Resume

• 2019

  Poynter's Teachapalooza offers Communication academics the opportunity to focus on their teaching for a rewarding 2-3 days at the Poynter Institute.

• 2018

  El Espejo is a magazine produced by the students of Texas A&M University-San Antonio. The magazine's mission is to supply the tools that give every student an opportunity to gain valuable experience

  as well as help provide a platform to share stories about the surrounding under-served communities on the South Side of San Antonio.

  Donna Pazdera

  Moore

  Jenny

• 2017

  The Next Generation Radio Project is a week-long “pop-up” digital journalism and audio training project designed to give competitively selected participants the opportunity to report and produce their own non-narrated

  multimedia story. Those chosen for the project are paired with a professional journalist who serves as their mentor for the week.

  Univision Media Lab / Enlace Newscast

  The Univision Media Lab offers bilingual undergraduate students at Texas A&M University-San Antonio the opportunity to create a weekly newscast in collaboration with Univision 41/KWEX

• 2015

  Responsible for the administration and directorship of Student Media programming including the development and marketing of three media products. \nRole includes grant writing and administration

  student organization fundraising

  new product development

  integrated marketing with the university's branding pillars.

  Texas A&M University-San Antonio

• 2010

  Texas A&M University-San Antonio

  Responsible for curriculum and enrolment expansion

  internship placements

  and the administration and directorship of Student Media programming including the development and marketing of three media products.

  Texas A&M University-San Antonio

• 2008

  Continuing Education

  The invitational summer institute is at the core of the National Writing Project's model of \"teachers teaching teachers.\" The intentional and complex design of NWP summer institutes support teachers as professionals

  as researchers

  and as writers.

  \nCertification

  National Writing Project Invitational Summer Institute

  Writing Teaching Consultant

  University of Texas at San Antonio

  The University of Texas at San Antonio

• 2005

  St. Mary's Hall | Private Co-Ed School‎

  San Antonio

  Texas Area

  Provided one-on-one tutoring

  study skills

  and organizational plans to students (Grades 9-12).

  Consultant

  College Prep Tutor

  St. Mary's Hall | Private Co-Ed School‎

  http://www.awcsa.com

  Member

  The Association for Women in Communications

  https://www.ewa.org/

  Member

  Education Writers Association

  http://sahispanicjournalists.com

  Member

  San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists

  Faculty Adviser/Student Chapter

  Society of Professional Journalists

  http://spjsa.org/

  Member

  Society of Professional Journalists

  Region 8

  http://www.aejmc.org

  Member

  Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

  https://www.beaweb.org/wp/

  Member

  Broadcasters Education Association

  http://studentpress.org/acp/

  Member

  Associated Collegiate Press

  https://ona18.journalists.org/\nhttps://journalists.org/programs/journalism-mentorship-collaborative/

  Fellow

  Journalism Mentorship Collaborative

  Online News Association

  Youth and Philanthropy Committee

  Association of Fundraising Professionals

  Spanish

  SPJ Mark of Excellence Award / Best Student Produced Magazine

  2001: Mark of Excellence Award / Best Student Produced Magazine - Society of Professional Journalists 

  Society of Professional Journalists

  National

  McCormick Foundation Award

  2010: McCormick Foundation Award

  Associated Press Managing Editors (APME) NewsTrain Workshop \n

  Recipient

  Ted Scripps Leadership Institute

  2014: Ted Scripps Leadership Institute Recipient

  a training program offered by the Society of Professional Journalists and the Scripps Howard Foundation \n

  Ted Scripps Leadership Institute

  Poynter Institute

  Teachapalooza

  The Poynter Institute

  CASE Research Award

  2002: Research Award (National) - Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Journalism (Topic: border issues in Juarez

  Mexico and El Paso

  Texas)

  Council for Advancement and Support of Education

  US National Park Writing Residency

  2005 Residency - United States National Park Service

  Writer in Residence Program

  Hot Springs National Park

  Arkansas

  US National Park Service

  US National Park Writing Residency

  2005 Residency - United States National Park Service

  Writer in Residence Program

  Buffalo National River

  Arkansas

  US National Park Service

  Story of the Year / First Place: Feature Writing - Los Angeles Times / Columbia Scholastic Press Association 

  2001: Story of the Year / First Place: Feature Writing - Los Angeles Times / Columbia Scholastic Press Association 

  Columbia Scholastic Press Association 

  Lone Star Emmy Award (Nominee)

  2012: Lone Star Emmy Award

  Category: Community Service

  National Academy of Television and Sciences for “Proyecto U

  ” a collaboration with KWEX/Univision

  Channel 41.\n\n2012: Lone Star Emmy Nominee

  Category: Education/Schools – News Single Story/Series/Feature

  National Academy of Television and Sciences for “Proyecto U

  ” a collaboration with KWEX/Univision

  Channel 41.

  Lone Star Emmy Chapter

  Lone Star Emmy Award

  2013: Lone Star Emmy Nominee

  Category: Community Service

  National Academy of Television and Sciences for “Proyecto U

  ” a collaboration with KWEX/Univision

  Channel 41.

  Lone Star Emmy Chapter

  Clarion Award/Curriculum Design

  2015: Clarion Award

  Association for Women in Communications (AWC)

  in the category of Curriculum Design

  for creation and implementation of undergraduate broadcast courses in collaboration with KWEX Univision 41

  resulting in the Emmy-award winning student-driven news project

  Proyecto U.

  Association of Women in Communications

  National Chapter

  Grant Recipient

  2013: Society of Professional Journalists Chapter Grant

  to develop a Community News Site Training Workshop 

  Society of Professional Journalists

• 2004

  Good Samaritan Community Services

  San Antonio

  Texas Area

  - Assisted low-income students with their in-state and out-of-state college essays and applications\n- Facilitated a United Way grant to mentor and assess students K-12 with writing assignments

  Director of Literary Arts / College Prep Consultant

  Good Samaritan Community Services

• 2001

  BIG Advertising

  San Antonio

  Texas Area

  Advertising Copy writer for a mid-level advertising agency

  Copy Writer

  BIG Advertising

• 2000

  M.S.

  Journalism & Communications

  University of Oregon

• 1998

  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• 1997

  Texas Monthly

  Silent Partners | Corporate Consulting

  Texas Monthly

  Austin

  Texas Area

  Transcriptionist

  Silent Partners | Corporate Consulting

• 1996

  Texas Monthly

  The University of Texas at Austin

  University of Texas Press

  Austin

  Texas Area

  Transcriptionist | University of Texas School of Law

  Administrative Assistant

  The University of Texas at Austin

  Austin

  Texas Area

  Marketing Intern

  University of Texas Press

  Austin

  Texas Area

  Transferred content from Texas Monthly's online site onto the magazine's website

  Digital Content Intern

  Texas Monthly

• 1994

  B.A.

  Humanities

  The University of Texas at Austin

• 1991

  Maine Coast Semester

  Junior Year

  Environmental Science

  Chewonki Foundation

  Bard College

• Texas Public Radio

  Event Planner

  Scholarship Fundraiser

  Society of Professional Journalists

  Volunteer Staff

  Teens Give Back

  Annual Fundraiser Gala Volunteer

  San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists

  Philanthropy and Youth Volunteer

  Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP-IHQ)

  Volunteer (Pupply Playtime) with my teenager!

  Animal Defense League of Texas

  Chapter Volunteer

  Girls on the Run of Bexar County

  Curriculum Development

  Grant Writing

  Program Management

  Online Journalism

  Program Development

  Community Outreach

  Digital Strategy

  Team Leadership

  News Writing

  Team Management

  Higher Education

  Student Development

  Social Media

  Journalism

  Publications

  Communication

  Team Building

  Collaborative Problem Solving

  Financial Accounting

  Media Relations

  Proyecto U

  Univision/KWEX

  TAMU-San Antonio broadcast students gained skills that made them more marketable than many of their peers thanks to a partnership with the Univision television station in San Antonio. The partnership

  called Proyecto U

  gives Spanish-language students a chance to produce newscasts on KWEX-41 Univision.

  The Mesquite Digital News Site

  The Mesquite is a digital media initiative providing the latest campus news and viewpoint to students

  faculty

  alumni and the surrounding community.\n\nThe Mesquite serves three primary goals: To report on development issues in the economically underserved areas of San Antonio

  including rural areas surrounding the start-up campus of A&M-San Antonio; to showcase the best work of our TAMU-SA undergraduate students; and to experiment with new directions in journalism education.\n\nThe journalism learning laboratory is an extension of Texas A&M University San Antonio’s institutional mission to prepare and empower students through innovative and challenging academic and co-curricular programs that contribute to and enrich the economic and social development of the community and region.