Emma Brisk
WUSF Rush Family Radio News internI’ve always had a passion for storytelling.
As soon as I could walk, I was twirling around stages, telling stories through movement.
I gave up my tutus, pointe shoes and pounds of hair gel to try a different kind of storytelling.
But journalism is in my blood. My grandfather was a long running editor at the Florida Times Union. My grandmother was always correcting my grammar.
I watched the news every morning growing up. I always wanted to know what was going on in the world. I anchored my elementary school’s morning newscast to tell students what was going on in our “world.”
I wanted to cover bigger stories than the cafeteria lunch menu, so I came to USF to pursue journalism.
I’m back at WUSF after a gap year. I took on the TV news world, interning at two different stations, one right here in Tampa and the other in Fort Myers.
But for my last semester of college, I’m so excited to be back at WUSF Public Media.
Send any comments or story ideas my way through Instagram: @briskreporting.
From: St. Augustine, FL
College and year: USF Senior (graduating in December)
Major: Mass Communications with a concentration in Broadcast News
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