{"id":748,"date":"2021-04-14T15:53:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T20:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/?post_type=student_work&p=748"},"modified":"2021-04-14T15:53:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T20:53:26","slug":"meet-olivia-wales-2","status":"publish","type":"student_work","link":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Olivia Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

Major:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Journalism\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>Hometown:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Fayetteville, Arkansas<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why did you choose\u00a0<\/span><\/b>T<\/span><\/b>exas Christian University<\/span><\/b>?\u202f<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span>I was born and raised in Fayet<\/span>teville, Arkansas, home of the U<\/span>niversity of Arkansas. Growing up in a college town that rallies around the Arkansas Razorbacks was so much fun. However, many of my friends were headed to the University of Arkansas and while that would have been easy and safe, I needed a challenge. I chose TCU because it was the perfect mix between a small,\u00a0<\/span>tight-knit\u00a0<\/span>student body that reminded m<\/span>e of my Fayetteville\u00a0<\/span>community who supported me as I<\/span>\u00a0grew up,\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0the large DFW\u00a0<\/span>area<\/span>\u00a0that provided exciting challenges and opportunities.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What led you to pick journalism as your major?\u202f<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span>I came to TCU without any journalism experience or knowledge. I wanted to choose an occupation that help<\/span>ed<\/span>\u00a0people, but I wasn\u2019t sure what that looked like for me. Pre-Med? Business? I went back and forth, but ultimately, I realized that journalists do a service to society through seeking the truth and reporting it. Journalism wields great power in challenging authority and exposing injustices, and I wanted to help people through writing and reporting the truth.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What has been the greatest opportunity you have had because of your major?\u202f<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span>The greatest opportunity I had was when I traveled to New York City to cover the TCU Men\u2019s Basketball NIT semifinal game in Madison Square Garden. I traveled with two other members of TCU 360, <\/span>the student-run online news site,\u00a0<\/span>and we were able to sit court-side and cover the game. That semester, I pitched the idea to start covering basketball games on Instagram through live updates and court-side videos to bring fans to the game who could not attend in person. I love that the journalism program was open to my new idea and gave me the power to try it out for the first game of the season. The coverage was well-receive<\/span>d, and the journalism program, TCU 360,\u00a0<\/span>hired me to continue doing the coverage. I have covered basketball, football and volleyball on Instagram ever since. I respect the journalism program for truly listening to new ideas for improvement that s<\/span>tudents have and giving student\u00a0<\/span>journalists the ability to put their ideas into practice.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What has been your favorite journalism class you have taken and why?\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span>Reporting with\u00a0<\/span>p<\/span>rofessor\u00a0<\/span>Jean Brown. This class challenged me in my writing, but it also gave me real journalism experience. I was writing on t<\/span>ight deadlines, covering the Student Government Association<\/span>\u00a0beat and talking to many students every week. It was a difficult class, but the one where both my writing and reporting skills improved the most.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u00a0<\/span><\/b>advice do you have for students in high school looking to pursue a career in journalism?\u202f<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span>Don\u2019t wait until you feel confident, start now. Write the story, interview the source, apply for a job at the newspaper even if you\u2019ve never written a story, and take what you get. Everyone has to start somewhere, and\u00a0<\/span>often it\u2019s the hard work behind the\u00a0<\/span>scenes at the beginning that teaches you the<\/span>\u00a0principle<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>diligence\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0essential for future success.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":749,"template":"","class_list":["post-748","student_work","type-student_work","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sw_category-journalism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMeet Olivia Wales - Journalism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet Olivia Wales - Journalism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Major:\u00a0Journalism\u00a0 Hometown:\u00a0Fayetteville, Arkansas\u00a0 Why did you choose\u00a0Texas Christian University?\u202f I was born and raised in Fayetteville, Arkansas, home of the University of Arkansas. Growing up in a college town that rallies around the Arkansas Razorbacks was so much fun. However, many of my friends were headed to the University of Arkansas and while that would... Read more »\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Journalism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/JOUR_ALUM_OliviaWalesStudentStory_F20_LAW-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/\",\"name\":\"Meet Olivia Wales - Journalism\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/JOUR_ALUM_OliviaWalesStudentStory_F20_LAW-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-14T20:53:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/JOUR_ALUM_OliviaWalesStudentStory_F20_LAW-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/JOUR_ALUM_OliviaWalesStudentStory_F20_LAW-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":1707,\"height\":2560,\"caption\":\"A photo of TCU journalism student Olivia Wales.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Student Work\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Meet Olivia Wales\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/\",\"name\":\"Journalism\",\"description\":\"TCU Department of Journalism\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meet Olivia Wales - Journalism","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meet Olivia Wales - Journalism","og_description":"Major:\u00a0Journalism\u00a0 Hometown:\u00a0Fayetteville, Arkansas\u00a0 Why did you choose\u00a0Texas Christian University?\u202f I was born and raised in Fayetteville, Arkansas, home of the University of Arkansas. Growing up in a college town that rallies around the Arkansas Razorbacks was so much fun. However, many of my friends were headed to the University of Arkansas and while that would... Read more »","og_url":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/","og_site_name":"Journalism","og_image":[{"width":1707,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/JOUR_ALUM_OliviaWalesStudentStory_F20_LAW-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/","url":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/","name":"Meet Olivia Wales - Journalism","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/JOUR_ALUM_OliviaWalesStudentStory_F20_LAW-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-14T20:53:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/JOUR_ALUM_OliviaWalesStudentStory_F20_LAW-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/JOUR_ALUM_OliviaWalesStudentStory_F20_LAW-scaled.jpg","width":1707,"height":2560,"caption":"A photo of TCU journalism student Olivia Wales."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/meet-olivia-wales-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Student Work","item":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/student_work\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Meet Olivia Wales"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/#website","url":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/","name":"Journalism","description":"TCU Department of Journalism","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student_work\/748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student_work"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/student_work"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student_work\/748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}