But while pursuing her degree, she switched her focus to news reporting. When it came time to choose a college, Shortal enrolled at the University of Missouri, which has a strong journalism school. I realized I wanted to do that and I didn’t want to do anything else,” she said. The anchors talked about sports in a different way, it was clever and funny.
I’d watch ‘SportsCenter’ while I had my breakfast. I was good at them and I loved watching them. Sports also fascinated Shortal, who caught the journalism bug as a teen.
