Going from earning her Bachelor’s Degree to now getting her Master’s in Journalism and Mass Communications to now helping produce the documentary ” We Will Rise,” Morgan Hardy enjoys all aspects of journalism.

“It takes a great amount of creativity to do the different types of Journalism,” said Morgan Hardy, who launched her high school’s newspaper and later produced a new digital storytelling content. “It’s always been something that I’m drawn to and video and audio have always interested me.”

Hardy has always wanted to be in journalism since she was a kid. She said that “It’s always been something, I’ve always wanted to do, but the news always interested me.”

When she was in middle school she participated in her middle schools morning show broadcast. She then went to UGA and as an undergraduate she had many experiences come her way. While she could not name them all, she did name that she got to experience being an intern as the Digital Producer for the Olgethorpe Echo and she also got to do many other internships and create content.

“The University of Georgia ( UGA) has opened many doors for me and helped my network,” she said, explaining that she believes ” If I hadn’t gone to UGA, I don’t think I would have got the opportunities.”

She originally went to Louisiana State University( LSU) her freshman year of college and got her basic courses done. After her transfer to UGA is when she had all her opportunities open. “I’ve been surprised the doors that can lie and what I have learned and all the opportunities it has opened.”

Hardy has learned that “journalism can be hard and it can be uncomfortable sometimes, but if you get to know your people your interviewing, it makes it easier for them to trust you and makes them feel more comfortable in answering your questions. You lean on your friends and other journalists and find little corners.”

Attempting new things is important for young journalist entering the field. “You won’t know till you try.” said Hardy, who is entering her final year in graduate school. “I’m very blessed and grateful to be here and will be very sad when I have to leave.”

Hi, my name is Bristol! I’m from Danielsville, Georgia and I go to Madison County High School. Im going to be a junior in High School. I want to go into the MotorSports Industry but more specifically the Nascar Industry.

I love Nascar. The energy and passion the fans bring to the race and even if you’re new or have never been before, the fans are so welcoming and helpful. The drivers are so close with the fans, even if they have a bad race or just woke up on the wrong side of the bed, they still have a smile on their face. The MotorSports industry is so interesting to me because of all the different cars and people you meet.

Another dream is I want to be in the booth with the other drivers because to be in the Nascar booth you have to know what your talking about and be able to explain to the fans what is going on and what is going to happen before it actually happens.

I want to attend the University of Tennessee, but if I have to I would also love to go to the University of Georgia because both have amazing Broadcast and Media programs to get the job you want. I have always wanted to race a race car like my dad did and even though he didn’t make it to the Big Dawgs. He still races like its the most freeing thing in the world, like that is the only time he is actually peaceful. My mom on the other hand, She works at the University of Georgia in Grady. She is also a big Nascar fan and she is the one who opened my eyes to Nascar and ever since we have been the biggest Nascar nerds and we almost compete with each other to see who knows about it. My dream is to be able to bring my mom to all the tracks and experience all there is to experience in Nascar to going inside the shops and meeting the drivers to just being in a pit box with a crew chief hearing and seeing everything that goes into the race car, team, and technology behind it.

I am a joyful person, who loves the loud sounds of a race car to how much work goes into the races, and I love to hear people actually voice there struggles and how things impact them because in experience talking out about things and actually feeling you can trust someone is the most comforting feeling ever.

To close about myself, I really strive to be the best I can be and I work hard for everything I want to achieve even if I think I can’t do it, I still try. I want to learn everything there is to know about the MotorSports media and how to continue to learn and grow into the person that I have been trying my hardest to become.