“Urmi was in my classroom only a few weeks in the Spring semester of 2007 in our Public Affairs Reporting class. It was highly unusual, but every story she turned in (two a week) got A’s, right from the get-go. She had to leave school, but we stayed in touch, she then graduated and has gone on to do wonderful things on many media platforms. If she ever decided to return to print journalism, I’d hire her in an instant.”
— Mike Tharp, previous Executive Editor, Merced Sun-Star (a McClatchy daily)
“Excellent Work”
— Jerrick Media, 3 subsequent blogs (over 1000 words each) on politics related topics. Research, Ghost writing
“Urmi was a great mentor to younger writers and showed patience and empathy. She also was an excellent staff writer for the Cal State Fullerton’s Daily Titan.”
— Tom Clanin, Retired journalism professor at Cal State Fullerton