Eileen Reslen beams a confident smile as she speaks about her most recent promotion to assistant editor for the Boston University’s Daily Free Press. Reslen may look like your typical 19-year-old college girl with her dark brown hair neatly tied back into a pony tail but, she is certainly not the ordinary college student going out to party on a Friday night.
A student of the College of Communication at B.U., Reslen is pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. She said she never expected to end up in a city. Instead, she says she dreamed of the typical college experience with big green lawns and a neatly planned campus. She said growing up in North Bergen, N.J., only 10 minutes from New York City, she wanted a different experience.
“Boston is a city, but it’s also slow-paced. You still get good exposure to internships and news,” said Reslen. After a class fieldtrip to Boston during her sophomore year, she decided to come to B.U. for its environment, opportunities, and highly regarded communications program.
Reslen said she looks forward to practicing investigative journalism to fulfill her passion for storytelling.
