WDBJ reporter Lindsey Cook ’25 lives by a single quote from her favorite journalist, Nellie Bly: “I said I could, and I would, and I did.”
The quote helped motivate her as she took on the job halfway through her junior year, balancing her roles as both a full-time student and journalist.
“I had a lot of people tell me that they didn’t think I was going to be able to pull it off,” said Cook, who graduated in May with a degree in multimedia journalism. “They said, ‘Being a full-time student and a full-time reporter is hard. How are you going to have the time to do that?’ I told them, ‘I’m already doing it. I’m going to do it, and I’m going to finish strong.’”…