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Brianna perez mr postman11/25/2023 ![]() If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s how essential journalists are. “I chose to go into broadcast journalism because I love storytelling. Layoffs, pay cuts and buyouts have rattled the industry for decades, but it’s only gotten worse. Overall, newsroom employment according to has began to decrease even more ever since the pandemic. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 11% decline of broadcast journalism jobs from 2019 to 2029 because of the Internet’s ongoing disruption of the media industry. Perez is determined to break into a tumultuous field. ![]() In the meantime, she is looking into going to graduate school to receive her master’s degree. Perez is currently still looking for a job in the field of broadcast journalism but she said she’s finding it a bit challenging since many companies are currently not hiring due to the pandemic. Overall, receiving my undergrad is probably the best thing that has happened to me all year, at least now I can say that I graduated during a pandemic.” But, under the circumstances, it is understandable. It is a bit saddening to think I will not see my professors or classmates who I’ve shared these last four years with again. I almost feel as if I didn’t attend UTEP at all this semester. “Graduating this December is so surreal I did not expect my final classes to be moved entirely online. She said that it is upsetting having her graduation overshadowed by such a catastrophic time. When asked how she felt about graduating during a pandemic, Perez described it as definitely not being ideal because like many students, she had been waiting four years to graduate. Although she didn’t participate in any clubs during her time at UTEP, she did intern for local television station KVIA-TV and the Sun Bowl Association. Her four years flew by as a full-time student with a part-time job. She began her classes at UTEP in the fall of 2016, deciding to attend UTEP to stay close to her family. Perez, 22, was born in Los Angeles and was raised here in El Paso. But quickly found that I was not fit for that field, so I switched to my true passion which is journalism and never looked back.” ![]() “Throughout all my years at Parkland High School, I was a part of the T-STEM program, so when I began attending UTEP, I was originally going to pursue a degree in civil engineering. “Starting at the university I was very indecisive about what I wanted to major in,” said Perez. One of those graduating seniors is Brianna Perez who’s graduating with a bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism with a minor in marketing.ĭespite not being able to celebrate such an important milestone, Perez said she’s just glad she discovered her passion during college. Thousands of seniors at UTEP will once again not experience their graduation in person because of COVID-19’s tight grip on reality. What should have been a time to celebrate graduation and start a lifelong career has instead turned into another precious tradition lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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