Hailey Peters

The Heart Behind the Hard Work

I've always been told that I am a strong writer, but I never knew what to do with that for the longest time. I knew I didn't want to teach English, write any novels or movie scripts, or solely blog forever (although, blogging on the side is super fun).

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In an effort to keep my writing skills sharp, I decided to write for the Kentucky Kernel, UK's award-winning independent newspaper, when I got to campus. I came into college as a marketing major, which is really cool and interesting and I wouldn't mind ending up in a marketing position later on in life, but it didn't really fit my ideal college scenario. So I changed majors into PR...for about 2 weeks. I thought it was a step in the right direction, but it wasn't everything I wanted either.

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After truly loving writing anywhere from 2-7 articles per week for the Kernel and getting told by my editors that I did a great job on all of them, I decided to do the obvious: major in journalism.

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Using my gift of writing to truly connect people to the world around them is a powerful, rewarding, amazing thing. And I've discovered through my experiences that my ultimate dream job would be to anchor a morning newscast, and once I make my name big enough, a political correspondent.

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Ending up doing PR for a sports, entertainment, arts non-profit or music venue would be extremely satisfying as well, and I think studying journalism gives me unique skills to be able to do such thing.

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After everything I've discovered about myself through journalism, one thing rings loud and true for me: Loving what you do is passion. Doing what you love is freedom.

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I've found my freedom. Now, I want to bring it to others.