Everyone in the class was assigned to write an autobiography, which would provide the professor with a writing sample and some background on her students as another semester began. The introductory assignment was the perfect way for University of Mississippi professor Summer Hill-Vinson to meet the new crop of students in Journalism 102.

Adan Manzano, a sports reporter for Telemundo Kansas City, died at 27 while on assignment covering Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.