My name is Carolyn and I am a sophomore majoring in Public Relations at UW-Whitewater. I went from being a Psychology major to a Broadcast Journalism major to a PR major. Right now my goal is to find something I love and something that I am good at. Psychology was not the field for me. I found it boring and I think the only reason I picked that in the first place was because I know there is a high demand and they get paid pretty well. I loved Broadcast and I think that being in front of the camera is where is belong. I had the position of one of the panelists on “The Blender” which is kind of like the show “Chelsea Lately” on E. That show is my personality- celebrity gossip is what I love- especially when it is making fun of what celebrities do. I guess I’m such a loud mouth and so opinionated that it worked. So you may ask why did I switch to PR? Well, I kind of realized that broadcast is a really hard field to get into and I would have to leave Wisconsin and move somewhere like Chicago, New York, L.A. and I don’t think I’d be able to leave my family, especially my mom. I feel like I might be better off in something that is more stable like PR. So I guess this is kind of a trial run to see if I’m good at it and more importantly, if I like it. So right now I am learning about what it is that we do: managing and maintaing relationships between organizations and its publics. As of right now I’ve made a Fact Sheet for Tomorrow’s Hope and I am working on my resume. So far, I enjoy the work and it is something different and I guess I will just have to see where this goes. Ideally, what I have in my mind, is I want to do is PR for celebrities or PR work in the fashion industry.
