By Eugenia Finizio
JMC '13

As a student journalist for mtvU, MTV's college television station, I pitch ideas and produce news stories that are relevant to a college audience. I heard about the student journalist program through an SMPA alumnus, and after a series of interviews, I began reporting on my first story for the station in late August.

With a script, interview questions, a camera, and myself, I trek all over DC to report on stories. I then sit down and edit the the story together and send it to the producers at mtvU. After some final changes, the story airs on mtvU stations around the country and online.

As someone who has always wanted to become a reporter, being able to cover issues and events that I think are important to college students and then watch the stories air on television has been an amazing opportunity. I went from watching TRL with Carson Daly on MTV when I was in middle school to reporting for mtvU as a senior in college.