My long-term goal is to build a career in media and sports communications where storytelling, digital media, and strategic communication can shape how audiences and fans understand sports, culture, and social issues. I am currently pursuing a Bachelor of Journalism with a major in Media Studies and a minor in Marketing at Thompson Rivers University. My academic interests are closely connected to my passions, particularly football, social media, and media storytelling. As someone who has always followed football closely and supports Chelsea FC, I am fascinated by how athletes, teams, and sports events are represented in the media. I am also interested in how social media platforms have transformed the way fans engage with sports and how organisations communicate with audiences. Alongside my academic work, I have gained experience in sales and customer interaction through door-to-door and remote sales roles, which helped me develop strong communication, persuasion, and relationship-building skills. Additionally, I have been the Master of Ceremony for the Afro Caribbean Student Association (ACSA) for the last three years and was privileged to be acknowledged with an award at this year’s Gala. The experience helped me hone in my public speaking skills as well as people engagement skills. As a Nigerian international student studying in Canada, I also bring a global perspective to my work and approach storytelling with curiosity, cultural awareness, and an interest in representing diverse voices.
The portfolio pieces included highlight several career skills that I have developed throughout my program, including research, interviewing, storytelling, and multimedia production. One project that reflects these skills is a short documentary about football and Daniel Sagno’s experiences. In this project, I conducted background research, developed interview questions, filmed footage, and edited the final documentary. The goal of the film was to explore Sagno’s journey in football and examine how sport can shape identity, opportunity, and community. Producing the documentary required strong storytelling decisions to present his story clearly and engagingly. Through this process, I developed practical skills in interviewing, camera work, narrative structure, and video editing while learning how documentary storytelling can capture the human side of sport.
This project reflects several of TRU’s Institutional Learning Outcomes, particularly Connection, Engagement, and Local-to-Global. The documentary demonstrates Connection through clear storytelling and communication with both the interview subject and the audience. It reflects Engagement by focusing on a real individual involved in football and highlighting how sport can bring communities together. Finally, it reflects the Local-to-Global outcome by connecting a local football story to broader global conversations about sport, culture, and opportunity. As someone who grew up in Nigeria and now studies in Canada, I am especially interested in how football connects people across cultures and countries. Through the work included in this portfolio, I aim to demonstrate my development as a communicator who can combine journalism, marketing insight, and multimedia storytelling to produce meaningful media around sport and culture.
