October 2016 College News

Fabian Juarez KEYE-TV Austin Photographer Kayla Kennedy KSAT-TV San Antonio Producer Mike Kickirillo San Antonio Spurs Director of Broadcasting Lauren Lanmon KXAN-TV Austin Reporter RJ Marquez KSAT-TV San Antonio Digital Content Curator/Journalist Hady Karl Mawajdeh KERA-TV Dallas Arts Reporter Karina Medellin WOAI-AM San Antonio Multimedia Journalist Kaylee McFarland KAUZ-TV Wichita Falls Morning Show Anchor/Reporter James McNeal KXAN-TV Austin Account Executive Michelle Merhar KRIV-TV Houston Traffic Reporter Jesse Moloney Spectrum (formerly TWC) Cable Austin Video Journalist Kaitlin Moore [9 ] KLST-TV San Angelo Reporter-Anchor Jaime Paxton Morey Executive Producer-Program Developer-Musician C.J. Morgan KLBJ-FM Austin Air Personality-DJ Noelle Newton KTBC-TV Austin Reporter Jolina Okazaki KWES-TV Midland Reporter Adryanna-Cande Ortiz KVEO-TV McAllen Anchor Phillip Pavelka, Taty Salazar, & Excelsha Thomas KEYE-TV Austin Producers Michael Pearson Spectrum (formerly TWC) News Director Tina Phan Austin American-Statesman Multimedia Producer Tara Pohlmeyer Community Impact , Buda Reporter Rebecca Rendon KFOX-TV El Paso Producer Hannah Rucker KLBK-TV Lubbock Reporter Joe Ruiz NPR Weekend Editor Polo Sandoval CNN National Correspondent Luke Simons KENS-TV San Antonio Producer-Reporter Chris Sommer KRLD-AM Dallas News Anchor Carter Snowden San Antonio Spurs Associate Producer Jennifer Dodd Taylor KYTX-TV Tyler News Director Isamar Terrazas Assignment Editor, Telemundo 40 Weslaco-Brownsville Chrisdyann Uribe KEYE-TV Austin Traffic Reporter Cary Zayas KRGV-TV Weslaco News Anchor STUDENT ACCOLADES Five students were selected to participate in the inaugural Day in the Life project with Cox Media Group. The daylong program exposed students to the variety of career options in today’s media world. They joined students from other area universities at the Austin American-Statesman and worked virtually with students at other Cox properties in Ohio, Florida and Georgia. The students learned Design Thinking and worked in teams to create an innovative product or service that Cox Media Group will consider launching. The students included: journalism majors Ashley Garcia and Nathalie Cohetero , electronic media major Gregory Arellano , PR major Alicia Vasquez and DMI major Hector Sifuentes . The Austin Day in the Life program was organized in part by journalism alumnus Richard Romeo III , real estate team lead in the Statesman Advertising Department. Romeo was recently named one of the Top 30 under 30 by the Cox Media Group. College of Fine Arts and Communication | 13