Beat Q&A
In Fall 2024, I took Reporting I, a journalism course focused on developing core reporting skills. One of our major assignments was a Beat Q&A, where we had to identify a source relevant to our assigned beat, conduct an interview, and craft a Q&A-style story based on the conversation. I was assigned to the business and consumer news beat, and I chose to interview Caroline Kersey, a second-year student at the University of Georgia and the entrepreneur behind Caroline’s Cheesestraws, a small business she runs alongside her studies. Click below to read the full story and learn more about Caroline and her journey.
Creative Application Project
In Fall 2024, I took a Graphic Communication course where I completed LinkedIn certification training in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign. For our final project, we were challenged to take a poorly designed advertisement and redesign it using the skills we learned in Photoshop. Click below to see the original ad alongside my redesigned version.
Speculative Redesign Website
For my final project in Web Development in Spring 2025, I completed a speculative redesign of a website I originally built using basic HTML in an earlier assignment. I reimagined and significantly enhanced the concept using WordPress, transforming it into The Dawghouse Directory, a comprehensive guide to my favorite restaurants, dessert spots, study spaces, local activities, and UGA traditions. It also features a beginner-friendly Gameday Guide to help new Dawgs make the most of their Athens experience.
Public Relations Client Portfolio
In the Spring of 2025, for my Public Relations Communications class, I spent the semester developing PR content for a local business in Athens, GA. At the end of the semester, I was tasked with refining my projects and creating a professional PR client portfolio that encapsulates my semester’s work.
