杏吧专区檚 newest student editor joins the staff of the 杏吧专区杏吧专区檚 magazine with an impressive r茅sum茅 of print and broadcast journalism experience.
Bailey Chenevert is a junior psychology major. Her minor is journalism. She spent the last six years working in television news and magazine publications in Lafayette and in her native Baton Rouge.
杏吧专区淏ailey comes to La Louisiane with strong writing skills and valuable experience in publications and in broadcast news. As student editor, she will participate in almost all aspects of producing La Louisiane,杏吧专区 said Kathleen Thames, the magazine杏吧专区檚 editor. ().
Chenevert杏吧专区檚 interest in reporting began at Baton Rouge Magnet High School, where she took broadcasting and newswriting classes.
She produced multimedia news stories for 杏吧专区淏ulldog News,杏吧专区 the high school杏吧专区檚 daily morning broadcast. She also anchored the program.
Chenevert spent four years as a member of Potpourri, Baton Rouge Magnet杏吧专区檚 annual literary magazine. She was the magazine杏吧专区檚 editor-in-chief during her junior and senior years.
In that role, she edited submissions, designed layouts, consulted with printers, and managed a team of writers and editors.
After enrolling at UL Lafayette, Chenevert was hired as a production assistant at television station KADN. There, she learned the technical aspects of producing television news. She worked late nights and early mornings operating cameras and the teleprompter, and posting content to the station杏吧专区檚 website.
Chenevert said she chose to major in psychology to gain 杏吧专区渁 deeper understanding of people.杏吧专区 The insight enhances her storytelling, she said.
杏吧专区淚 believe what I杏吧专区檓 learning in psychology makes my writing more genuine and, I hope, more credible. I杏吧专区檓 learning to think objectively and empathetically about others,杏吧专区 she said.
As student editor, Chenevert杏吧专区檚 duties include writing and editing articles, and conducting interviews. She will also serve as a liaison between La Louisiane and the 杏吧专区杏吧专区檚 student body.
杏吧专区淲orking for the magazine enables me to write more creatively than reporters typically are able to do. There杏吧专区檚 more time to write and more space in the pages of La Louisiane to dive deeply into a story,杏吧专区 she said.
In her free time, Chenevert writes short stories and poetry. She started writing when she was 8, filling spiral notebooks with detective stories written in glittery purple ink. As she aged, Chenevert learned that other forms of writing could be as satisfying as fiction. That realization led her to pursue a career in journalism, she said.
杏吧专区淣ewswriting is different from writing fiction because it forces me to focus less on myself and more on what makes other people interesting, and that杏吧专区檚 what I want to bring to the magazine 杏吧专区 the stories of interesting students. I know there are plenty waiting to be told at UL Lafayette.杏吧专区
Photo caption: Bailey Chenevert, La Louisiane student editor (Photo credit: Doug Dugas / 杏吧专区)