news extending the reach 2021 journalism seminar march 24 2021 extending the reach 2021 journalism seminar increasing diversity in the newsroom & the news hosted by journalism studies at texas a&m university texas high school journalism students and advisors as well as current texas a&m university students are invited to meet and learn from national reporters and multimedia journalists during the 2021 extending the reach journalism seminar hosted by the journalism degree in the department of communication advance registration is required for the free virtual event and capacity is limited the brown bag webinar will begin at 11:30 am when participants will hear from arelis hernández the washington post; marie d de jesús the houston chronicle; and rick rojas the new york times audience questions can be submitted via zoom chat during q&a with the speakers after a brief break participants will join either session 1: investigating journalism small group discussions with hernández de jesús and rojas; or session 2: sports roundtables with sports media professionals from nbc sports the houston chronicle espn 12th man productions and texags texas high school registration texas a&m student registration thursday april 1 11:30 am – 1 pm brown bag webinar 1:15 pm-3:30 pm choice of: session 1: investigating journalism or session 2: sports roundtables arelis hernández border correspondent the washington post arelis hernández is based in texas to cover the us southern border previously she covered natural disasters breaking news and local politics for the washington post she was a member of a team that created sin luz an emmy-nominated and internationally-awarded digital immersion multimedia project that focused on life in the aftermath of hurricane maria in puerto rico previously she was a crime reporter at the orlando sentinel and was part of the award-winning team coverage of the killing of trayvon martin hernández is co-director of aaja jcamp a premiere all-expenses paid journalism workshop for high schools students she graduated from the university of maryland https://liberalartstamuedu/communication/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2021/03/arelis-v2_readymp3 marie d de jesús staff photojournalist the houston chronicle marie d de jesús is a staff photojournalist for the houston chronicle producing still and moving images in the nations fourth-largest city she has concentrated on developing relationships with the citys diverse immigrant and marginalized communities those connections have helped power some of the chronicles strongest projects including denied a six-month investigation that uncovered the systematic denial of special education services to children in texas another series out of time is chronicling the saga of juan rodríguez a salvadoran immigrant fighting to stay in the united states with his american family de jesús followed the story to el salvador as an adelante fellow of the international womens media foundation de jesús was a finalist for the pulitzer prize for public service in 2017 and won the scripps howard foundations public service award that year she is a native of puerto rico and she developed her interest in multimedia journalism from her father who until recently was a television camera director for nearly 30 years she earned a bachelors degree in photography from the university of central florida in 2008 de jesús has been national secretary of the national press photographers association for the past two and a half years and recently became co-chair of nppas mentorship program she is a graduate of the university of central florida and was born and raised in puerto rico rick rojas national correspondent the new york times rick rojas is a national correspondent for the new york times based in nashville to cover the south previously he covered a range of assignments for the times including religion several years on the metropolitan staff covering law enforcement and the police department and the broader new york region rojas graduated from texas a&m with a political science degree in 2010 then joined the staff of the los angeles times where he worked for four years before joining the new york times https://liberalartstamuedu/communication/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2021/03/rick-rojas-audio-biom4a sports roundtable charean williams sports writer nbc sports charean williams is a sports reporter who has covered 26 super bowls and seven olympic games she is the first woman journalist to enter the writers wing of the pro football hall of fame to be pro a football hall of fame selector and to be the president of the pro football writers of america she has worked for the orange (texas) leader the bryan-college station eagle the orlando sentinel and the fort worth star-telegram she earned her bachelors degree in journalism from texas a&m in 1986 and has been named to the a&m journalism hall of honor the blackie sherrod award the dallas press club print journalist of the year the aggie women legacy award and texas sports hall of fame media award https://liberalartstamuedu/communication/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2021/03/audio-chareanm4a john mcclain sports journalist houston chronicle john mcclain a waco native who graduated from baylor university is in his 45th year at the chronicle and his 44th covering the national football league including the houston oilers and texans in 2006 he won the dick mccann memorial award from the nfl for his long and distinguished coverage of the nfl hes a member of the pro football hall of fame selection committee the pro football hall of fame seniors committee and the texas sports hall of fame selection committee in 2015 he was only the third person to be named as a gridiron legend in texas he also appeared in eight feature films including the longest yard and invincible justin argo director of broadcasts 12th man productions as broadcast production manager at texas a&ms 12th man productions justin argo is the primary contact for the sec network and manages live broadcast events at texas a&m argo texas a&m class of 2008 returned to aggieland in 2017 with more than 15 years of live television and post-production experience including over 800 live events argo has trained producers directors editors and on-air talent for televised broadcasts and he has won 8 emmy awards as a student at texas a&m argo worked at 12th man productions before earning his degree in telecommunication media studies with a minor in business richard zane publisher reporter texags richard graduated from texas a&m in december of 2019 with a degree in telecommunication media studies and minor in journalism since beginning at texags the flower mound native has worked as reporter publisher and radio personality richard is a diehard dodgers and red wings fan and he also currently serves as the treasurer of hot dog city #theteam samantha gamez graphics operator motion graphics espn samantha gamez is native texan currently living in the northeast sam graduated from texas a&m university in 2017 with a degree in journalism studies she began her career at espn in 2018 as a controller in the espn motion graphics department since joining the group she has worked on studio and event productions including first take get up the us open tennis tournament and the first remote production of the australian open in addition to her on-air work sam has worked on offline projects such as launching the first take your take radio show the ncaa tournament bracket training and the nfl draft prep currently sam is preparing for the wnba season and overseeing touchscreen maintenance tyler pickle content associate espn tyler is a content associate at espns headquarters in bristol connecticut specifically on the show staff of the emmy-nominated series college gameday tylers role on the staff centers around being the shows graphic producer but also includes producing all kinds of video elements and pitching segment ideas notable events tyler has worked on include the college football playoff the rose bowl game and the nfl draft on abc prior to joining the college gameday staff tyler spent over a year as a production assistant on sportscenter cutting highlights for the super bowl nba finals college world series daytona 500 and everything in-between uncategorized