![]() SUE OLCOTT – She Speaks for the Butterfliesīiologist Susan Olcott has long been the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources’ go-to “bug person.” But since she attended a conference about monarch butterflies in 2016, the iconic orange-and-black butterflies have “taken over her life,” she says. “We are at a point where we need journalists as much as we have ever needed them.” – ZH “You’re not just teaching a skill to get a job, you’re teaching people to think independently, to be critical and analyze,” she says. ![]() ![]() ![]() She wants students to have all the skills they’ll need to be successful in 21st century journalism-whether that’s making podcasts, shooting video with drones, or using virtual reality technology. “At that point, I thought ‘That’d be fun for a few years.’”įour decades later, Dooley is still thinking differently and teaching students to do the same. She studied advertising at Marshall University, got a master’s in communications from the University of Tennessee, and worked in newspapers, radio, and PR until an old professor called and said Marshall’s journalism school had an open teaching position. “It’s a place where you can think differently.” Then she discovered the world of advertising. Growing up, Janet Dooley wanted to be an artist.
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