Resumé

Celina Fontenot

512-865-0561 | cfontenot16@gmail.com

Education

The University of Texas at Austin | 2010- Present                                                                                                                         

BS, Journalism | BA, English

Awards:

•        Awarded the Belo Foundation Scholarship | May 2014

•        Dean’s List | Fall 2010- 2014                                   

•        Awarded the Doc Seller’s Endowed Presidential Scholarship for Print Journalism Students | May 2012

Relevant Coursework:

Studio Photography | Spring 2014

•        Learned how to assemble and use in-studio, as well as portable studio photography equipment under the supervision of Matthew Sturtevant at the University of Texas at Austin.

•        Coordinated and photographed shoots both in and outside of the studio. Utilized outside materials for props and rented studio equipment to compose a series of themed portraits for the final project.

Experience

Investigative Reporter | Reporting Texas | Spring 2015 | Austin, TX                                                                            

•Co-produced an investigative report with fellow University of Texas reporters while simultaneously identifying and developing an individual project.

•Both projects involved research, data analysis, interviewing sources, transcribing/incorporating interviews into the story, writing, and editing.

Photographer | Reporting Texas | Fall 2014 | Austin, TX                                                                                           

•Generated story ideas and developed personal portfolio under the supervision of Eli Reed. Scheduled photo shoots, photographed subjects/events, and edited/organized photos to construct a story.

Writer | Orange Magazine | Spring 2012 | Austin, TX                                                                                       

•Composed questions, conducted interviews with sources, and drafted stories about local events in Austin.

Skills

Languages: Intermediate Spanish

Media: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, Final Cut Pro, Audacity, iMovie, iPhoto

Software: Microsoft (Word, Excel, Publisher, and PowerPoint), InDesign, HTML, and PC/Macintosh Literate

Social Media/Digital: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, BlogSpot, Blogger

Academic Projects

A Racial Divide in Texas | Spring 2015                                                              

•Collaborated with a team of Reporting Texas reporters to produce an investigative report published in The Dallas Morning News in May 2015.

•Organized and analyzed data comparing the number of minority officers employed by Texas law enforcement agencies to the racial demographics of their corresponding communities.

•Composed questions and interviewed sources to be quoted in the story.

•Worked on background research and fact checking.

The Center for Students in Recovery | Fall 2013

•Independently coordinated, conducted, filmed, and edited a short documentary depicting a student’s journey to overcome alcoholism with the support of the Center for Students in Recovery at the University of Texas Austin.

Sustainable Agriculture for a Sustainable World | Spring 2011

•Researched and collected information comparing American industrial farming methods to those of Austin’s local, sustainable farms under the supervision of Professor Robert Jensen.

•Analyzed data from EPA and USDA reports, interviewed Austin’s local farmers, community members, and affiliated organizations, from which I drafted a 10 page report comparing the repercussions of industrial agriculture to those of sustainable farming.