|
|
 |
| El Paso-owned and proud |
May. 4 - May. 10 |
|
 |
By Tom Fenton |
 Letter from the [ubliser
This week, we have another new face at El Paso Inc. and this one is behind the camera. I refer to Alejandra Dozal, whom you will see often at community events.
Alejandra has a degree in criminal justice and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Her photography work has appeared in a number of area publications.
She replaces Diane Sierra as photo editor. The latter is now an account exec with our advertising crew.
Alejandra has been handling freelance photo assignments for us for several months. We liked her work and, truth to tell, it finally dawned on us that it would be less expensive to make her a staffer than to keep paying her invoices.
Alejandra was agreeable because, as a single mom, she was looking for more stability plus health insurance.
You can judge her work for yourself. In this issue she is responsible for the Plaza Hotel cover shot, the Holocaust Museum photo spread and photos for Stephen Baack’s Q&A with Mathew McElroy, El Paso’s military growth and expansion coordinator for Fort Bliss.
• • •
This week we’re also pleased to bring you a byline from the past: Lauren Villagran Courcy. Lauren wrote this week’s cover story on Mexico’s “chocolate” cars.
Lauren was a staff writer for El Paso Inc. from 2003 to 2005 and long-time readers may remember some of the fine work she did for us in the past.
Lauren left El Paso Inc. for New York and landed on the national business desk for The Associated Press.
Anxious to get back into field reporting after a couple of years on the desk (and hoping to perfect her Spanish), she resigned from the AP several weeks ago, moved to Mexico City and now is looking for news work there.
I suspect Lauren would have remained with AP if they had offered her a foreign assignment. But having worked for that company for nearly 15 years, I know overseas assignments can be difficult to come by.
Lauren will do well in Mexico and if she continues as a freelancer she will have more work than she can handle.
But sometimes foreign staff jobs from American companies can be had by people already in-country and language qualified. She’ll be a good candidate should such a position turn up.
For obvious reasons we hope Lauren continues freelancing. Meantime, we’re delighted to have whatever she can send us from Mexico City.
• • •
P.S.: When Lauren called the other day I remembered the horrendous Telmex rates I paid to call the U.S. when I was based in Mexico City. I asked if she weren’t concerned about the cost of the call. “Not to worry,” she said. “I’m talking to you over my computer.”
¡Tecnología!
[Note to self: short Telmex.]
Comments or question? E-mail tomfenton@elpasoinc.com
|
|
|
|
