From UNC Student Reporter to Olympics Writer

Posted Mar 24, 2026
An interview with a UNC student-reporter must have felt like looking in a mirror. Sean Cavanaugh ’17, a reporter for the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games, was once a starstruck reporter at the Rio 2016 Games — and frankly, he still is. In 2021, within a week of the Tokyo Games, Cavanaugh got a call. (Carolina Alumni Review)

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