# Alice Scott

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- [About Me - Copy](https://alicescottportfolio.com/about-me/about-me-copy/): My Story Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus […]
- [It’s Saturday Night at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/its-saturday-night-at-the-harry-ransom-center-in-austin/): See 50 years of SNL creator Lorne Michaels’ archives on display at the UT Austin museum. Published on September 17, 2025. Photo Courtesy Harry Ransom Center/Mary Ellen Matthews
- [‘TEXAS’ Outdoor Musical Is An Enduring Panhandle Tradition](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/texas-outdoor-musical-is-an-enduring-panhandle-tradition/): As the musical approaches nearly 60 years, cast and crew reflect on being a part of the Palo Duro Canyon State Park production. Published June 6, 2025. Photo by Jack Lewis
- [Roadside Oddity: Odessa’s Stonehenge Replica](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/roadside-oddity-odessas-stonehenge-replica/): How a replica of the iconic English monument came to live on UT Permian Basin’s campus. Published on June 19, 2025. Photo Courtesy UT Permian Basin Communications and Marketing
- [Larry McMurtry’s Famous Bookstore Reopens as a Literary Center](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/larry-mcmurtrys-famous-bookstore-reopens-as-a-literary-center/): The author’s famous Archer City bookstore reopened as a dedicated literary center earlier this year. Published on August 12, 2025. Photo by J Griffis Smith / Texas Department of Transportation
- ['Window to the past': University Archives provide context, historical documents](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/window-to-the-past-university-archives-provide-context-historical-documents/): On the third floor of UNC’s Wilson Library, there is a display case with the first ever volume of the UNC Board of Trustees’ meeting minutes. The book is open to a page from 1792  — when the trustees selected Chapel Hill as the site of UNC’s campus. Published on September 25, 2024. Photo by Zoey Morris
- [Campus organizations reflect on engaging voters following N.C. registration deadline](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/campus-organizations-reflect-on-engaging-voters-following-n-c-registration-deadline/): Five tabling events. Four class announcements. One text bank reminder. That was the North Carolina Public Interest Research GroupNew Voters Project’s final push to get UNC students registered to vote before the state deadline on Friday.  Published on October 14, 2024. Photo by Connor Ruesch
- [UNC uses AI in admissions review process, documents show how](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/unc-uses-ai-in-admissions-review-process-documents-show-how/): Application essays reviewed by the UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions are auto-scored based on writing quality, according to a document obtained by The Daily Tar Heel that detailed UNC’s admissions reader guidelines for the 2022-23 application cycle. Written on January 20, 2025. Photo by Nick Lotz This story resulted in two follow up stories, the first after UNC confirms admissions essays […]
- [UNC System suspends general education and major-specific DEI requirements](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/unc-system-suspends-general-education-and-major-specific-dei-requirements/): All general education and major-specific course requirements related to diversity, equity and inclusion taught at UNC System schools are suspended, according to a memo sent to system chancellors on Wednesday. Story published February 11, 2025. Photo by Hannah Zinn Follow up story written on May 27, 2025 when the University updated curriculum requirements to comply with DEI […]
- ['Environment of uncertainty': Board of Trustees approves pending tenure cases, reasons for delay remain unclear](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/environment-of-uncertainty-board-of-trustees-approves-pending-tenure-cases-reasons-for-delay-remain-unclear/): On Wednesday, the UNC Board of Trustees granted tenure to 33 faculty members whose promotions had been delayed for multiple months. The action follows concerns voiced by faculty about the implications of low tenure appointment numbers. Published on June 5, 2025. Photo by Aubrey Word
- [About Me](https://alicescottportfolio.com/uncategorized/about-me/): My Story Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus […]
- [Administration orders Palestinian resilience mural to be boarded up overnight, no prior warning given](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/administration-orders-palestinian-resilience-mural-to-be-boarded-up-overnight-no-prior-warning-given/): Without warning or departmental consultation, University facilities workers boarded up a student-created mural depicting Palestinian resilience, following orders fromChancellor Lee Roberts and Interim Provost Jim Dean. Posted on August 22, 2025. Photo by Connor Ruesch Resulted in two follow up stories. First on August 29 when mural was reported to be damaged beyond repair during removal and again on September 8 after after vandalism was […]
- [Former Provost Chris Clemens sues UNC and Board of Trustees](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/former-provost-chris-clemens-sues-unc-and-board-of-trustees/): Former UNC Provost Christopher Clemens is suing UNC and all 14members of its Board of Trustees. Posted on Sept 24, 2025. Photo by Connor Ruesch (credited in follow-up story) Related follow up story on October 10, 2025 when the former provost requested recovery of trustees’ alleged deleted texts through ‘forensic imaging’.
- [International students required to buy UNC System's health insurance](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/international-students-required-to-buy-unc-systems-health-insurance/): Starting this spring, UNC-Chapel Hill’s international students will be automatically enrolled in the UNC System Student Health Insurance Plan, losing their eligibility to waive the service and opt for a third-party provider. The change is part of a new system-wide policy affecting all 16 of North Carolina’s public universities. Published November 17. Photo by Sarah […]
- [Hotly debated by trustees, heralded as a necessity by faculty: What is tenure?](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/hotly-debated-by-trustees-heralded-as-a-necessity-by-faculty-what-is-tenure/): In June, the UNC Board of Trustees granted tenure to 33 faculty members — more than in any other month this year. The mass promotion approval occurred via written ballot, during a month when trustees were not scheduled to meet.  Published on December 2, 2025. Photo by Lorelai Palmer
- [Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' imposes new limits to student loan programs, among other changes](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-imposes-new-limits-to-student-loan-programs-among-other-changes/): UNC is waiting for guidance from the Department of Education as it reviews and determines the impacts of President Donald Trump’s landmark domestic policy bill, which was signed into law July 4.  Photo by Amina Williams
- [Board of Trustees talks budget cuts, tenure, campus safety during September meeting](https://alicescottportfolio.com/uncategorized/board-of-trustees-talks-budget-cuts-tenure-campus-safety-during-september-meeting/): An article from September 2025 covering the UNC Board of Trustees, that held its September meeting to discuss university finances, organizational restructuring, tenure and campus safety. They also approved a resolution to make University policies more accessible. Photo by Regan Butler
- [What the Resurgence of Red Mangrove Seeds Could Mean for the Texas Coast](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/what-the-resurgence-of-red-mangrove-seeds-could-mean-for-the-texas-coast/): Published for Texas Highways magazine online in July of 2025, this article has biologists weigh in on what the recently-discovered seeds could mean for the region’s ecosystem. Photo courtesy of Jace Tunnell
- [The Purple Martin Is Texas’ Latest Aerial Obsession](https://alicescottportfolio.com/writing-new/the-purple-martin-is-texas-latest-aerial-obsession/): For this article published for Texas Highways online in August of 2025, I spoke with a network of avian enthusiasts provides housing and protection for North America’s largest swallow.
- [The five stages of grief - an eating disorder recovery story](https://alicescottportfolio.com/broadcast/the-five-stages-of-grief-an-eating-disorder-recovery-story/): One of the PBS SRL producers who was familiar with my eating disorder recovery story reached out to me for the On Our Minds podcast, a program about teenage mental health, and asked if I would be interested in creating a segment. My immediate thought was no. No way. It was too personal. But as […]
- [Student Press Freedom Week](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/student-press-freedom-week/): As I was preparing my Instagram posts for the Student Press Freedom Week campaign (learn more about it in Law, Ethics & News Literacy), I wanted the social content to be united with the on-campus activities in some way. I had already hand-created black armbands — like those from the landmark Tinker v. Des Moines […]
- [I Heart MacJ](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/i-heart-macj/): In an effort to reach our donation goal, I created 15 posts for the final 15 days of the I heart MacJ fundraising campaign highlighting reasons support MacJournalism. I wanted these posts to stand out from our other social media content to ensure that they caught reader attention and encourage community members to donate to […]
- [How families can support transgender and nonbinary teens](https://alicescottportfolio.com/broadcast/sample-1/): I produced this story about two transgender teens — Jake Waggoner and Wednesday Gomez — during the 2021 PBS Student Reporting Labs Summer Broadcast Academy. Creating this video allowed me to produce localized coverage during a national debate over trans rights for high school students as it was playing out in the Texas legislature. This […]
- [A New Normal for Elementary Students](https://alicescottportfolio.com/broadcast/a-new-normal-for-elementary-schools/): During the middle of the second semester of my sophomore year, I felt a slump in both my academic performance and my work on staff. I credited it to my first full year back at school, which got me wondering: How are younger kids adjusting to school? To find out, I interviewed a family from […]
- [Mac Takes pink week pep rally outside](https://alicescottportfolio.com/broadcast/mac-takes-pink-week-pep-rally-outside/): This video commemorated the first pep rally at McCallum since the pandemic started in 2020 and marked my first live event coverage in almost two years. It reminded me of how challenging it can be to rely solely on b-roll from one event, instead of being able to revisit locations to get additional footage in […]
- [Immersive Half-Photo Template](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/immersive-half-photo-template/): Web design is somewhat more limiting than print design because we are bound by School Newspapers Online (SNO) settings. However, I have worked to make our web stories more engaging by utilizing a variety of different templates, to best connect with the story content. For this article, I utilized the immersive half-photo story template that […]
- [Long Form Story Template](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/long-form-story-template/): When I was compiling my Student Press Freedom Day work into a web post, I quickly realized that the long-form story template was the way to go because of the large amount of content. This template allows you to section longer stories into “chapters” to help break up the text for readers without losing engagement. […]
- [Unmatched determination](https://alicescottportfolio.com/broadcast/hudnall-cant-be-pinned-by-opponents-or-pandemic/): There’s always interesting characters with stories to tell on any school campus. So when I heard about the lone female student on the McCallum wrestling team who was also on track to compete at the state competition for a second year in a row, I knew I had to meet her. Despite having an array […]
- [Interview with Influencer, Ro Mitchell](https://alicescottportfolio.com/broadcast/interview-with-influencer-ro-mitchell/): As I was working on my segment for On Our Minds, the producers decided they wanted the whole episode to be focused on the eating disorder recovery process. To help round out the coverage for this episode, they asked me if I would interview British social media influencer Ro Mitchell, who uses her platform to […]
- [Holy CRAP! Design Presentation](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/holy-crap-design-presentation/): At the beginning of this school year, as we were making the switch from LucidPress to InDesign, we decided to have a week dedicated to training the staff on the new software. The first days were dedicated to setting up Adobe accounts and getting everyone synched to our shared drive via Google Drive for Desktop. […]
- [Publication Reviews](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/publication-review/): “Publication reviews” are one of my favorite exercises to get staffers motivated for their work on the next print issue and are conducted at the beginning of our design week. Each issue cycle, we select a different student newspaper from a program that helps set the standard for scholastic journalism, and look through one of […]
- [Live Game Coverage](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/live-game-coverage/): As a member of the varsity football coverage team this fall, I took on many roles, but primarily I worked as the graphics editor. This meant that I designed and edited the score graphics that were posted with each quarterly update throughout the game. The key to these graphics was getting all the important information […]
- [Breaking News Announcement](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/breaking-news-announcement/): One of the most important aspects of our social media coverage is our branding as MacJournalism. When we post score graphics for games or the final exam bell schedule, we use the same templates to build a recognizable image for our followers. This is especially important when it comes to breaking news announcements that we […]
- [Thank God it's Friday](https://alicescottportfolio.com/broadcast/thank-god-its-friday/): This was the first video I created during the 2021-22 school year, starring two of my most personable subjects yet, Ben Polega and his service dog, Friday. Ben’s story reminded me of why I love journalism — it allows me to tell stories about people who do amazing things, people who have persevered through life’s […]
- [Coffeehouse Makes a Comeback](https://alicescottportfolio.com/broadcast/coffeehouse-makes-a-comeback/): This story covered the return of a favorite McCallum tradition — Coffeehouse — an in-school performance venue where students perform original songs, poetry and other written works. I worked with two other staff members, to teach them how to write and record voiceovers, as well as how to shoot b-roll. Because I was able to […]
- [Opioid death rate still increasing](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/opioid-death-rate-still-increasing/): Our second issue of my junior year centered heavily around the fentanyl crisis and drug use, which presented the challenge of finding visuals to accompany stories, as we did not have usable images from our student photographers. As I was designing our page three news story, I decided to incorporate stock photography to create an […]
- [Overworked from overtime](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/overworked-from-overtime-2/): This story focused on specific McCallum teachers who work second jobs to supplement their teaching income. Although I could have utilized photos of my teacher sources for this page, I wanted the design to apply to the more general topic of overworked teachers — a somewhat universal feeling of public school educators. I was also […]
- [Virtual SXSW Allow Wider Reach, Deeper Experience](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/virtual-sxsw-allow-wider-reach-deeper-experience/): In response to COVID-19 safety measures, the 2021 South by Southwest event went virtual – one more unwelcome change to a city whose culture relies on being the live music capital of the world. However, almost a year into the pandemic, McCallum students and SXSW employees who I reached out to took a more creative […]
- [Overworked from Overtime](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/overworked-from-overtime/): I remember the story pitch vividly: “We could write about how Ms. Richter also works as a cashier at Central Market because she can’t support her family on a teacher salary alone.” This story had to be told. Though Ms. Richter didn’t know me, I reached out to her and asked for an interview. As […]
- [Remembering Yolanda Zertuche](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/remembering-yolanda-zertuche/): At the beginning of my junior year, the MacJournalism Instagram account got a DM asking if we could post information about a benefit lunch being held by the family of former McCallum custodian Yolanda Zertuche, who had recently passed away. Due to a mistake in paperwork, the family was being held responsible for the looming […]
- [Photojournalism](https://alicescottportfolio.com/photojournalism/photojournalism/): INTRODUCTION Writing has always come naturally to me, which has served as a good foundation for almost every other skill I have picked up as a journalist. If I could write and ask questions, I could do anything. Except take pictures. Camera settings seemed like a puzzle I would never be able to solve and I […]
- [Marketing & Audience Engagement](https://alicescottportfolio.com/marketing/marketing-audience-engagement-copy/): introduction Coming into the 2023 school year as co-editor-in-chief of the The Shield, no one prepared me for the fact that, by definition of the role, I would be producing less content. As an editor and a leader first, my writing, photography and design would take a backseat. This was a hard pill to swallow […]
- [Dear Mr. President, Madam Vice President](https://alicescottportfolio.com/uncategorized/dear-mr-president-madam-vice-presiden/): As Joe Biden and Kamala Harris assumed their roles as the president and vice president on Jan. 20, PBS Student Reporting Labs asked McCallum students what they wanted to see from the Biden-Harris administration. Here is what they had to say. As Joe Biden and Kamala Harris assumed their roles as the president and vice […]
- [McCallum: 70 Years Later](https://alicescottportfolio.com/broadcast/mccallum-70-years-later/): 2023 was the 70 year anniversary of McCallum’s opening, which brought the opportunity for coverage of how the school has changed. Because of Austin’s rich history, I was able to be connected not only with McCallum Alum Maggie Slocum, who was part of the school’s first freshman class, but also 99-year-old Carl Shepherd who worked […]
- [Commitment to Diversity](https://alicescottportfolio.com/diversity/commitment-to-diversity/): INTRODUCTION It can be easy to think that diversity is just about representing marginalized groups or individuals. But really, issues surrounding diversity and inclusiveness affect everyone on campus. And it is the role of student journalists to authentically capture all members of the school community, making it irresponsible to fail in creating a diverse and […]
- [Law, Ethics & News Literacy](https://alicescottportfolio.com/legal-issues/law-ethics-news-literacy/): INTRODUCTION Right now, student journalism is in trouble. Between censorship laws, distrust in the media and the unknown impact of Artificial Intelligence, the understanding of law, ethics and new literacy is of paramount importance.  Keeping this material in mind is the responsibility of each individual journalist, but creating awareness and advocating for accurate and objective […]
- [Web and Social Media](https://alicescottportfolio.com/web-social-media/photojournalism-test/): INTRODUCTION Over my four years on The Shield, I’ve always felt deeply connected to our online publications, The Shield Online and the @macjournalism Instagram account. Perhaps it’s a product of spending my entire first year as a staffer on Zoom. It’s no secret that I didn’t have the typical experience of most new staffers — […]
- [A Taste of Fascist Peach Cobbler / Following their (day) dreams](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/a-taste-of-fascist-peach-cobbler-following-their-day-dreams/): During my sophomore year, my Issue 3 story was chosen for the double truck, which meant I got to try out designing a center spread for the first time. For this design, I had to be mindful of proximity and space to tell two different stories about student bands. I also needed to figure out […]
- [Seeing these stars](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/seeing-these-stars/): For our second issue of the year, we wanted to use the space of our double truck to feature multiple students, rather than just one story. The mini-profiles on the page were all about students in the marching band who also are a part of other football game extracurriculars like Blue Brigade, cheer, athletic trainers […]
- [Back to the Beginning](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/back-to-the-beginning-2/): When I got to work designing my story about the new yearbook adviser Frank Webster, I knew I had the chance to do something creative. I wanted to take advantage of how recognizable yearbooks are and design the page around that concept. For the dominant image, I wanted to model a traditional “mugshot” page from […]
- [Movies take a backseat to safety](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/movies-take-a-backseat-to-safety/): I have a distinct memory of the start of our second issue cycle during my freshman year. Shortly after pitch, the EICs challenged the staff to produce more creative page designs for this next issue. As a new staffer who was still learning the basics of story structure, the idea of letting go of the […]
- [Editing, Leadership and Teambuilding](https://alicescottportfolio.com/editing/editing-team-building-test-post/): INTRODUCTION People come first. Not content. Not awards. People.  As co-editor-in-chief, I make a point to personally interact with all my staffers. Because every interaction is a chance to build a relationship. And relationships can make or break a person’s experience on staff. My people-first approach is woven into every activity I lead. From giving critique to […]
- [Test Post Delete or Edit](https://alicescottportfolio.com/uncategorized/test-post-delete-or-edit/): Ovidigenem inist, comnis mil molupta tibusciat. Solenimaquam re, eture nem aliquas perferitas expero volorecti comnis simporest eum faceatem et, ut facea que sit od magnimute coreperum audaers pereperro exceped molor aut officatquePuda que ilibus, core volupta spediaes magnia natatirae et optati culparum aborrovit et am excerae omnist etur
- [What's driving your CO2 emissions?](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/whats-driving-your-co2-emmisions/): For our third issue of the 2022-23 school year, my co-EIC and I decided we wanted to have an environmental-themed issue that focused on local climate related news. Our double truck featured a story on carbon footprint and what students are doing to reduce their CO2 emissions. This put me in an opportune position to […]
- [Looking back on the good old 'Dazed'](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/looking-back-on-the-good-old-dazed/): This Dazed and Confused double truck was an initially stressful undertaking because it was a last-minute switch added to the print ladder. The issue, themed around Austin’s past, present and future included stories about city parks, gentrification and the nature of a place so many students call “home.” When I learned that a photojournalism student […]
- [The High School Experience:  Interviews  for Jostens Renaissance](https://alicescottportfolio.com/broadcast/high-school-experience-interviews-a-contract-project-for-jostens-renaissance/): Last spring, I worked on a project for Jostens Renaissance – a program that focuses on school culture – that was meant to show the high school experience from students at the beginning and end of their high school career. Even though I was given a list of questions to ask students on my campus, […]
- [Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi on Asian American representation in sports](https://alicescottportfolio.com/broadcast/olympic-figure-skater-kristi-yamaguchi-on-asian-american-representation-in-sports/): When MacJournalism was invited to attend South by Southwest with PBS Student Reporting Labs, we are also informed of interviews that SRL would be conducting that they needed student reporters for. I was chosen to interview Olympic figure skater and children’s literature author Kristi Yamaguchi. For this project, I wrote questions and conducted the interview, […]
- [A band-aid for a bullet wound](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/a-band-aid-for-a-bullet-wound/): The Uvalde school shooting roughly 160 miles from Austin set the tone for the start of my junior year. McCallum students like me were greeted with a myriad of new regulations intended to improve student safety on campus. While I appreciated the school administration’s proactive approach toward safety, the messaging was lacking. Locking doors, monitoring […]
- [Outdated Mac should be included in bond proposal](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/outdated-mac-should-be-included-in-bond-proposal/): The summer before my junior year, AISD announced a list of campuses set to receive full and partial modernizations. McCallum was not one of them. Built in 1953, we’re the second oldest high school in the district, suffering from recent gas leaks, rain damage and wild animal break-ins. It was the staff’s unanimous agreement for […]
- [It all matters in the Long run](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/stepping-up-as-leaders/): I originally only took this assignment because Ms. Long had been my freshman Algebra 2 teacher, and I needed to pick up a second writing assignment. That is the honest truth. But during our interview, I learned something I should have already known, that there was more to Ms. Long’s story than I thought. I […]
- [Clear eyes, full heart](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/clear-eyes-full-heart/): For my first story on newspaper staff, I was assigned what most first-year staffers were assigned — a new teacher feature. The editors’ idea was to give newbies a story that wouldn’t be too much of a heavy lift, but was still a high interest topic for Issue one coverage. I was assigned to cover […]
- [I don't want to lose a teacher or classmate to Covid-19](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/i-dont-want-to-lose-a-teacher-or-classmate-to-covid-19/): I was appalled when the district announced the reopening of schools – a move that would allow students the choice to remain virtual, but would fail to grant district teachers the same choice. I wrote a letter to the AISD superintendent of schools to advocate for my teachers. After writing my first draft, I sent […]
- [Beautiful blue eyes](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/beautiful-blue-eyes/): I wrote this column as part of the (virtual) Gloria Shields workshop in 2021. I was given the assignment to write about “a defining moment” while visiting my terminally ill grandpa in Florida. I didn’t need to look far for inspiration, and mostly wrote the piece to cope with the grief I was experiencing. My […]
- [Alamo Drafthouse finds a way](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/alamo-drafthouse-finds-a-way/): For our third issue of the 2020-21 school year, I pitched the idea of writing about the new phenomenon of renting out movie theaters for private showings during COVID-19. My family had done it a few weeks prior, and I figured I could find others who taken advantage of this popular new offering. After a […]
- [Following their (day) dreams](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/following-their-day-dreams/): Walk into any classroom on the McCallum campus and it’s a safe bet that at least one of the students is a musician or in a band. This makes the annual Battle of the Bands competition a must-attend event for many of the school’s students — even more so because the winner and the runner-up […]
- [Universities, school districts respond differently to threat of omicron](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/universities-school-districts-respond-differently-to-threat-of-omicron/): Omicron. It loomed over my family as we drove cross-country to my grandmother’s house for winter break, hoping to evade the new strain of virus that spread more efficiently than before. But what we could work to contain on a personal level was building back home. The group chat for The Shield was inundated with […]
- [Between the borders](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/between-the-borders/): The story of the war in Ukraine broke in the middle of production for our fourth issue of The Shield. We felt compelled to include coverage but struggled to localize such major international news. One day as I was scrolling through Instagram, I saw a post from a former classmate, Sasha. She and her family […]
- [Back to the beginning](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/back-to-the-beginning/): One of the most defining aspects of my time in high school was the nationwide teacher shortage. At the end of my sophomore year, more than 20 teachers had left McCallum. Undoubtedly this gave the school’s hiring team a good deal of work. It also created quite a lot of work for The Shield staff, […]
- [Nicotine advertising targets teens](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/nicotine-advertising-targets-teens/): When I was working on this page, I knew design would be important because the whole story revolved around the way advertisements for nicotine products use eye-catching images to target teenagers. I decided to lean in to this idea by making the main focus of the page a dominant illustration of a high-interest topic, that […]
- [Baxa's first 100 days](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/baxas-first-100-days/): When 20-year McCallum veteran Anda Baxa was named principal, I wanted to give a creative spin to the story by having him review his progress in the four main categories of evaluation for AISD principals after his first 100 days in the role — similar to the way a president is evaluated at the beginning […]
- [Fighting fast fashion means slowing down](https://alicescottportfolio.com/uncategorized/fighting-fast-fashion-means-slowing-down/): Ovidigenem inist, comnis mil molupta tibusciat. Solenimaquam re, eture nem aliquas perferitas expero volorecti comnis simporest eum faceatem et, ut facea que sit od magnimute coreperum audaers pereperro exceped molor aut officatquePuda que ilibus, core volupta spediaes magnia natatirae et optati culparum aborrovit et am excerae omnist etur
- [NSPA Broadcast Journalist of the Year](https://alicescottportfolio.com/uncategorized/co-editor-of-the-shield/):  never intended to go into journalism. As a kid, I wasn’t particularly gifted in writing and had little motivation towards academic pursuits. What I wanted to do was theatre. After a stellar performance as Toto in The Wizard of Oz in my second-grade school musical, I was certain that my destiny would play out on stage. Despite […]
- [KBTV Highlight Reel](https://alicescottportfolio.com/broadcast/kbtv-highlight-reel/): While this portfolio focuses on my work on The Shield staff, this category offers an opportunity to highlight my growth by showing where my love of journalism began — the KBTV broadcast news staff at my middle school. After attending the Gloria Shields NSPA Media Workshop as an incoming sixth grader in beginning broadcast from […]

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- [Closing Remarks - WITH TESTIMONIALS](https://alicescottportfolio.com/closing-remarks-with-testimonials/): The rubric for the Journalist of the Year portfolio is nothing short of intimidating. With 11 categories for evaluation, I was certain that taking on this project would be an effort. Doing it well would be next to impossible. But as I pulled together samples of my work and began laying it out, I was […]
- [Closing Remarks](https://alicescottportfolio.com/closing-thoughts/): The rubric for the Journalist of the Year portfolio is nothing short of intimidating. With 11 categories for evaluation, I was certain that taking on this project would be an effort. Doing it well would be next to impossible. But as I pulled together samples of my work and began laying it out, I was […]
- [Commitment to Diversity](https://alicescottportfolio.com/commitment-to-diversity/): Commitment to diversity Continue to Closing Remarks
- [Marketing & Audience Engagement](https://alicescottportfolio.com/marketing-audience-engagement/): Marketing & Audience Engagement Continue to Commitment to Diversity
- [Law, Ethics & News Literacy](https://alicescottportfolio.com/law-ethics-news-literacy/): Law, Ethics & News Literacy Continue to Marketing & Audience Engagement
- [Web & Social Media](https://alicescottportfolio.com/web-social-media/): WEB & Social media Continue to Law, Ethics and News Literacy
- [Photojournalism](https://alicescottportfolio.com/photojournalism/): Photojournalism Continue to Web & Social Media
- [Editing, Leadership and Team Building](https://alicescottportfolio.com/editing-leadership-and-teambuilding/): Editing, Leadership & Team building Continue to Design
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- [Design](https://alicescottportfolio.com/design/): INTRODUCTION Up until 2020, The Shield was designed and created on Adobe InDesign. But in March when the pandemic hit, the editors were forced to pivot and shift to a new platform, LucidPress that is browser-based and more easily accessible to students working from home on district-issued Chromebooks. So, for my first three years on […]
- [Reporting & Writing](https://alicescottportfolio.com/reporting-writing/): INTRODUCTION The summer before my freshman year, I took the publication writing class offered at the Gloria Shields NSPA Media Workshop. I was moving from my middle school broadcast program, KBTV, to my high school’s newspaper staff, The Shield, and wanted to prepare myself for the switch in writing styles.  During this class, I was […]
- [Broadcast Journalism](https://alicescottportfolio.com/broadcast-journalism/): INTRODUCTION   The summer before sixth grade, at 11 years old, I attended the Gloria Shields NSPA Media Workshop. Instead of tagging along with my mom, the yearbook adviser at my middle school, I enrolled in beginning videography with Jim McCarthy. Armed with an iPad and a borrowed laptop, I learned alongside students who were […]
- [Personal Narrative ](https://alicescottportfolio.com/personal-narrative/): For the first 12 years of my life, I was certain my destiny would play out on stage. After my breakout role as Toto in an elementary school production of “The Wizard of Oz,” I knew I had found my calling. Following my theatrical debut, I participated in every other musical my school produced. Over […]
- [Home](https://alicescottportfolio.com/): Envelope Instagram Linkedin X-twitter JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR PORTFOLIO STORIES MATTER In my seven years as a student journalist, I have been a reporter, a leader, a mentor and an advocate. My perspective has grown from the responsibilities of these roles, but I continue to come back to one important truth: Everybody has a story. So […]
- [Work Samples](https://alicescottportfolio.com/work-samples/)
- [Resume](https://alicescottportfolio.com/resume/): Resume Continue to Reporting & Writing
- [Recommendations](https://alicescottportfolio.com/recommendations/): Dave Winter | Journalism adviser, McCallum High School Nicole Griffith | Former principal, McCallum High School Jeanne Acton | Former ILPC director/UIL director of journalism Sara Sausker | Director of Renaissance Education, Jostens David Knight | Journalism instructor Marie Cusick | Editorial Director, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Evie Barnard | Former co-editor-in-chief, The Shield […]


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