The University of South Carolina

Major: Broadcast Journalism

Concentration: Sports Media

Minors: Sport and Entertainment Management and Media Arts

Graduation Year: 2027

Involvement on Campus

Zeta Phi Eta

Professional Fraternity

Zeta Phi Eta, founded in 1893, is the oldest national professional fraternity for communication arts and sciences. It supports members in fields like PR, journalism, and broadcasting through networking, mentorship, and leadership opportunities, emphasizing professional growth and ethics.

SGTV

Student Gamecock Television

SGTV (Student Gamecock Television) is the student-run television station at the University of South Carolina. It provides hands-on experience in broadcasting, journalism, and media production, covering news, sports, entertainment, and campus events.

Phi Mu

Sorority

Phi Mu is a national sorority founded in 1852 that promotes sisterhood, leadership, and service. At the University of South Carolina, Phi Mu fosters personal growth, academic excellence, and philanthropy, with a strong focus on supporting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Journalism Classes

Listed below are major and minor related classes I have taken so far at UofSC . These classes have greatly improved my reporting skills.

Sports Announcing

This course introduces students to live sports broadcasting, teaching skills and techniques for on-air roles such as play-by-play and color analysis.

Writing for Mass Comm.

Basic writing skills for all areas of the mass media. Lecture-laboratory.

Live TV Productions

This course introduces students to all aspects of live sports television production, combining readings, lectures, and hands-on experience to explore how major broadcast networks produce sporting events.

Media Arts

Fundamental conceptual and technical aspects of media.

Sports Media and Society

History of sports media and an analysis of current relationships between the sports industry, athletes, media, social media and the audience.

Media Writing

Storytelling forms and formats for screen-based and related media arts

Principles of Journalism

Principles and foundations of journalism to reflect both how journalism serves communities and how its techniques are developed to effectively communicate to audiences.

Law and Ethics of Mass Comm.

Examination of First Amendment free speech and press guarantees and limitations, including commercial speech regulation, libel, privacy, copyright, trademark and open records and meetings, and related ethical principles for mass communications professionals.

Public Communication

This course covers the theory and practice of oral communication, focusing on argumentation, persuasion, audience analysis, delivery, and ethical engagement.