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said. “[At the end of the night,] our section editors publish the finished product to tigertimesonline.com .” The photos and videos produced also mean a lot to the football players. “The players get to interact
Braylen Garren, Macy Maynard, Allyson Arnold, Lizzie Debenport, and Sydney Rowe made up the Texas ImageMaker team, a team of the top ten photographers in the state of Texas. Despite the endless hours of work, the media staff focuses on producing for their school. “It all is worth it to me to know that I am telling a story for our school, students, and school district,” Maynard said. “And all the hard work is shown in [what]
with the camera and photographer while having fun, but also playing the game they love,” senior varsity football player Cody Reese said. “It gives the players a sense of fame and gives them memories they will never forget.” The Texas High publications staff has earned multiple awards across the state and the nation. The photography staff won first place in the Sports Photography and Photojournalism categories in the Association of Texas Photography Instructors Top Program awards. Individuals won national awards, as well. “Our students won twelve individual achievement awards, more than any other school in the nation, in the 2022 Josten Photo Contest,” Smith said, “including awards in sports action, sidelines, and school spirit categories.”
we produce as a program.” Adviser Clint Smith focuses on two primary goals for his staff while they are a part of his program: teaching them to be good journalists and skills to use throughout their lives in aspects aside from journalism. “I would love for my students to become great journalists or media content creators of some sort,” Smith said. “However, I am happy if they learn teamwork, leadership, and build communications skills while in our program.”
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