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After graduating in 2013, I moved to Washington D.C. for a job with Georgetown Media Group where I was the publisher's assistant for two lifestyle newspapers. In 2014, Tim and I were married, we moved to Savannah, GA. There I was the managing editor for a regional magazine called South Magazine. In 2015, we moved to Kansas City, where I took a role as an advertising account executive for KC Magazine. A year later, we moved to Louisville, KY where I joined my current company, Gannett. My first role with the company was a consumer marketing position handling print subscriptions for the Louisville Courier Journal. After a year, my role transitioned to covering Indianapolis and Cincinnati. We moved to Indianapolis where I took a new role as a consumer engagement manager. Currently, I'm an advertising planning manager for Gannett's Tennessee markets. I work from home in Fishers, IN. We have two girls Hazel (3) and Eleanor (1).
My most valuable experiences at Taylor were The Echo, The Washington Journalism Center semester program, and Estudio Sampere—a month-long study abroad program in Madrid.
The very best thing about Taylor University is the professors. Their compassion for students is unparalleled. I would not be where I am today if it wasn't for them. It would be easy for students entering college to think they would find more opportunities at a larger school with a bigger journalism program, but in my experience, bigger isn't always better. I believe we received a richer, more robust education with the communication department at Taylor, than the students down the road at Ball State or Indiana University. This became evident to me when we were attending state-wide conferences and contests and winning in categories like "Best Website" and "Best Investigate Story." In the classroom, we were experiencing real world professional work with classes like Cases and Campaigns where we would execute a public relations campaign for a business in the community. Taylor professors want to see you succeed, and they put in the extra hours to help you do so. I basically lived in the Echo office and my professor's office. You just can't find that kind of character shaping anywhere but Taylor. College is a time of immense growth, and you want to be watered by a faithful Christ-centered professor. That's what I found at Taylor.
The media landscape looks a lot different than it did when I graduated in 2013. Now more than ever, I believe communication students need the well-rounded education you can only get at a liberal arts institution. As evident in my bio of where I've been since graduation, you can't count on doing one thing for your entire professional career. Students will be set up for success with the wealth of skills and knowledge acquired at a liberal arts school. Communication is the core of any profession, the other classes you have the opportunity to take at Taylor are just building blocks to graduating as a person of virtue and character.
Be a light. Learn all you can from the compassionate professors at Taylor and be that in a dark world. It gets thrown around a lot at a Christian university, but you really don't know how much your light is needed until you are out in the world on your own. Ask for feedback from your professors in everything you do. This is your time to grow and learn. Bosses in the real world don't often have time to teach.
