Meet the Students from ASU

Maxine Park, bureau chief, is a senior at Arizona State University, majoring in broadcast journalism and minoring in English literature. She was born in New York and later moved to Arizona. Park always had a passion for writing and realized in high school that she wanted to pursue journalism. She worked her way up from staff reporter to editor-in-chief of her high school newspaper. It was her love for journalism and storytelling that led her to the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Park began interning as a freshman at KNXV-TV (ABC 15) in Phoenix in 2007. This led to other internships at KPHO-TV (CBS 5) and KTVK-TV (3TV). She also took part in the Multimedia Reporting Project at The Arizona Republic, the major newspaper in the state, where she wrote breaking news for AZCentral.com.

Park's work ethic and dedication to her craft have helped her strive for excellence in everything she does. She is currently working on a documentary as part of her thesis for the Barrett Honors College at ASU. In her spare time she enjoys writing poetry, traveling, spending time with family and friends, and playing with her two dogs , Sulley and Bailey.

Toby Phillips was born and raised in Albuquerque, N. M., and moved out to Phoenix as part of Arizona State University's Leadership Scholarship Program. He is a broadcast journalism major with a minor in political science and great interest in the Spanish language. Phillips loves all the culture and ever-changing nature of the Southwest and hopes to work there in the future. Phillips spent a summer at the CBS affiliate KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque as a news intern – that's when he knew for sure that news was the career for him. Phillips spent time at the Arizona Republic newspaper and its online counterpart AZCentral.com, covering breaking news. From there he made his way to the NBC affiliate KPNX-TV in Phoenix.

At the Cronkite School, Phillips spent a year as an assignment editor and producer for the award-winning newscast NewsWatch. Currently, he is a senior producer for NewsWatch. He is an avid moviegoer and tries to squeeze in as much time as possible with the great people around him.

Lindsey Reiser was born and raised in Phoenix, Ariz. She is a senior at Arizona State University, majoring in broadcast journalism and Spanish. As a freshman, she produced and anchored at the university's student-run news station, Sun Devil Television.

In August of 2008, she began her yearlong internship at the local ABC affiliate,KNXV-TV. She has also studied and lived in Spain, an experience that not only sparked her addiction to travel, but also encouraged her to tell people's stories.

Her dream is to be a reporter, give a voice to the voiceless, and travel the world. Reiser enjoys music, meeting new people, and the "dry heat" of Arizona.

Brian McBride was born and raised in Southern California. Following graduation from high school, he worked as a police cadet at the Santa Monica police department while also attending Santa Monica Community College. After two years, he earned his AA degree and graduated with honors from Phi Theta Kappa. He then transferred to Arizona State University, where he is a senior majoring in broadcast journalism with a minor in justice studies.

He was raised in a single parent household by his mother, an 18-year,four-time breast cancer survivor. His passion for journalism came after Hurricane Katrina. It was the first time he had witnessed such a disregard of human life and knew that he wanted to give a voice to those who couldn't to do it for themselves.

McBride has worked at ABC15 (KNXV-TV) as a summer intern on the assignment desk, where he assisted reporters and did research. He also was a research and marketing assistant for Cox Media.