Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/a> in September, reporting on breaking news for the paper’s hyper local team on the City of Dunwoody beat. The aspiring journalist snagged the gig after making a direct connection with an AJC editor at an Oglethorpe on-campus event.<\/p>\nIn this role, Ca\u00f1as Escobar is writing several stories a day, mostly on topics related to crime, which has helped to grow her writing skills and prepared her for the next step in professional journalism.<\/p>\n
“It really teaches you to be conscientious of what you’re actually writing and how you are portraying the information, and it is challenging—in a really good way.”<\/p>\n
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