There are those rare occasional where we have to learn the idea or dance before it comes to life and this is one of those moments. We planned out this trending dance/sound in advance before the day of a shoot with the sole purpose of capturing at least one of the five ideas we had pocketed. This TikTok was made in the middle of the rise in the trend and performed very well. We broke the 1.7M mark with this video.

Watch the full TikTok dance here: Try Guys Wiggle Wiggle

At the rise of the Euphoria Twitter take over, a meme of an iconic scene was circulating and users were putting their own creative twists on the image. I suggested we jump on the trend with a meme of our own and it performed relatively well within our Twitter community.

View the published tweet here: You Better Be Joking

Candid Competition is a mini series produced by The Try Guys that has a very unique and passionate audience. The running joke is that the series is always getting cancelled and for the short return of this concept for the wedding season, I made a cliff-hanger promotion for Instagram to get people excited for the series,

Watch the Instagram trailer here: Candid Competition Promo

In this video, The Try Guys were wearing something that oddly resembled the outfits from The Warblers from the television series Glee. I used Photoshop to edit in the guys for some of the characters to use as promo for the main channel video.

View the final tweet here: Try Guys Warblers

An iconic line in our “Dress Like Zach” video became a memorable quote that we then turned into a meme. This was posted following the release of the video and received lots of fun and positive comments. This is a very traditional meme-style post and the simplicity aided in overall numbers both on our socials and YouTube channel.

See the full post here: Dress Like Zach Meme

No Stress Fest is a semi-annual concert thrown by Titan Radio, the official radio station of California State Fullerton. The Titan Radio staff is composed of students who plan, coordinate, book and fund the event. This is an example of some of the promotional content I created for our events. This specific project had 6 different versions and color variations that was created on Illustrator.

View the full poster here: No Stress Fest

I have a background in audio production and radio and hosted my own show for 3 years called “The Passenger Side.” These reels contain a range from hard hitting news reporting to recreational internet radio conversations.

Watch my Radio Reel

Watch the highlights from The Passenger Side

During my time at Titan Radio, I was responsible for maintaining and acquiring partnerships and sponsors. We had the opportunity to work with Rastaclat and ran in-house promotions for our listeners. Here is an image from the promotional campaign we ran during my time there.

I love telling stories. My time at OC News allowed me to deep dive into the stories of local community members and various other topics of interest. My reel includes some of my favorite moments from my time as a reporter.

Watch my Reporter Reel

Profile stories are my favorite part of journalism. I love meeting new people and learning more about their goals, life experiences and stories. This particular feature story is about Sarah Rafael Garcia, an author and founder of Barrio Writers based in my hometown of Santa Ana.

Read the full story here: Profile-Sarah Rafael Garcia