“Alright, people. Let’s start at the beginning one last time.”

I’m Averi, a graduate student pursuing a master’s in journalism and mass communication from the University of Georgia. I also attended UGA during my time as an undergraduate and obtained a bachelor’s degree in journalism with minors in English and Spanish. I grew up about two hours south of Athens in a somewhat small town called Griffin.

As a graduate student, I focus largely on the visual aspects of journalism and mass media and the ways that audiences interact with and perceive this media. I’m also a graduate assistant for Columns, the university’s online newspaper. With Columns, I love writing profiles and meeting some really cool people around campus. It’s given me the chance to explore different parts of UGA that I normally wouldn’t think about. For example, I had the great pleasure of meeting one of the people that helped create a termite mound that’s currently sitting in the gorilla enclosure at Zoo Atlanta.

I’ve also worked with other publications such as The Red & Black, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and InfUSion Magazine as a writer, photographer and editor for various desks. I really love movies (gold star if you can guess my favorite movie based on this blog post), so one of my favorite things that I’ve done while at UGA is cover Backlight, an annual student-organized film festival.

Two Truths and a Lie:
– I once watched all twelve seasons of The Big Bang Theory in a month.
– Until the 8th grade, I was dead set on working for the CIA because I was obsessed with spy and detective novels.
– I was my region’s spelling bee champion for 5 years in a row during grade school.