Jake Tiger

Howard Fellow Jake Tiger is a graduate student from Hamilton, New Jersey. In 2025, he graduated from Rider University with a B.A. in Journalism, and was a four-year member of the institution’s award-winning student newspaper, The Rider News. He served as sportswriter, sports editor, managing editor and executive editor at The Rider News, winning a total of seven individual awards at the state and regional levels.

As executive editor in his senior year, The Rider News was named best student newspaper in the state by the New Jersey Press Foundation. He earned first place for news writing from the New Jersey Press Foundation in 2024 and 2025.

While at Rider, Tiger interned at The SandPaper in Surf City, New Jersey, and worked as a freelance sports reporter for NJ.com. He was also a writing tutor at the university’s Academic Success Center.

At the Howard Center, Tiger is excited to blend hard-hitting data with well-sourced storytelling to create stories with real meaning and impact.