Hello, and welcome to my website! I am currently a student at the University of Oklahoma studying journalism with a minor in marketing. Involved in Gaylord, I write stories for the monthly newsletter: The Gaylord Extra. We are also starting to work directly with the football team’s SOUL Mission to create a newsletter for their… Continue reading About Me
Staff Feature: Armand McCoy
This was a piece I wrote for Black History Month, highlighting Gaylord College’s staff member, Armand McCoy. This story was featured in the Feb. feature of the Gaylord Extra, and can be seen on Gaylord’s website. https://www.ou.edu/gaylord/news-events/news/gaylord-extra/2023/february/staff-feature-armand-mccoy
OU Gamma Phi Beta PRVP
Spring semester of my sophomore year I was elected as the Public Relations Vice President. Planning date parties and working directly under the PR director of our chapter. Some of my ideas to improve our social media during this time in my position include; keeping a spreadsheet of how many times we post each member… Continue reading OU Gamma Phi Beta PRVP
OU Athletics Intern: Claudia Benge
This was a feature in the Oct. issue of the Gaylord Extra, highlighting student Claudia Benge and her work during the Red River Rivalry. You can find this story on Gaylord’s website. https://www.ou.edu/gaylord/news-events/news/gaylord-extra/2022/october/ou-athletics-intern-claudia-benge
Veterans Day: John Admire
This is a feature story about a Veteran Gaylord alumni. The article tells the inspiring story of John Admire and what he learned during his time in the military. https://www.ou.edu/gaylord/news-events/news/2022/veterans-day-john-admire
Spotlight on Dylan Rivera
https://www.ou.edu/gaylord/news-events/news/2022/december-2022-graduate-dylan-rivera Joining the OU Gaylord Media class has taught me about writing for a website domain and working with social media. Linked above in a feature story about a graduating Gaylord student and his plans for the future.
Tennis
Tennis is my guilty pleasure sport. I love taking photos and watching tennis. The game is so intense yet so calm at the same time. One of my favorite reasons I like to take photos of tennis is because you can really focus on getting a good shot of each player. During more team sports… Continue reading Tennis
Graduation
Taking friends for my friends graduation was one of the most fun photoshoots I had ever done. We took the photos in front of the High school, and this particular shoot the sun was shining in the most perfect way for the photos. I really had to practice backlighting, and I feel like you can… Continue reading Graduation
Team Huddle
During the soccer game there were many team huddles. Pictures like this typically don’t show any faces, but I feel like they still reveal a lot of emotion. Photos of a team that reveal emotion are the best kinds of photos. This photo also ended up on the OU Daily’s website. I was pretty proud… Continue reading Team Huddle
Sunset at Grand Canyon
Seeing the sunset at the Grand Canyon is one thing I will never forget. After we were out hiking all day, since 5 a.m. I was just ready to go home and sleep. But we went to a sunset viewpoint and sat on the edge of a cliff for about two hours. We had to… Continue reading Sunset at Grand Canyon