Dakota Anne Makinen
 

Dakota is a senior at The University of Colorado Boulder studying Broadcast Journalism with an emphasis in Television Production and a minor in Spanish. She attends the university on the prestigious full ride academic scholarship The Chick Evans Scholarship for golf caddies. As a child, Dakota successfully auditioned and secured a spot at the top performing arts high school in Colorado, Denver School of the Arts, where she studied acting at a rigorous conservatory. Her background in theatre influences her work as a visual story teller and allows her to empathize and connect with the world around her.

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Her most recent radio segment was featured on KGNU (88.5 FM) on December 28th and is in review for a  Society of Professional Journalists Student Mark of Excellence award. You can listen to it here.

 

Last spring, Dakota studied abroad in Seville, Spain where she took college courses instructed entirely in Spanish and studied at the distinguished Centro Universitario (EUSA) Escuela de Communicaciones Audiovisuales. There she was the only English speaking student in her class. She produced two full length news packages and was the director of a live news segment where she called the cues entirely in Spanish. Dakota now serves as the Digital Engagement Intern for the music department at KGNU. She is seeking internships and employment opportunities in the television and entertainment industry.