My name is Matt Gardner and I am a junior at UW-Whitewater. I was born in West Allis, WI, and I have lived there in the same house my entire life. I am a print journalism major and a multimedia minor. I was originally a speech minor but switched to multimedia because I felt it was more applicable with today's journalism standards. I am the Opinion Editor for the Royal Purple here on campus. Through my nearly two years with the Royal Purple, I have found that being a journalist is a very stressful job, but it is something that I'm more than willing to deal with. In the future, I hope to be writing sports for a magazine, website, or newspaper. Sports has been the biggest part of my life since I can remember, and it's the area of mass media I am most familiar with. My dream job would be working for either Sports Illustrated or ESPN. I played four sports in high school, football, basketball, baseball and track, although football is my favorite. If I had to choose any sport to cover, I would definitely choose football since it was the sport I grew up with. I am a huge Packers fan, and I would die to see them win another Super Bowl. On another note, I am also a very avid runner who has tried out for the track team at UW-Whitewater (unfortunately I didn't make it, despite running a 4:38 mile). I love to be in shape and one day hope to run in The Boston Marathon.
I definitely agree with the fact of being writing for any kind of sport. Although I'm an Ad major, I would love to find a way to get involved with sports. I know a lot of people that have gotten internships through the Brewers and such for many different things including writing. You should look into it.
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ReplyDeleteSounds like you and I share a huge interest: Sports. Sports are also a huge part of what I want to do, career wise. In my eyes, having a job in sports media would be the sweetest thing ever. I already love watching sports, why not cover them for a living and get paid to do it? It’d be awesome, no doubt. I remember in class you saying you were trying to get an internship with ESPN radio. Good luck with doing that, it’s definitely worth it. If you’re a Brewers fan, you’ll be in heaven.
Doing any work with sports would be awesome. It would be tight to cover sports events because you would probably get to attend a bunch of games. I'm also a huge Packer fan and I think were in for some good seasons to come, hopefully the trophy will come home soon lol
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