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WORK EXPERIENCE

 

TANIA ZAPIEN PHOTOGRAPHY, Austin, TX -Photographer/Owner

SEPTEMBER 2014 - PRESENT

Freelance photographer specializing in senior and graduate portraits, headshots, and event photography. Job involves consulting with potential clients in order to create a customized and unique experience in addition to  photographing clients, and producing high quality digital images, prints, and other print objects.

 

 

89.9 KTSW, San Marcos, TX - Music Journalist & Photographer

MAY 2019- MAY 2020

Attended and covered events on behalf of the student run college radio station. Communicated effectively with artists’ management and press contacts to request press coverage for concerts and fundraisers. Wrote bi-weekly articles to be published on the station’s website. 

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THE UNIVERSITY STAR,  San Marcos, TX -Life & Arts Reporter/ Photojournalist

JUNE 2020-JUNE 2021

Writer and photojournalist for the Life and Arts section of Texas State University’s student-run newspaper. Responsible for own research to provide background and context for different stories regarding student/San Marcos resident’s life, restaurant/bar openings, covered events, etc.  Set-up and conducted interviews with sources and wrote bi-weekly articles on a deadline. 

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EDUCATION

 

Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

Bachelors of Arts in Journalism & Mass Communication  

AUGUST 2018 - AUGUST 2021

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David Crockett High School, Austin, TX

HS Diploma

AUGUST 2010 - JUNE 2014

 

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