The name Evangeline means “bearer of good news.” Perfect for someone in the journalism industry, right? It seems the universe, or maybe her parents, knew what Evangeline wanted to do long before she did.

In fact, she didn’t even realize reporting could be a career until junior year of high school when she began writing for her school’s yearbook.

Since then, her whole life has kind of revolved around journalism. She likes to say being a journalist isn’t just a job, it becomes who you are. Always being curious, keeping an eye out for leads and building relationships with possible sources.

Evangeline decided to move from her small farm town in Pennsylvania to Hamden, Connecticut to attend Quinnipiac University. She joined the journalism 3+1 program, in which she gets a bachelor’s degree in the first three years and a master’s in the fourth. She also has minors in both Film, Television & Media Arts and Criminal Justice. 

Outside of classes, she creates news packages and segments for a student media group, the Q30TV Newscast. Now in her third year, Evangeline is looking forward to her graduation this summer, after which she’ll be attending graduate school for Interactive Media and Communications.

During breaks from school, Evangeline interns at a news station in Pennsylvania. There, she produces daily newscasts- organizing stories, choosing visuals, including graphics and camera angles, and writing the anchors’ scripts. During the show, she keeps track of time and cues reporters. Having spent multiple breaks at the station, Evangeline is hopeful for a career there once she graduates college. 

Ultimately, Evangeline hopes to become a reporter. She loves to meet people and learn their stories, especially unique ones. Even moreso, she loves sharing those stories with audiences to raise awareness about issues, opportunities or just lift spirits. But she believes the most important job of a journalist is to keep the public informed. That’s where Quinnipiac’s ICM program comes in.

The need for easily disseminated and digested content is growing by the day. Not everyone wants to stop and read a whole article. This leads to important stories being missed- totally shattering the “watchdog” aspect of journalism. 

Finding ways to share stories in short formats is the only way to reach an audience with constantly shortening attention spans. She hopes Quinnipiac’s ICM program will train her to use graphics, social media and easily readable copy to do just this.