories-were-told-in-the-boston-globe/
- https://camd.northeastern.edu/news/northeastern-projects-recognized-with-boston-new-england-emmy-awards/
- https://news.northeastern.edu/2019/05/29/northeastern-journalism-students-win-nine-student-emmy-awards-for-stories-on-cuba-metco-and-reinventing-tv-news/
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/northeastern-students-share-their-study-abroad-experience-in-cuba/25338947
- https://news.northeastern.edu/2018/08/09/northeastern-students-fill-the-reporting-gap-in-cuba/
- https://camd.northeastern.edu/news/student-reporting-on-dialogue-represents-cubas-lives-triumphs-heartaches/
- https://news.northeastern.edu/2017/07/11/students-report-from-eye-opening-and-heart-filling-dialogue-in-greece/
In the News
Journalism students' Beyond the Panama Canal featured on WCVB's 'Chronicle'
February 10, 2023
Channel 5’s “Chronicle” features journalism students reporting from Greece
September 26, 2017