Graduate Writing
My graduate writing covers a range of work including in-depth research and journal article analyses.
“I’d like my life back.” Those were the regretful words of BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward during the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Jane Jordan-Meier categorizes this as an example of what not to say when handling a crisis. Throughout her book are thorough guidelines to follow for each and every media outlet imaginable for each of the four stages of a crisis.
Book Report
The Four Stages of Highly Effective Crisis Management: How to Manage the Media in the Digital Age
by Jane Jordan-Meier
This research topic immediately caught my attention through my personal experience of growing up in a border town in the Rio Grande Valley. I knew upon reading this article from Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly I would find a lot of similarities between El Paso and my hometown. However, my experiences are that of a civilian; this article would allow me to gain a deeper understanding of how journalists who...
Article Analysis
Challenges and Dangers of Reporting in a Tumultuous Border Region: How Journalists at the El Paso Times Deal with Violence in Neighboring Ciudad Juarez
by Cathleen Carter and Kris Kodrich
Applied Research Critique
Post Mortem Death Investigation in America
An Investigative Series by ProPublica, NPR and PBS "Frontline"
Across the nation, unqualified personnel are elected coroners despite the fact that some don’t have a medical background or certified training. In many cases, doctors have filled out death certificates without ever seeing the body. Because of these flaws, along with countless others, innocent people are serving life in prison and families are left assuming their elderly family member died of natural causes.