Eleanor Ensign

Fulbright Queen's University Belfast Summer Institute

Ellie Ensign is a rising sophomore at Syracuse University studying Journalism and Marketing Management. Born and raised in the small town of Homer in Central New York, Ellie’s passion for journalism started while interning for her local newspaper. She wants to use her future career as a journalist to help lessen the social and political divides she saw growing up and that impact many communities in the US today.

By attending the Fulbright Summer Institute at Queen’s University Belfast, Ellie is eager to learn about how communities in Northern Ireland persevered through division and what role journalists played in this process. Ellie has never been abroad, and is looking forward to experiencing life and culture beyond the United States. Outside of her professional interests, Ellie is an avid reader and a fan of European football. 

She is looking forward to engaging with these interests while in Belfast. She is also excited to explore Belfast and the surrounding area, and to learn about the rich history scattered across the city. She can’t wait to learn from her peers and professors, bringing her newfound knowledge of Northern Ireland back to her own community and using it to inform her future career.