Back in December of 2015, my college campus had established Odyssey Online to allow my fellow classmates and me to write and publish our own articles to share on our social media. I saw that some of my old high school classmates had been writing for the Odyssey at their campuses before my school gained the publication. I was always in awe while reading their articles and seeing it shared all over Facebook and Twitter. I remember being so excited when I heard Odyssey was coming to my school and jumped right on board when I heard the news. I started off as being just a Writer to becoming the Social Media Director as well just a few months after.
A lot of people don't like Odyssey and think it is immature and low-level writing, but it is the complete opposite. The staff on each campus are from students who want to expand and improve their writing abilities volunteer to write each week. Each writer on staff isn't an English or communications major like I am. In fact, a lot are studying biology, political science, music and more. I have read almost every article that is published from my campus and I can see the improvement of each writer almost every week, even in myself.
Odyssey has given me an opportunity to showcase my writing capabilities and start building up a portfolio of articles for when I graduate college and look for jobs in the same field. I started to write for Odyssey because I thought it would be fun but it helped me pick which career path I want to embark on; Journalism. I enjoyed writing while growing up, but I can truly say that Odyssey has helped me a lot on coming up with weekly topics, different article styles, and showcasing my work on social media, things that I need to do as a journalist. There is no greater feeling than seeing hundreds or thousands of people across the country share your work. It helps boosts my creative writing confidence when I see a large number of shares.
I enjoy being able to express and share my opinions to the world as a young adult. I am excited to continue writing many more articles in the future, no matter how much I forget I have an article due each Sunday. Who knows where Odyssey and my many articles will take me in the future, but things can only go up from here. Thank you, Odyssey.
