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Welcome to my home page! I am the newspaper adviser and journalism teacher at Georgetown High
School. I also teach broadcast journalism, and photojournalism.
Education & Teaching Background:
- My degrees are in Journalism. I attended the University of Houston
and the University of Texas.
- I have taught in the GISD for sixteen years.
- Before teaching at the high school, I taught English at the middle school
level at Georgetown Jr. High and Benold Middle School.
Contact Information:
Topics covered in classes:
- Journalism - news reporting; feature writing; desktop publishing;
advertising; ethics; editorial writing; movie reviews.
- Newspaper - writing; desktop publishing; publishing a paper every six
weeks
- Broadcast - writing for radio and television; preparing a broadcast
for community television. We are also responsible for filming the
football games for the scoreboard.
- Photojournalism - exploring the many aspects of photography
through studying famous photojournalists and their techniques. Most
assignments will be done on digital cameras and manipulating the images with
Photoshop. We use the darkroom to make black and white photos.
Assignments will be done inside and outside of class.
Class Schedule:
- Period 1 - Photojournalism
Period 5 - Journalism
- Period 2 - Conference
Period 6 - Photojournalism
- Period 3 - Broadcast Period 7 - Newspaper
- Period 4 - Journalism Period 8 - Conference
Current Projects:
- Journalism: History of journalism and ethics.
- Newspaper: Understanding the software and preparing for first
edition.
- Broadcast: Preparing for first video project and filming
football games.
- Photojournalism: Learning parts of a camera and working on first
photography project.
School Involvements:
- I am the Interact sponsor at GHS. Interact is the high school
branch of Rotary
International.
- Students can compete in UIL Journalism events from the
ILPC at the University of Texas. Journalism events are headline
writing, news reporting, feature writing, and editorial writing.
Competitions are held on Saturdays throughout the region in January through
April.
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