P01.V52.I4
SPRING 2012
Adviser Update
PHOTOGRAPY
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Brianna Hernandez photographed a
broken wooden cross lying in the dirt at
Canutillo Cemetery in El Paso for the
Journalism in July workshop at the University of Texas, El Paso. The story, “In
search of answers: Volunteers take matters
into their own hands at local cemetery,” cowritten with Evelyn Villareal, outlines the
wrenching struggle of volunteers to fend
off blight and encroachment at the Roman
Catholic Diocese-owned burial ground.
The volunteers whose loved ones are buried there want help from politicians, the
Church and other citizens.
Brianna wrote in her essay, “The
journalism field is increasingly competitive especially during these difficult economic times. Current trends in journalism
require a ‘back pack journalist,’ one who is
the whole package.”
Dr. Zita Arocha, director of the workshop, wrote: “Brianna left the workshop
with a new level of commitment to photography and multimedia journalism.”
Go to http://borderzine.
com/2011/07/
Brian Nguyen loves the camera. He
declared in his essay, “I will run toward
screams, cries and fire. I will speak for
those who cannot. I will show the world
that there is still work that must be done.
The story must be told, and I will tell it
with my camera. I will be a witness.”
Joe Rodriguez, who directs the Mosaic
workshop, explained that Brian and other
workshoppers happened onto the story
about a fire at a fraternity house. “Brian
was running with Mosaic students one
morning when they came across a burnedout fraternity house and ran back for his
camera. He has ‘the eye’ photo editors look
for.”
His picture captured homeless frat
brothers hugging as they waited to hear
where they would be housed. It accompanied the story, “Fire devastates SJSU frat
house.”
See more photos at www.mercurynews.com/mosaic; visit the blog at
Mosaicsanjose.tumblr.com