Alejandra Matos

  • Alejandra MatosAlejandra Matos is a sophomore at UTEP majoring in Print Media with a minor in Graphic Design. She plans to continue her education upon graduation from UTEP and attain a graduate degree in Investigative Journalism. Alejandra became a summer intern for Borderzine in 2009. She graduated from Franklin High School in El Paso, Texas, where she was the editor in chief for the newspaper and yearbook and received multiple reorganizations and awards from the National Scholastic Press Association and Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
    • Affiliation/ University University of Texas at El Paso
    • City El Paso
    • State Texas
    • Country United States

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Articles by Alejandra Matos

News Features

Hispanic Link Founder Charles Ericksen Still Going Strong at 80...

by Alejandra Matos

Charlie Ericksen after a lecture to faculty, staff and students in Old Main, with Borderzine...
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Voces&Blogs

Media Report – March 1st 2010...

by Alejandra Matos

COVERAGE OF LATINOS Although the Hispanic community is receiving news coverage in major media...
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Media Report...

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TOUGHER ACTION SOUGHT The Society of Professional Journalists has issued a letter to several...
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Reporters’ Lives — and Deaths — on the Mexican Border...

by Alejandra Matos

EL PASO, Texas — With the constant violence in Mexico has come an increase in reporting about...
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Students Employed on Campus Have Better Chances of Success...

by Alejandra Matos

EL PASO – Students working as staff at the University of Texas at El Paso are teaching their...
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Borders Are What You Make Them to Be...

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EL PASO — A year ago I was told I couldn’t get an internship because I was too young. I...
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Sam Donaldson to Young Journalists: The future is Multimedia...

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UTEP launches new Multimedia Journalism Degree Sam Donaldson giving interviews at Borderzine's...
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Journalists face new challenges to serve the community as newspapers contract...

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EL PASO — Patricio Espinoza and other journalists have been facing a storm: a change in media...
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On the track to tier one...

by Alejandra Matos

EL PASO – The race to become the next tier one university in Texas has begun for seven emerging...
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Just go for it: UTEP alum won’t take “no” in pursuit of her love for journalism, graduates from Georgetown U this summer...

by Alejandra Matos

WASHINGTON — As Ana Saraí Peña walked into El Diario de El Paso, she could feel her heart...
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