Brooke Elliott is a rising senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she is majoring in Media and Journalism and minoring in Data Science. She is a staff writer for the University Desk and Elevate Desk of the Daily Tar Heel, UNC's award-winning student newspaper. Her work won first prize in fiction in UNC's Cellar Door literary magazine. She won National Gold and Silver Medals in the Scholastic Writing Competition for her short stories, as well as numerous Gold and Silver Key awards in journalism, humor, dramatic script, and poetry during middle and high school. She was the recipient of numerous awards and honors for her journalism, including runner-up for News Writer of the Year for the Arkansas Scholastic Press Association and grand prize for news website design in 2020. She was selected for Girls State 2020 for the state of Arkansas. Brooke also has a strong interest in digital media and coding. She is conversant with a wide variety of social media platforms and has working experience as a social media manager, graphic designer, and content writer.
