Sam Burdette
M.A. Student (Accelerated Program)
- Specialty: General Journalism
- Areas of interest: Breaking news, science journalism, copy editing
- Undergrad Degree: Journalism, University of Arizona
- Hometown: Tucson
- Background/goals: From my first college journalism class, I was absolutely hooked and new this is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Currently, I'm the editor-in-chief at the Daily Wildcat, and after college, I'd like to work in breaking news.
- Why UA: It was close to home and I had a substantial scholarship to the UA, but I decided to major in journalism specifically because I loved writing and I'm a stickler for fairness and accuracy.