| Ayesha
Rascoe |
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| Howard
University |
Being a journalist has
always been a dream for Ayesha Rascoe, but it took
exam results to make her pursuit of journalism a
reality.
“I was in a career class in
middle school and we had to take an aptitude test
and one of the careers for me was journalism and
it sparked my interest,” said Rascoe, a junior
print journalism major at Howard University.
The 19-year-old Durham, N.C., native discovered
that she had a passion for writing after reading
numerous hip-hop magazines. She chose to attend
Howard, a historically black university, because
of the school’s strong journalism program
and sense of tradition.
“I love Howard
University because of my fellow students; they are
very diverse and extremely intelligent,” Rascoe
said.
Rascoe is serious about her education and future
career, to which her 4.0 GPA is a testament. And
as campus editor for The Hilltop, Howard’s
student newspaper, she spends long hours in the
newsroom.
“Even though it’s like
a full-time job, I’m dedicated because this
is what I want to do with my life,” Rascoe
said. “It’s a lot of time, but in order
for me to achieve my goals it’s very necessary.”
Besides being a reporter and freelance writer for
magazines, Rascoe also hopes to start a magazine
that caters to young African-American women and
is similar to Essence magazine.
Rascoe said she believes her experience with the
New York Times Journalism Institute will further
her love of journalism.
“Getting accepted to the institute was definitely
a form of validation for the work that I was doing,”
Rascoe said. “And it just let’s me know
that I need to work as hard as I can while I’m
here.”
MARKEL ESKRIDGE
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