Student Reporters Share Faith-Focused Olympic Coverage

December 2024

A group of 18 journalism students and 2 professors traveled to Paris to cover the 2024 Summer Olympics; they wrote stories, created social media content, and produced broadcasts about Olympians who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or affiliated with BYU.

“It was the culmination of my studies,” says recent graduate Jocelyn Moody. “I had a lot of years of writing and interviewing under my belt, so it was a great opportunity to take what I learned and just go at it.”

The BYU group met daily to discuss story ideas before going to various venues to interview athletes and their friends and family members. During the games, they produced 180 stories—including a race recap of the 5,000-meter finals run by Whittni Morgan and an article about missionaries sharing the gospel during the Olympics.

“I learned a lot about being a journalist,” says Jordan Burr, a senior studying journalism. “Yes, we were in Paris, but we also needed to produce stories.”

Applying what they’d learned in class in Paris was an option thanks in part to donors who support the School of Communications and the Kennedy Center for International Studies.

Read more at https://news.byu.edu/intellect/byu-journalism-students-highlight-olympic-athletes-stories-in-paris