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Each year, a group of women in the sports journalism major work together to create the Annual Women in Sports Media symposium, an event that gathers women working in the sports media industry to share their experiences with students, faculty, and others who attend the event. Starting in the fall, I reach out to prominent women in the industry to reserve them as guest speakers, work on scheduling a date and venue for the event, as well as fundraising by applying for a grant from WFUM (Women for… Show more Each year, a group of women in the sports journalism major work together to create the Annual Women in Sports Media symposium, an event that gathers women working in the sports media industry to share their experiences with students, faculty, and others who attend the event. Starting in the fall, I reach out to prominent women in the industry to reserve them as guest speakers, work on scheduling a date and venue for the event, as well as fundraising by applying for a grant from WFUM (Women for UMass) as well as reaching out to friends and family through a Minute Fund donation campaign. Show less

As an intern for the paper, I was able to cover local sports while gaining experience with writing game and feature stories, interviewing, an editing. I mainly covered Legion and little league baseball, with some softball and volleyball as well. One of the feature stories I worked on was an investigative piece about the Hampshire Regional YMCA gymnastics program, which had just recently let go of their coach due to an HR related problem. The piece is still being investigated.