Ashleigh Walters visits Dreyfoos

Taylor Rich, News Staffer • 6 Views

November 21, 2013

Channel 5 News reporter Ashleigh Walters speaks to communications freshmen.

On Nov. 21, WPTV News Channel 5 anchor and reporter Ashleigh Walters visited communications freshmen to give a presentation on the life of news reporting and anchoring. Ms. Walters has been reporting for WPTV for two years and has been reporting eight years in total.

“[The students] should [learn to] view the news in a new way,” Ms. Walters said. “The next time [the students] turn on their television or receive news they should think more deeply about [it].”

During the presentation, Ms. Walters shared her journey to getting where she is today, including college, internships and anchoring for other stations. She emphasized on how emotional some stories can become and how, to succeed in the field of journalism, one must be able to make a story out of anything.

“I learned a lot from the presentation,” communications freshman Matthew Nadel said. “I learned how news stories are taken from concept to TV, and all the steps in between.”

Having Ms. Walters give the presentation was very eye opening to the communications freshmen. The view Ms. Walters gave on news reporting, anchoring and the field of journalism gave students an overall different perspective on the efforts put behind delivering news to the public.

“[Through reporting], I’ve seen natural disasters and personal triumphs. They blow me away. People are amazing,” Ms. Walters said. “Every day [of reporting] is different. I’m there for the best and worst parts of people’s lives, and it’s an honor.

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Taylor Rich, Head Copy Editor

Communications senior Taylor Rich is a third-year staffer and the Head Copy Editor of The Muse. Rich loves fast food, friends, and foreign policy. In her major, she focuses on journalism and debate. Rich is a captain of the Dreyfoos Speech and Debate Team and an avid competitor in Congressional Debate, where she travels across the nation to compete. Additionally, Rich is the president of ThinkPINK and encourages all of Dreyfoos to get involved and contribute to the club’s cause of promoting breast cancer awareness. Rich is looking forward to another spectacular year on The Muse and reaching out to the entire Dreyfoos community and learning as much as she can about its artistic environment.