I am Winthrop: Daisy Burroughs

Daisy on the road to Success!

As the computers shut down, the lights in the television control room and the television studio room goes off and the cameras shut down, Daisy Burroughs has completed another successful news recording for "Winthrop Close Up". She started her freshmen year of college as an education major and quickly realized her passion for broadcasting should be pursued. Switching from education to mass communication, Daisy believes that she made the right decision and is determined to be successful in her future plans as becoming a reporter first, then a show host. "Ideally I would take my degree and go into the working world; start off as a reporter and then I would love to become a co-host for a well known news show such as Good Morning America," she confessed. Becoming familiar with the broadcasting utensils, Daisy started out as the teleprompter for the news show, film at her University. The news show is called "Winthrop Close Up" which reports the latest news that is going on around campus and the surrounding areas. This news show only has two live recordings a school year but there are many weekly recordings shown on a Winthrop television channel. Later in the semester, Daisy was placed as the floor director, which really gave her hands on opportunities. "I like being the floor director because I get to call the shots, communicate between the anchor and the workers in the technician room. It can get a little frustrating because the anchors may not read their scripts and mess up or the technology room may have problems but we just have to roll with the punches," she admitted. The Winthrop broadcasting senior had the opportunity to intern for Good Day Columbia, in Columbia SC; where she had the opportunity to show off her skills she learned from her class, "Winthrop Close Up". Not only is the upcoming reporter a crew member for the news show at Winthrop, she is also Winthrop's 2013 Homecoming queen, the President of Xi Beta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., a member or Kappa Tau Alpha and Alpha Lambda Delta, a 2013 Peer Mentor, a National Society of Collegiate Scholars and a CN2 News Intern. Daisy work as a office and night host for Winthrop's Resident Halls such as Roddey, Margaret Nance and Richardson. She is also known as one of Winthrop's "Excellent Women". Daisy Burroughs is a well-known student amongst the student body of Winthrop University and she is well involved around campus in many organizations. At 22, Daisy Burroughs will be graduating from Winthrop University with a BA degree in Mass Communication and she has already launched a job at Good Day Columbia.