Hi, My name is Tanya Garcia and I am from Texas currently living in Michigan, I am in the Master’s Program for New Media Journalism at Full SailUniversity.
My beat is high school girls wrestling. I write news reports and feature stories about girls wrestling. I have enjoyed attending wrestling competitions and began taking photos of many wrestlers in action last year. I began covering girls wrestling because my daughter joined the wrestling team at an early age. Now she is an All-State Wrestler in the state of Michigan. Some factors that will help me cover girls wrestling is my access to student athletes and coaches. I have meet many wrestlers and coaches over the last two years while attending competition at the high school level.
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I have worked for my high school Yearbook as the junior class editor and photographer for my class. I was in charge of taking pictures, editing, writing, and selling ads, I also took classes in journalism at Central Michigan University, and worked for The Lookout at Lansing Community college alongside my mentor, Raul Garcia. Currently, I have been an intern for Valleywood Publications Media & Marketing Agency and the Lansing News Wire newspaper.
I am a former Art teacher who has taught photography, graphic design, sculpting, painting, drawing, art history etc.. I am also a former substitute teacher who has taught in many different schools and various grades, with a diverse group of students. I have taught classes such as art, music, gym, journalism, spanish, german, french, reading, writing math just to name a few. Working at various schools around my area.
I believe all this has led me to where I am today to be a well rounded, diverse, and professional individual.
My goal is to help bring the community together and celebrate the accomplishments of those around us through my reporting.
My audience are my friends, family and followers on my Facebook, TikTok and other social media platforms. I see the potential for a large audience among the schools and wrestling community between the ages of 15-55 male and females.
I believe this content is right for new media journalism, because the girls wrestling is also new and growing, we will grow together. It’s important to document the success for our overall community. Many people are just learning about girls wrestling, and it’s the right time to incorporate New Media Journalism in ways to highlight the sport.
