During my time at Texas A&M I worked as a news reporter for The Battalion. Throughout my time working at "The Batt" I worked hard and was able to climb the ranks to become the paper's managing editor my senior year. I wrote more than 150 articles, columns, briefs and reviews for The Battalion as a student reporter and edited more than 1,500 articles, briefs, investigative pieces, columns and reviews as a student editor. During my tenure as a student editor, our paper won several dozen awards, including "Best Daily Student Newspaper" at TIAS two years in a row.
While working as a student reporter I covered two beats: crime and the Graduate Student Council. I worked closely to develop professional relationships with the Texas A&M Public Information Officer and the Graduate Student Council's president and officers to be better connected to my beats. I also regularly wrote columns, briefs and reviews. I also helped grow and instate a multimedia desk my senior year to bring more news videos to www.thebatt.com.
I was thrilled to get to talk to and profile the first female commander to lead Texas' Corps of Cadets, Miss Alyssa Michalke. I will never forget reporting on Civil Rights activist Diane Nash's visit to Texas A&M. I was happy to share my inner nerd reviewing "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." I felt honored to right an obituary piece for graduate student Ashley Peterson. My articles as a student reporter spread across diverse topics and I will always remember The Battalion as the place I fell in love with journalism.
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