About Me
Hi! My name is Marley Bassett and I am a senior at the University of South Carolina. I am majoring in mass communication with a minor in political science. Currently, I am the assistant copy desk chief for The Daily Gamecock and a reporter for The Arena. I am also a freelance writer for The Lexington County Chronicle. Previously, I was the marketing intern for Charleston County Parks and Recreation, an intern for Watershed Consulting Group, and the editor-in-chief of The Johnsonian at Winthrop University. My love for politics is what inspired me to go into mass communication so I could explain and inform the public about everything going on with the local, state, national and occasionally international political systems.
Awards
SCPA 2022; 1st in General Excellence: The Johnsonian Staff, Assistant News Editor
SCPA 2023; 3rd in General Excellence: The Johnsonian Staff, Editor-in-Chief
2022-23 Best Opinion Piece Winthrop University: The Johnsonian, "When is it enough? A journalist's opinion on reporting in 2022"
SCPA 2024: First in Small Division Page One Design: "Best of 2022-2023" issue
CMA 2024: Pinnacle Awards Honorable Mention, The Daily Gamecock, Best Multimedia Breaking News Story, Reporter for "Students return to fountain for 3rd women's basketball title celebration: It's a 'once in a lifetime college memory'"
CMA 2024: Pinnacle Awards Winner, The Daily Gamecock, Best Periodic Newspaper, Assistant News Editor for April 2024 Issue
"Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph, and the signs of horror are still in the air."
Henry Anatole Grunwald