Reviews of professor Betsy O'Donovan

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Betsy is a badass who will make you do your best work because she has high standards but is supportive, nice, and everything she asks you to do is connected to how to be an actual journalist. Go to office hours but be ready to wait around for a while. She also started the food pantry in the journalism department - she seriously loves students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Intense but worth it. Never worked so hard for a B. Favorite class I've taken and would take any class she teaches.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I loved having O'Donovan for reporting. She's super sweet and helpful when writing stories. This class is hard but O'Donovan is helpful and will work with you if you have anything going on. Get ready for a lot of phone calls, emailing sources and lots of homework

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This woman might be the best professor at this school. Taking her class was an absolute breath of fresh air at a school where teaching standards are all but nonexistent. Not only is she a master of her craft, but she will somehow almost convince you to become a journalist. 10/10 recommend.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
O'Donovan is a great professor but this class was not easy. She claims she doesn't like busy work but she still assigns a lot of interesting but heavy assignments. Attendance is required and it's critical to meet assignment deadlines because she never accepts late work. She makes plenty of time for office hours though if you're struggling

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Betsy is so incredible. Before she took over the Front it sounded like a horror story and I was so nervous to take it. But she makes the Front as manageable as possible while still keeping the paper running. She also takes student feedback and will change the class however possible to help students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Enthusiastic about the material which makes the class enjoyable. Fast paced class, lots of writing but professor is always willing to help during office hours.