“I’m very hard-working,” senior Emily Brinkley said. “I like being busy; I really don’t want to just sit at home and not do anything.”
Brinkley leads the Oriole staff as the Editor-in-Chief for the second year in a row and in her third year on staff. After the adviser threw Brinkley into the editor role her junior year, Brinkley gained the knowledge and skills necessary to take on the challenge of the leadership position.
“I think I know a lot more of how to do it now after my first year,” Brinkley said. “I’m a lot more confident.”
One of Brinkley’s goals for the newspaper staff this year is to be more organized and focus on deadlines. She also wants to pay attention to staff members and the readership.
“I mostly just want everybody to be happy with how the year went, and more people know about the newspaper than they do now,” Brinkley said.
Outside of newspaper, Brinkley plays flute in band and performs with the color guard in the fall. She guided the color guard as its captain during her sophomore and junior years, which added to her leadership experience.
“I like leadership,” Brinkley said. “Especially since I’m wanting to be a nurse, it really helps me a lot with empathy for other people and what they’re dealing with.”
Brinkley enrolled in a college medical terminology class on her way to her future career.
“I want to specifically do labor and delivery or be a midwife,” Brinkley said. “I’ve always loved babies and kids, and I babysit all the time.”
Being on the newspaper staff has benefited Brinkley.
“I get to meet a lot of new people, and I get to know a lot more things that are going on around the school and Augusta than I would not being on newspaper,” Brinkley said.
Brinkley has one suggestion for students.
“Everyone should read the newspaper because we’re really good, and everybody’s really nice in here,” Brinkley said.
