About Us

The Auburn Advance was established in Spring 2023 as a seasonal sports news product conceptualized, produced, and evaluated by Auburn University journalism students enrolled in JRNL 4530 Advanced Sports Reporting. The class is taught by Dr. Brian Delaney.

Our Mission

The Auburn Advance exists for the dual purpose of providing outstanding, in-depth coverage of high school sports in the Auburn-Opelika region while providing Auburn University journalism students with authentic experience in conceptualizing, producing, and evaluating news products.

Our Vision

Our newsletter, social media, and podcast teams will focus on producing compelling human-interest stories, features, and spotlights covering high school sports in the Auburn-Opelika region during the spring semester. Our multimedia reporting will go beyond wins and losses, and tell the stories of our community's athletes, teams, and families.

Our 2023 Contributors

Kacie Barrett
SeAnna Graddy
Noah Griffith
Jake Haston
Reed Hughes
Mikayla Kelly
Rebecca Kovac
Christopher Mendoza
Henry Patton
Daniel Schmidt
Eamon Smith
Matthew Wallace
Jacob Waters
Donavan Weaver
C.J. Webster