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Profile: Merritt Enright // Katie Dickens

Merritt Enright knew she loved journalism when she was 12 years old and discovered the Instagram app.

“I became super interested in media and journalism and have been every since,” Enright said.

Enright, originally from Atlanta, Georgia, is currently a freshman at Salem College. She is planning on studying journalism at Wake Forest University while studying math and studio art at Salem College.

Enright said she knew that Wake Forest offered the journalism minor while Salem did not, and found out she was able to take classes at Wake. She browsed the bulletin online and found the first introductory class, Journalism 270.

“Coming to class at Wake was actually kind of a scary process,” said Enright. “You just show up on the first day, not registered or anything, and try to work it out. But it’s been such a great experience so far.”

Enright was the Editor-in-Chief of her high school paper, and followed her passion for journalism when she founded the Salem chapter of the Odyssey, a national blogging website designed for college girls. Enright said she liked the website because it reminded her of the similarly collaborative lifestyle blog HerCampus. She especially enjoys the media components of journalism that she incorporates into her work, including photography and video content.

She also recently became the media coordinator for the marching band at Wake Forest, where she will run the digital media platforms, putting together video and photo content and running website and social media for the group.

“My interest in journalism is pretty broad, but I’m definitely interested in all things media,” Enright said. “Conde Nast would definitely be the dream job. I love Vanity Fair; I love content creation.”