A comprehensive overview of all professional-related assignments and projects completed in the year 2023.

The fourth and final excerpt of a four-series blog posting on a day with the Zaachila family, a close-knit family of almost all women, protected by their dozens of dogs and their unwavering faith in God. The blog was originally posted on January 17th, 2020. It is also accompanied by photographs taken that day. The full post can be found here: https://www.umdphotographyoaxaca.com/kate-savinelli1/a-new-realization-of-faith-the-zaachila-family.

The third excerpt of a four-series blog posting on a day with the Mirador Family, a generous family with cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents all living cohesively on the same small plot of land. The blog was originally posted on January 13th, 2020. It is also accompanied by photographs taken that day. The full post can be found here: https://www.umdphotographyoaxaca.com/kate-savinelli1/la-amiga-con-la-camera-the-mirador-family.

The second excerpt of a four-series blog posting on a day in “Mercada Zaachila,” a Mexican street market where livestock and home-grown produce are sold. The blog was originally posted on January 9th, 2020. It is also accompanied by photographs taken that day. The full post can be found here: https://www.umdphotographyoaxaca.com/kate-savinelli1/love-for-the-animal-prevails.

The first excerpt of a four-series blog posting on a day in “Mercada Etla,” a Mexican street market where hundreds of natives gather to sell handmade clothing, jewelry, and household items. The blog was originally posted on January 8th, 2020. It is also accompanied by photographs taken that day. The full post can be found here: https://www.umdphotographyoaxaca.com/kate-savinelli1/a-new-family-a-new-home.

During my last semester at UMD, I was enrolled in a senior journalism capstone focusing on countries with limited press/journalistic freedoms. I was not only assigned the specified country of Egypt, but was tasked to focus on the case of imprisoned journalist Ahmed al-Najdi. Najdi, who still remains in an Egyptian prison today, was a producer of a news outlet. He was arrested in 2020 on charges of spreading false news and membership in a terrorist group because of his work. He shares a cell with 20 other prisoners and is denied access to fresh air, a mattress, and medical care.

I conducted dozens of interviews and dedicated hours of research, all of which led to the final product, this article. I co-wrote this article with colleague Dylan Spilko.

Each year, thousands of adolescents face differing levels of cyberbullying, mainly due to the growing phenomena that lies within social media usage and today’s societal standards on time dedicated to media. Should there be more prominent and limiting cyberbullying legislation for social apps such as Facebook and Instagram, and should this legislation span to include adolescents? In 2017, the Texas legislature took a step towards betterment and created “David’s Law” in an attempt to combat cyberbullying in school systems. Research showed multiple studies on the seriousness of cyberbullying for adolescent brains, and how to best combat cyber issues following David’s Law. Three main themes emerged from these studies, and additional recommendations/limitations are included to provide a safer cyberworld for young users.

A digital and social media-designed engagement plan based off a previously published story written by the New York Times. This theoretical plan would replica what designs and elements I would use for media management.

A short story written for an advanced-level fiction workshop course at the University of Maryland in the spring of 2021. The framework of the fiction piece centers around childhood, a “dreams versus reality” phenomenon, and emphasizes imaginative states.

A group project designed and completed by University of Maryland students in an advanced photojournalism class held in the fall semester of 2020. Students were tasked with photographing and interviewing multiple subjects regarding the 2020 presidential election and how the COVID-19 pandemic affected (or did not affect) the way the subjects voted.

An extremely personal photojournalism project on the immigrant values behind subject Enrique Calle-Matute, a University of Maryland student. The photography essay was created during the fall semester of 2020, amidst and influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

An article published in “The Writer’s Bloc,” an online University of Maryland newspaper. Article published on November 4th, 2019.

An article published in “The Writer’s Bloc,” an online University of Maryland newspaper. Article published on November 11th, 2019. Featuring quotes from Mark Turgeon, the head coach for men’s basketball, and Damon Evans, the director of UMD athletics. 

An article published in “The Writer’s Bloc,” an online University of Maryland newspaper. Article published on November 24th, 2019. Featuring an interview with Meghan Curtis and Jessie Schwarz, both sophomores at UMD. 

An article published in “The Writer’s Bloc,” an online University of Maryland newspaper. Article published on October 14th, 2019. Featuring an interview with Johnny Jordan, the starting offensive lineman at UMD.

An article published in “The Writer’s Bloc,” an online University of Maryland newspaper. Article published on October 2nd, 2019.

An article published in “The Writer’s Bloc,” an online University of Maryland newspaper. Article published on September 13th, 2019.

An ekphrastic poem based off the painting “The Lovers” by Rene Magritte. 

A comparison of prison and churches, with a focus on enjambment.

Classic sestina poem following an unusual narrative.