Hello! My name is Dylan DeRaud and I’m a Journalism major here at Texas State University along with minoring in Business. I recently transferred to Texas State from from the University of North Texas after my freshman year of college. UNT has a highly touted journalism program there but due to external factors. I never felt at home and decided to find a change in scenery. However this did not impact the way I still feel about my major and stuck with it. What got me into journalism in the first place was watching ESPN as a kid and seeing all the highlights they broadcasted. Mixed in with my love for sports and finding out information, journalism just felt like the perfect fit. Thus, this is why I’m creating this public blog as a way to share my opinions and reports of sports locally and nationally. I believe that people will enjoy reading my blog posts due to my credibility. I am an avid sports viewer and I have experience in the field of sports reporting. In high school I was chosen to be the sports producer of my student run broadcast class. That took a lot of hard work and perseverance due to the fact that I had to start out at the bottom of the staff hierarchy. I was given the least important segments and had to earn the respect of my peers. I also was an Intern for a site called The Old Coach that provided me with an opportunity to film and report local high school football games. If my blog does indeed become successful, my hope is that it kept my readers entertained as well as informed of what is going on in the world of sports. With a lot of different sports platforms out there that are all about clicks its nice to have a straight forward sports site and I hope my blog can provide that.
Sources: https://theoldcoach.com/
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