• "My knowledge has improved drastically."
  
  
• "This is completely different than a class."
  
  
• "This is exactly what I want to do after (completing college)."
  
  
• "With immersion (experiences) you actually get to do the stuff, not just follow the reporter around."
  

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Role Played at NewsLink: On-air reporter

Status: Senior

Major: Telecommunications (news option)

Hometown: Coldwater, Ohio

Beyond Her NewsLink Indiana Experience: Tricia has been involved with student-run television shows since her freshman year, doing everything from producing to reporting, anchoring, and directing. This year she is working on the nightly half-hour newscast NewsWatch.

Other campus activities and honors include:

• Resident assistant for two years in the Ball State residence halls
• Led a group of students to raise money for Heifer International
• Internship at WTVG in Toledo, Ohio 
• Honors College student
• Member of Alpha Lambda Delta, an honor society for first-year students

Aspiration: "I don't care where I live, what station I'm working for, all I want is to be a reporter."

Ask Her Questions: Go to her Virtual Roundtable entry.