ABout me

Hey! My name is Peter Elliott. I’m an award-winning multimedia journalist, and I’ve been writing about sports professionally since I was 10-years-old — really! I’ve been credentialed to cover NHL, MLS, and NCAA basketball and football events for a variety of outlets, and I'm always looking for new opportunities.

I’m currently a student at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, where I am pursuing a degree in Broadcast and Digital Journalism.

Since arriving on campus as a freshman in 2021, I’ve focused my extracurricular involvement as a member of CitrusTV, the oldest entirely student-run television station in the country. I’ve been involved with both the sports and news departments, standing out in a crowded field of candidates to earn a handful of coveted on-air positions.

I've served as a host for the live postgame show “Orange Press Pass” that airs after Syracuse football, basketball, and lacrosse games, leading analysts through unscripted segments based on prior research and knowledge of the teams. I present creative and highlight-driven sports blocks as a sports anchor for “News Live at 6,” CitrusTV’s weekday nightly news show. I’ve also gained experience behind the camera as a senior sports photographer, shooting absorbing footage of Syracuse athletics and training younger photographers. As a sophomore, I covered the historic men's lacrosse program as a beat reporter.

As a news anchor and reporter, I’m responsible for writing compelling copy turning thoughtful stories with strong news value featuring engaging video and sound on deadline. I also host “Market Shares,” the only business news show on a college television station.

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I grew up in Lake Forest, a northern suburb of Chicago, and am a proud 2021 graduate of Lake Forest High School.

As a reporter for The Forest Scout, the student newspaper, I won three Student News Organization awards for my coverage of school athletics and news. I was named an editor as a junior and wrote for the paper starting as early as my freshman year.

From 2017 to 2020, I covered Northwestern University and college football at large for College Football News, which was then part of USA Today’s network of digital properties. I covered dozens of Northwestern events and become a regular in the press room. Through my consistent attendance, I forged valuable relationships with media members, communications professionals, and team officials.

I’ve also written at a variety of SB Nation blogs, including Second City Hockey, Fish Stripes, and Mountain West Connection.

In 2016, as an eighth-grader in middle school, I hosted and produced Forester Focus, a weekly pregame show for the Lake Forest College football team.

I got my start — and yes, this is true — writing for Talking Baws, a Scottish soccer website that was in desperate need of a writer to cover American sports. Over a two-year period, I wrote nearly 100 articles about a variety of general interest topics, from NFL signings to college football recruiting scoops.

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