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For: KSNV New 3 Published: April 27, 2024
In addition to my MMJ responsibilities at KSNV News 3, I also designed social graphics and implemented new storytelling processes for our coverage. This was my first photostory design for the station.
Dr. Navkaran Singh, chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center, said he often recommends the activity to his patients.
“Yoga exercises are great because they’re really about that core process, getting the core stronger,” said Singh.
Singh said that yoga's slower movements set it apart from other exercises. Weight changes during pregnancy lead to more sensitive joints, so exercises that are less traumatic to the joints are more favorable.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Photography and photo editing, videography and video editing, reporting, news writing, graphic design, digital production, pitched story, social video editing, social graphics
For: KSNV News 3 Published: July 9, 2024
During an unprecedented streak of seven 115-degree days, Harry Reid International Airport recorded the city’s hottest day at 120 degrees on July 7, 2024. I spent an afternoon, in 118-degree heat, capturing heatwave stock photography for our newsroom on July 9, 2024.
Shattering the previous record of 25, the city experienced 43 consecutive days of 105-degree or hotter weather. During this period, I reported on and visually captured heat-related stories. I asked the growing homeless population of Las Vegas how they were handling the record heat. I looked at Henderson Fire Departments' new cooling pods that immerse heat victims in cool water. I discovered that drought-tolerant plants are not heat-tolerant. I traveled to Valley of Fire State Park to learn why summer hiking rescues are difficult for first responders. I spoke with food vendors who braved the heat while new ordinances regulated their operations. I used an infrared thermometer to measure burn-inducing, surface temperatures of outdoor surfaces. Despite record-shattering heat waves, Las Vegas was still carrying on, but even desert dwellers had to adapt.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Photography and photo editing, reporting, news writing, graphic design, digital production, pitched story, day-turn, social graphics, stock photography
For: News21 Story By: Maddy Keyes and Joshua Shimkus
My colleagues (writers) and I covered the Ohio ballot box battle as both sides of the abortion debate mobilized to decide whether abortion would be protected in Ohio's state constitution. I contributed as a photographer and video journalist simultaneously.
America After Roe Recognition and Awards
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Grand Prize - RFK Journalism Awards
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Collaborative Journalism - SPJ Mark of Excellence Nationals
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2 Telly Awards, 1 Webby Award, 3 EPPY Awards and another RFK Journalism Award
Individual Award - College Media Association Film and Audio Festival
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Second place in the long documentary category
RESPONSIBILITIES: Photography and photo editing, videography and video editing, some reporting, assigned story
For: The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com Published: May 3, 2023
For this assignment, I was requested to photograph the match and pay particular attention to Greenway Demons star Kaitlyn Terry (5), who had committed to play softball for UCLA.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Photography and photo editing, day-turn, assigned story
For: KSNV News 3 Published: Sept. 6, 2024
Even with summer temperatures in the triple digits, Richard Galvin works his home garden nearly every day after finishing his day job remodeling homes. Galvin started gardening to provide pesticide-free food for his family and endured growing pains to enable his garden to thrive—even in the summer.
But according to Galvin, this summer was unlike any other.
I began brainstorming this story after speaking with horticulturalist Norm Schilling for my "Drought tolerance is not heat tolerance, even desert plants are succumbing to Vegas heat" story.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Photography and photo editing, videography and video editing, reporting, news writing, graphic design, digital production, pitched story, social video editing, stock photography
For: News 3 Published: May 27, 2024
Jonathan Brunjes has been with Nevada State Parks for nearly 15 years. Despite being a professional outdoorsman, even he exercises caution in the Mojave, where temperatures regularly exceed triple digits in the summer.
“It’s hard to really understand how quickly you can fall victim to those conditions,” said Brunjes of the extreme temperatures.
“Summer rescues are definitely more difficult operations because of the heat,” said Brunjes. With heat exhaustion and dehydration to worry about for missing persons, Brunjes said first responders understand that there is a smaller timetable to work with.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Photography and photo editing, video editing, reporting, news writing, graphic design, digital production, pitched story, social video editing, stock photography
For: News 3 Published: August 10, 2024
As a digital reporter in a battleground state, I attended several campaign events. Thousands would attend Trump and Harris' campaign visits to Las Vegas, braving triple-digit heat. Paramedics responded to heat-related issues during some events.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Photography and photo editing, reporting, news writing, graphic design, digital production, pitched story, day-turn, social graphics, stock photography
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at World Market Center Las Vegas on Friday, September 13, 2024. (Mingson Lau/KSNV)
For: News 3 Published: July 22, 2024
The Mojave Desert is accustomed to high temperatures, but the highs and duration of this summer’s heatwave are testing the physical limits of many plants.
“I'm seeing damage on plants that have never shown damage before,” said Mojave plant expert Norm Schilling. Gopher Spurge and African Sumac, two non-native species that can generally handle the heat, are experiencing significant stress this year, said Schilling.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Photography and photo editing, videography and video editing, reporting, news writing, graphic design, digital production, pitched story, day-turn, social media graphics, stock photography
For: The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com Published: May 12, 2023
A vigil was held for Red Mountain High School senior Jeremiah Aviles, who was found shot dead just weeks before graduation.
For this assignment, I was assigned as a still photographer. However, when I arrived on the scene, my editor called and asked me to film video as well. I did not have a microphone or tripod with me.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Photography and photo editing, videography and video editing, reporting, day-turn, assigned story
This classroom photo assignment documenting a Phoenix shelter cat inspired an ongoing personal project explaining how cats colonized the city. Arizona's climate allows cats to breed year-round, leading to a proliferation of strays in the valley. I am developing a video explaining the urban cat ecosystem of feral, stray, and house cats and the intricate network of initiatives supporting and rescuing them.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Photography and photo editing, videography and video editing, reporting, pitched story,
For: The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com Stories By: azcentral staff
From 2022 to 2023, I worked on multiple assignments for The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com, covering the Phoenix metro housing crisis. Unaffordable housing, ineffective housing programs, homelessness and hotter summers were themes that permeated the area. Most memorable was the intimate opportunity I had to photograph "The Zone" just days before the start of its removal.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Photography and photo editing, day-turn, assigned story
For: News 3 Published: July 8, 2024
Henderson Fire Departments are preparing large polar pod bags as a means to cool down patients in heat emergencies. The polar pods can be filled with flowing water and ice to immerse the patient.
“Cold water immersion is the preferred treatment for heat-related emergencies,” said Thomas Vince, a medical service officer at Henderson Fire Department. “We are the first in Southern Nevada to implement these pods.”
RESPONSIBILITIES: Photography and photo editing, reporting, news writing, graphic design, digital production, day-turn, assigned story, social video editing,