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UTEP Journalism Student Interning With National Parks Traveler

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June 8, 2020
Connie Martinez, a University of Texas-El Paso journalism student, will be working with the Traveler this summer.

Connie Martinez, a University of Texas at El Paso journalism student, will be working with the Traveler this summer.

Connie Martinez, a journalism student at the University of Texas El Paso, will be spending the next couple months bringing her perspectives to, and growing her skills with, National Parks Traveler.

Across the nation, many college students have seen their summer internships vanish as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

"This year has been hard for journalism students. Internships and study abroad programs have been canceled due to coronavirus and economic concerns," wrote UTEP Professor Kate Gannon in a message to Institute for Nonprofit News members. "Borderzine (UTEP's journalism website) is reaching out to INN members to find remote summer placements for up to eight students. Borderzine.com is a student-powered website covering life on the U.S., Mexico border. Our mission is to provide experience for multicultural multimedia journalism students at UT El Paso with the goal of increasing diversity in U.S. newsrooms."

When Traveler saw that message we reached out to see how we could help. That's when Professor Gannon introduced us to Martinez, a senior at the university studying multimedia journalism. Martinez has been honing her skills in photography, podcasts, and covering stories in the El Paso area. Among her assignments was covering rallies of former 2020 presidential candidates Beto O'Rourke and Bernie Sanders.

In the coming 8-10 weeks with the Traveler Martinez will be focusing on stories involving Chamizal National Memorial, Gudalupe Mountains National Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, and White Sands National Monument.

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Comments

Submitted by Brent on June 8, 2020 - 1:14pm.

Hopefully she is being paid a living wage and not working for free. 


Submitted by Kaeleen DeVoss on June 8, 2020 - 8:22pm.

Rebecca Latson has done great work for the traveler ... 

I hope she is available to work with Connie ...  

I love her stuff and she is doing a trivia gig now too

 


Submitted by Rick B. on June 9, 2020 - 1:06am.

I agree with Kaeleen DeVoss above. 

Welcome, Ms Martinez.Kurt should provide a most excellent internship for you.


Submitted by Peggy Beltran on June 10, 2020 - 12:26pm.

What an awesome opportunity for you to build on your acknowledge. They have selected a very dedicated and hard working person in Connie.  Best of luck Connie.


Submitted by Alejandro L. Becerra on June 11, 2020 - 2:54pm.

YAY! Congrats mija, "echele ganas" show them what the Raza can do!!!!


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