Emily Christiansen

Emily Christiansen

Emily Christiansen is a sophomore Journalism major with a Media Production minor at Bethel University in St.Paul, Minnesota. She is seeking an internship for the summer of 2025 in the Twin Cities. 

I have a passion for storytelling through writing, photo and video. I aim to shed light on the experiences, challenges and resilience of those whose stories are often overlooked. I want to inspire readers to appreciate the unique perspectives from other people in their communities.  

I enjoy playing piano, ukulele and my white Paul Reed Smith single cut electric guitar. I participate in community theater and spend my summers working with children at a summer camp in West St. Paul. My go to karaoke song is "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and my favorite movie is "The Shawshank Redemption." 

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Articles

ROYAL REPORT •

Trading strings for stethoscopes

By Emily Christiansen, free-lance reporterBruce Holmberg remembers his rock star days as the best days of his life. The scratchy sounds of electric guitars distorting through large amplifiers. The screams of young fans gathered at every Battle of the Bands competition. The applause from classmates as the judges named him and his band the winners of Irondale high school’s spring talent show.“We were metal heads,” Holmberg’s high school best friend Morgan Craft said. “His hair, you know what I mea...
ROYAL REPORT •

When Christ is the only cure

Four months later, Carlson faced a brand new challenge with a lot more to lose. Stakes that make a national music competition look like an elementary school talent show.In October of 2022 inside his home in Lakeville Minnesota, he listened as his doctor said the word no patient wants to hear.Cancer.It stung like needles through the phone. A thick silence fell over the room. The large mass his doctors removed from his lower body days before was 13% embryonal carcinoma; The fast growing and hard-t...
ROYAL REPORT •

Connection across cultures

By Emily Christiansen, news reporterRipley Smith threw his head back and laughed. A Romanian tour guide smiled beside him. He steered their small vehicle down a long and narrow road, curving through the mountainside and down the rolling hills of the Transylvanian Alps.On a mission trip with the University of Northwestern in St. Paul, Smith had been working with the Eastern European Mission and caring for orphaned youth. For three weeks, his team taught them mountaineering while camping in the mo...
ROYAL REPORT •

Learning more from the class of ‘84

By Emily Christiansen, news reporterBethel University President Ross Allen shared stories from his seat at the table. He couldn’t stop smiling. The food on his tray was untouched. Seven others sat beside him. Together they laughed and reminisced on life 40 years ago when the class of 1984 walked through the halls of Bethel University.The Monson Dining Center buzzed with chatter at 5 p.m. Saturday. Alumni from the classes of ’79 and ’84 walked with trays of food and dessert, brushing past current...
The Clarion •

Combat and Christ: Bethel’s interpretation of a popular tale

Senior Cadie Logston entered stage left. Her blue and white makeup glistened under the spotlight  and her long fur cape dragged behind her as she walked to center stage. Logston stood there, towering over her minions, who awaited her next orders. Her voice echoed off the walls of Bethel University’s soon-to-be sold-out black box theater. 
Logston plays the White Witch in Bethel University’s fall production of C.S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” which debuts Friday, Oct. 18. 
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