Lindsey Treffry, a senior journalism student at the University of Idaho, will be the SpokaneFAVS summer intern.
She's a native of Spokane and will write news articles for the site, as well as assist in our social media efforts, particuarly Pinterest and Tumblr.
Please welcome her to the SpokaneFAVS team!
You can read more about Treffrey here.

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
Hi everybody! Feel free to follow me on Twitter @_LindseyTreffry or shoot me an email with story ideas at sfcc.lindsey.treffry@gmail.com. I look forward to being part of the staff.
We’re super excited to have you!