Classmate Profile

Alex Edwards

Alex Edwards, a sophomore journalism student at the University of Mississippi, has recently decided to change his major.

"I realized that what I learn in the classroom, is only half of what I can learn from experience in the field I want to go into," Edwards said.

His new major--art--will help him to begin his career as a photojournalist, which is better than having a bachelor of journalism degree, according to Edwards.

Edwards sparked interest in the field after reading Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva's "Bang Bang Club." The story about four photographers active in South Africa during the Apartheid inspired him to want to "make a change and make the people and world around...[him] better."

-Candace Coleman