Author: Olivia

Anchoring/Reporting dresses you need in your closet

by Olivia

Here are some dresses I recently bought for reporting and anchoring in, all under $30!

They’re all so comfy and great quality. The blue and white one are cotton, which is super breathable for hot summer days in the field!

All are from NY&C and can be found below!

 

 

Products you NEED as a journalist

by Olivia

I’ve quickly realized a fanny pack is the best thing to have at work.

You can keep all your necessities close to you. I carry lip gloss/chapstick, extra batteries, lav mic, an extra hair tie (for windy days), and business cards!

I need to be better at staying hydrated throughout the day. Usually, I don’t because I fear a gas station bathroom (you get the struggle newsies). A big tumblr is essential for ice-cold water or hot coffee.

A phone lav is a lifesaver and pretty inexpensive to stay with you for emergencies.

Last, but not least, a phone tripod. It’s now essential for my live shots. I can be hands-free and have the stand right underneath me for reading. I talk with my hands so it’s more natural for me to not hold anything.

Click on the necessities below.

Summer anchor dresses under $50

by Olivia

Here are affordable dresses I recently bought or found under $50 (most even under $25)!

Amazon has always been my go-to but I needed some new, better quality dresses.

Weekend trip in Nashville, TN

by Olivia

- Weekend in Nashville with girls from High School -

Here are pictures from the girl’s trip to Nashville.

Working and living in Huntsville, Nashville is just 2 hours away. I hadn’t seen my high school best friends in 6 months and they took the trip down south from Jersey!

We had the BEST time. I’m so grateful they made the trip. It was so nice to catch up and reconnect. It can be hard living so far but grateful we were able to see each other for a few days.

Thoughts on the Coronavirus

by Olivia

- Journal entry during quarantine -

COVID entry

Covid,

I followed by your rules for more than a year and the second I let my guard down, you chose to strike. I don’t blame myself but I am having a hard time with it all.

I did what I thought was right and what health leaders told me to do. I wore my mask when I felt appropriate, I got my vaccines, I did everything I could to prevent this. I did too many to count news stories on COVID and its impact and even in practicing what I preached, I fell victim to thinking this was somewhat over. Where do we even go from here? Nearly two years too long.

You took away time with my family, time in my hometown, and the holiday. As I try to wrap my head around it all and its unfairness, I get angry. I’m sick of this.

When is enough for you, covid? At a certain point, we can’t all just freeze our lives. We have to move on and move forward.

Even as I sit here trying to gather my thoughts and wrap my mind around this all, I feel like I have no place to talk (or write). Hundreds of thousands of lives lost, impacted, and then so many frontline workers, giving their lives - I can’t imagine.

Honestly, it’s not until having the virus that I feel like I can really see and feel the severity of it. The aching head pain, body aches that I’ve never experienced and a temperature that felt debilitating, all of this, and I’m considered a lucky one.

This is a message to say I’m with you all impacted. I’m confused, I’m angry and wondering when enough is enough.

I want to move on after my 10 days of quarantine, but I can’t help going into 2022 with fear, concern, and doubt.

If there’s anything we can all relate on, it’s that we’re all trying to navigate this. One day, we will be able to say we beat this.

I don’t have the answers, I don’t know what to do anymore, but I pray a better year is ahead. Remember to be kind through this.