MARIA ELENA HERNANDEZ
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Writing

I've written news articles, video scripts, press releases, and social media posts. I've also created training materials and job aids, when teaching coworkers how to edit video for a website and post to content management systems.

While writing is a skill I've used in all my jobs, it was officially my primary duty when I worked as a general assignments reporter and a senior writer (which later changed to multimedia journalist). The web content coordinator job (later digital media director) started as converting broadcast scripts to web stories. That responsibility remained, while the work expanded to include website management, web sales implementation, social media management, web analytics and more.

Short story: One afternoon in a newsroom, I was sitting and staring at my computer. I was a bit frustrated, because I couldn't think of what to write for a story. Then I thought, "Oh, my God. I am making a living by writing. How did that happen?"  And it was an amazing realization.

Web News Articles
  • A little bird told me...
  • Award-winning wildlife filmmaker and UTRGV legacy alum says his time in the Valley was ‘life-changing’
  • Star of Bethlehem leads to astronomical questions
  • Nature, the original haunted house
  • UTRGV creates Agroecology Professional Development Institute
  • UTRGV researchers uncovering South Texas’s part in the Underground Railroad
  • UTRGV Superhero Project reveals superpowers, wins national award
  • RGV home to least popular bird in the United States
  • UTRGV partners with TAMU, UTMB for course in outbreak investigation
  • Missing: Millions of years of RGV history
  • Team of UTRGV professors researching the Valley’s hurricane preparedness
  • STIAC at UTRGV: Student assessments help save more than $1M for area businesses



Blog

RGVLearner.com started this year, as part of a new year's resolution to create more content.

(Archive) MalenaRuns.com started during my time with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training. It chronicles what for me passes for running.

Newspaper Articles
  • Man accused of assaulting 2-year-old (PDF)
  • Maggie's House request in limbo (PDF)
  • Assistant chief accused of stealing funds (PDF)
  • ​Mother drives over baby (PDF)
  • ​No Fear: From player to coach, Helms always shines (PDF)
  • ​Fallen Marine has local ties (PDF)
  • Stock options: Ag teacher breeder of champions (PDF)
  • Center receives kudos (PDF)
Quick Product Reviews
  • ​​​​Laundreez: Shake it off
  • Talk to the hand: Gest hopes to replace keyboards
  • GoRoll – exercise equipment and storage in one

Speeches

Click here for a few example speeches

Email

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