Lisa Renze

Lisa Renze is the Director of the Unified Media Lab at Ball State University and an Indianapolis-based freelance journalist.

Lisa spent the bulk of her career as a journalist at The Indianapolis Star, covering educational legislative issues that impacted the state’s fastest-growing school districts. She also worked at The South Bend Tribune and other newspapers and specialty magazines throughout the Midwest. Her work has taken her on location throughout North America, Europe and Africa, and she’s earned SPJ, APME, AP, and Hoosier State Press awards. Additionally, she received an Indiana Judges Association Merit Citation for Journalism for fair and balanced reporting.

She holds her MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Butler University, and is a proud alumna of Northwest Missouri State University where she studied broadcasting and journalism.

In her spare time, Lisa spends as much time as possible outdoors, and she and her husband Steve Rhodes shamelessly spoil their two adopted rescue dogs.

You can reach Lisa at lrenze@bsu.edu