The Wichitan

I started attending Midwestern State University in 2011 and graduated Dec. 13, 2014. Two of those years I worked on the student newspaper The Wichitan. I started out as a photographer. I wrote and eventually became the photo editor. I really enjoyed my time working there and the skills I gained there I know I’ll…

365 photo challenge

Right before the end of the year my sister sent me an article to improve our photography skills. My first thought was to say no. Instead I said, “sure”.  It can’t be that hard to take a photo everyday. Now we are 11 days into the challenge and it only took until the second day…

Apex Predator

I graduated from Midwestern State University with a degree in Mass Communication and for our final mass comm class we were separated into groups and told to go out and make a 12-15 min documentary. I was talking with a friend and she mentioned the feral hog problem around the area. We could have gone…

Wichita Falls Food Bank Empty Bowls

During my internship at the Times Record News in Wichita Falls, Texas I worked as an intern with the editorial and digital department. I was more of a multimedia journalist since I would also write at times. Usually what would happen each day is either an editor, reporter, or the digital director would suggest a…

Invasion of the grackles

After my internship ended with the Times Record News I started freelancing for the paper doing the same thing I did as an intern. The reporter wrote the story and I shot the video, edited it and took the photos for print. http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/mcginnis-invasion-of-the-grackles-will-end-soon_75043099