Anchor, reporter and UGA alumna Sydney Shadrix will deliver the keynote address to high school journalists and teachers at the Georgia Scholastic Press Association’s Spring Workshop and Awards on March 27, 2023, at the University of Georgia Georgia Center for Continuing Education.

Shadrix is currently an anchor and reporter at WYFF News 4 in Greenville, South Carolina. Prior to her current role, she spent three years as an anchor and producer at KLTV 7 in Tyler, East Texas. While at KLTV 7, Shadrix covered the Texas power outage in February 2021 that left millions of people without electricity for days while she was working at KLTV. Additionally, she tracked the Covid-19 pandemic in East Texas and wrote about how the virus affected classrooms and schools all over the state.

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Before becoming a journalist, Shadrix received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she graduated magna cum laude. Shadrix is a licensed Music and English teacher and the latter drove her to pursue journalism. She spent three years instructing music to middle and high school students in Nashville, where she also directed musicals, oversaw six choirs, and taught music history. Because of her previous educational experience, Shadrix is familiar with the value of learning and what goes on in the classroom by listening to the stories of the teachers and students, which she took into her journalistic career.

In 2017, Shadrix pursued a Master of Arts in Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism. She served as GSPA’s graduate assistant and also as a graduate assistant for the travel writing study abroad program in Munich, Germany. She spent two summers guiding students as they explored the relationship between journalism, Western European history and culture.

Aaron Baker (left) and Sydney shadrix (Right) reporting for wyff News 4

Aside from reporting, Shadrix loves musical theater, animals, and the Georgia Bulldogs!

Registration information and other details for the GSPA Spring Workshop and Awards is available at www.ugagspa.org/workshop-awards. The link for registration is now available for entry at this link