Tanner Bubeck has joined the staff of the News + Record as a summer intern and will work as a photographer and help with the newspaper’s social media platforms.
Bubeck, 21, is a resident of Pittsboro and a May graduate of the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism. She’s the school’s third intern to work for the News + Record, following previous graduates Caroline Watkins and another 2022 graduate, Max Baker, who will continue to work on occasion for the newspaper throughout the summer.
“I am excited to be back for the summer, representing my local community of Chatham County, who I hope I can make proud with the work that I do,” Bubeck said. “I am looking forward to helping produce high-level content and beautiful imagery for Chatham County residents to enjoy.”
A native of San Diego, Bubeck spent her childhood moving around from state to state, thanks to her father, Craig Bubeck’s, military career.
“I’ve jumped from California to Virginia, Texas, Missouri, and have recently found myself back on the East Coast here in Pittsboro, where my family finally settled down three years ago and developed a beautiful farm,” she said. “I come from a decently big family, with one older and two younger siblings, and I am currently reunited with my family as I stay with them over the course of this internship.”
The Bubeck family, run by parents Amy and Craig, currently resides in western Pittsboro, where both of her younger siblings attend school at Horton Middle School and Northwood High School.
“It’s wonderful to have a ‘local’ intern,” News + Record Publisher and Editor Bill Horner III said. “We’ve had a great relationship with the University of Missouri, and to have another of the journalism school’s grads work here, and live here, is a real bonus. Tanner is an exceptionally skilled photographer and she’ll add to the quality of our work this summer.”
At Mizzou, Bubeck worked as the visual editor for the university’s student-run paper, The Maneater, before becoming a staff photographer and editor at The Columbia Missourian, the town’s local newspaper. She volunteered with the College Photographer of the Year (CPOY) competition, worked as a higher education reporter for The Missourian, and briefly worked at Lenovo in Morrisville as a global communication and marketing intern.
Bubeck can be reached at tanner@chathamnr.com. Follow her on Instagram at @tbubeck_photo and on Twitter at @bubecktanner.