Michaela Román

Michaela Román, Editor-in-Chief

Michaela is a Senior Digital Media Production major at The University of Texas at El Paso. As the Editor-in-Chief, and former Photo Editor of The Prospector, she has learned to stay organized, manage a staff of writers and photographers, meet deadlines, cover events and network with others. She also has freelance experience and a personal photography business. Michaela aspires to work as an editor for a large media outlet and one day go to graduate school to teach photojournalism.

All content by Michaela Román

[Photo] The Great Wall of Trump

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor • January 31, 2017

[Photo] ‘Cabaret’ a must-see musical at dinner theater

Alejandra De La Cerda, Contributor • January 31, 2017

[Video] The border opens up to reunite families in third #HugsNotWalls event

Michaela Román, Editor-In-Chief • January 28, 2017

While President Trump signed an executive order to move forward on a wall, the Rio Grande at the U.S./Mexico border was open for hundreds of families reunited Saturday, Jan. 28, for the third annual #HugsNotWalls event, hosted by the Border Network...

[Photo] UTEP and El Paso Times host legislative forum

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor • January 27, 2017

Trying to find a balance in a time where journalistic ethics are in danger

Michaela Román, Editor-In-Chief • January 24, 2017

Throughout this past election season, many have questioned whether objective journalism is at risk of extinction or possibly going through a rough patch. One of the first ethical principles I understood when beginning my journalism career is having...

El Pasoans react to their new President

Michaela Román, Mike Flores, Christian Vasquez, and Mariana Rodriguez • January 24, 2017

From Paragon Lane, where the El Paso Republican headquarters is located, to the protests and resistance at San Jacinto plaza, the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States provoked a wide range of emotions across the nation...

[Video] Thousands took the streets of El Paso for Women’s March on the Border

Michaela Román, Editor-in-Chief • January 21, 2017

In solidarity with the 500,000 participants of the Women's March to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., over 1,000 El Pasoans and Juarenses came together for the Women's March on the Border. Supporters of equal rights for women marched from Armijo Park...

O’Rourke advocates for Dreamer privacy

Michaela Román, Editor-In-Chief • January 17, 2017

On Sunday, Jan. 15, hundreds of supporters gathered at San Jacinto Plaza in downtown El Paso to listen to U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke and backers of protecting undocumented students, who were granted executive amnesty by President Barack Obama in 2012....

Out with the old, in with the new possibilities

Michaela Román, Editor-In-Chief • January 17, 2017

After all the unpleasant “Thanks 2016” blame posts that popped up on my news feed toward the end of December, it became clear that most people, or the vocal ones at least, could really use a fresh start. It’s easy to look at others and say, “Why...

[Photo] Jones chooses to forgo his senior season for the NFL draft

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor • December 31, 2016

[Photo] Stanford hangs on to win Sun Bowl

Jason Green, Sports Editor • December 30, 2016

Stanford defeats North Carolina, 25-23 in the Sun Bowl.

[Photo] North Carolina falls in the Sun Bowl to Stanford on last second chance

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor • December 30, 2016

Union Plaza neighborhood voted off the table in city’s arena plan

Michaela Román, Editor-in-Chief • December 20, 2016

Editor’s note: This is an addition to the three-part series on efforts being made to save the Union Plaza neighborhood. On Tuesday, Dec. 20, El Paso’s City Council voted 4-2 to exclude the Union Plaza Neighborhood—Duranguito—from the...

[Photo] UTEP drops fifth straight loss to Aggies in Battle of I-10 rivalry match

Adrian Broaddus, Mike Flores, Online Editor, Reporter • December 13, 2016

Student receives a full paid semester thanks to tacos

Michaela Román, Editor-In-Chief • November 29, 2016

Defending the importance of diversity in the U.S in a time when ethnicity is under the spotlight played a key role in the winner of this year’s El Taco Tote Taculture Scholarship. On the borderland, El Taco Tote has several locations that aim to serve...

[Photo] International students get a taste of Thanksgiving

Grecia Sanchez, Reporter • November 24, 2016

[Photo] UTEP drops final game of the season to NMSU

Shericka Lawrence, Reporter • November 23, 2016

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(Left) Picketers hold up signs outside of the vacant fire station where the city held a community meeting for Union Plaza neighborhood residents. (Right) Protestors in opposition of the arena question Representative Cortney Niland on its location.

Members of the Union Plaza neighborhood refuse to leave home

Michaela Román, Editor-In-Chief • November 15, 2016

Editor’s note: This is the third part of a three-part series on efforts being made to save the Union Plaza neighborhood. The city held its first community meeting on Monday, Nov. 14, after a month of unanswered questions from residents of the Union...

[Photo] UTEP students organize “Not My President” peaceful protest

Christian Vasquez, Copy Editor • November 12, 2016