Armando Segovia
Email: asegovia3@miners.utep.edu
asegovia3@miners.utep.edu
http://asegovia3.wordpress.com
EMPLOYMENT
May 2009 – Aug 2009 Multimedia Fellowship, The Coloradoan
With sponsorship from the Scripps-Howard Foundation, selected for a fellowship at The Coloradoan newspaper in
Fort Collins, Colorado. Collaborated in the development and execution of web content and web projects in an efficient
and timely manner. Additional duties also demanded written articles and photographic material for the newspaper's
main print edition and for a weekly community themed publication of that enterprise. Assignments included breaking
news, public service and community announcements, and feature articles.
May 2007 – May 2009 Contributor, Student Publications, University of Texas at El Paso
Gathered news material on both sides of the US/Mexico border for feature and investigative oriented articles
published in Minero Magazine, a quarterly magazine. Additionally, provided video and text content for Borderzine, the
online magazine of the university's communication department. On a contingency basis provided articles and
photographic material dealing with immigration issues for the student newspaper The Prospector.
Jun 2008 – Aug 2008
Reporter/Photojournalist Internship, Al Día
Full-time paid internship awarded by the Department of Communication of the University of Texas at El Paso. Wrote
over 60 news articles and feature stories, and photographed events and people for two versions of the Spanish
language weekly, one version for the Philadelphia metropolitan area, and the other for the Southern New Jersey area.
Assignments included story enterprising, foreclosure issues, the police and city hall beat, immigration, education,
entertainment and culture.
May 2005 – May 2007 Stringer, Agence France Press
Reported, photographed and kept the news agency informed about the proceedings and final outcome of the
immigration trial and federal appeal process of ex-CIA operative Luis Posada Carriles.
Mar 2005 – June 2006 Advertorial Coordinator, El Paso Times
Wrote content, shot and gathered photographic material to promote commercial and civic organizations in special
sections of the newspaper, to a lesser degree, collaborated in the layout of these pages. Additional duties included
writing content for the real estate and auto section of the daily and weekend editions of the newspaper.
Jan 2005 – Mar 2005
Staff Writer/Photographer Internship, El Paso Times
Part-time internship sponsored by El Paso Community College. Wrote articles about events and people for the
Eastside Reporter, a weekly publication of the El Paso Times. Additional duties included the translation of headlines,
sidebars, and photo cutline’s for use in El Paso y Más, the weekly recap in Spanish of the daily edition of the El Paso
Times.
Sep 2004 – June 2005
Editor/Reporter/Photographer, Student Publications, El Paso
Community College
Responsible for selecting and assigning stories for the student newspaper the El Conquistador (now The Tejano
Tribune). Additionally, proposed, developed and implemented a Spanish section for this publication during two
semesters as the editor.
As a reporter, wrote several investigative stories and provided photographic material when needed.
EDUCATION
2009
2007
The University of Texas at El Paso, Bachelor of Arts in Communication, major in print media with a
minor in translation and interpretation (English-Spanish).
El Paso Community College, Associate of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication.
HONORS
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
1998
Scripps-Howard Fellowship, placement as a new media intern at The Coloradoan. Fort Collins,
Colorado.
University of Texas at El Paso Scholarship, placement as a general reporter with Al Día. Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars México Institute, conference scholarship to work
as a reporter for the institute's publication and web portal. The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso,
Texas.
Dean's List graduate, El Paso Community College.
Won first place in a photography contest sponsored by Red Bull Energy Drink.
Honorable Discharge, United States Army.
REFERENCES
Kathleen Flores,
kmrogers@utep.edu
Kate Gannon,
kategannon@coloradoan.com
Carr, Douglas
dcarr4@epcc.edu
Kelley, King
kelleyking@lovelandconnection.com
Zita Arocha,
zarocha@utep.edu
Student Publications Director, UT at El Paso
915.747.5161
New Media Development Manager, The Coloradoan
970.224.7767
Director, Mass Communication at EPCC
915.831.2421
Editor, The Loveland Connection
970.217.3361
Senior Lecturer, The University of Texas El Paso
915.747.5129