THONward and Upward: Continuing THON’s mission

Video posted February 22, 2016 in Thon 2016 by Centre County Report.

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Penn State Senior Carl Nerthling has been involved with THON throughout all 4 years of his college career. Reporter Shannon Ryan spoke to Nerthling, who says despite this Spring's graduation, he will continue fighting for the mission- and earn a living while doing so. 

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Shannon Ryan

Senior / Broadcast Journalism and Political Science

Shannon Ryan is a mutimedia journalist and passionate storyteller who plans to pursue a career in television news. She is graduating in December, a semester early.  As a student reporter she traveled to Greece to cover the refugee crisis and to Brazil to cover the 2016 Paralympic Games.

Shannon has interned for the New York State Broadcasters Association, NBC WNYT-NewsChannel 13 in Albany, N.Y., ESPNU as a campus correspondent, and as a sideline reporter for the Big Ten Network StudentU’s; which stream live on BTN2go.com and air on the Big Ten Network. She also works for Penn State Athletics, in production and as a reporter. She has also freelanced for CBS This Morning.  This summer she will be the daytime news intern for FOX29 Philadelphia.