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Trevor Royer |
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Trevor was
the creator and executive producer of Inside
Canyon Springs,
our national award-winning video news magazine. During his
three years with the show, Trevor produced episodes from London,
England; Washington
D.C., the Las
Vegas Strip, First Friday, and many other locations. He
has won six national and twelve local
awards for his work,including three consecutive Best
in Show selections. He was the first student
to receive the "Director's Leadership Award," and he was chosen
by his peers for the "Technical Artist Award" in both his junior
and senior years.
Trevor is attending Arizona State University
as a Business Communications major in the W.P. Carey School
of Business. He hopes to graduate with degrees in business
and film, and then do his post graduate work in film at either
USC, Berkeley, or NYU.
This video won first place in the 2008 CCSD Broadcast
Journalism awards ceremony, and shows Trevor at his best as a
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Demetrius Pipkin |
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Demetrius joined our program during his sophomore
year, and quickly established himself as one of the leading reporters
and anchors in our program. He was selected as the first
"Rookie of The Year" as a sophomore, and as Broadcast
Journalist of The Year during his senior year. His documentary on
the school's Interdisciplinary "murder" project not only
earned a second place finish in a national competition, it also
landed him a job as a photojournalist at KVBC, the local NBC affiliate.
Demetrius is attending Arizona State University
where he is majoring in Broadcast Journalism. It is his goal
to be the first of his classmates to return to the Canyon as
a network reporter.
Demetrius also holds the distinction of creating
the first music video at The Canyon. This video won local
and national awards, and was performed live in Washington D.C.
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Misael Parra,
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Misael has the dubious distinction
of having been Mr. Rizzo's student from sixth through twelfth
grade. Because of this, he came to The Canyon with more experience
than any other student, and this allowed him to begin producing
videos before the school was even open. He was the first student
chosen "Broadcast
Journalist of the Year", and along with Trevor Royer and
Anthony Reed, he created the format for "Inside
Canyon Springs". Misael won numerous national and local
awards for his work, including a commercial that
received a perfect score of 100. Misael will also always be remembered
as the anchor with an identical
brother AND cousin.
Misael is majoring in Criminal Justice and minoring in Broadcast
and Media Studies at The University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He
hopes to become a network reporter specializing in criminal
justice issues.
This video was the first video that was shown at our school,
when we inaugurated our station in November of 2004. |
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Anthony Reed |
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Anthony was fortunate to have
had the opportunity to begin his future career as a political
reporter by interviewing a number of national political figures
including, Barack
Obama,
Jessie Jackson, former President Jimmy Carter, and a number of
other state, local and national politicians.
He was the first person selected for the "Pioneer Talent Award",
and was chosen "Broadcast
Journalist of the Year" in his senior year.
Anthony is at Arizona State University, majoring
in Broadcast Journalism. He's also assured Demetrius that he will
be the first to return as a network reporter.
In this video Anthony reports on the Reverend
Jesse Jackson's visit to our school. |
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Stephen Barris |
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Stephen was the quintessential
behind-the-scenes worker during his sophomore and junior years,
creating videos, and serving in
most of the positions in the studio. It was during his senior
year that he chose to move in front of the camera and become
a reporter and anchor for our shows. He was selected by
his peers for the "Pioneer Talent Award" during his senior year.
Stephen is at the College of Southern Nevada
studying fire science and getting his medical degree as well.
He works for the Bureau of Land Management as a wild land firefighter.
His long term goal is to get hired on at a valley Fire Department,
working search and rescue as a medic.
Stephen's D.U.I. video was downloaded from our site and used at
schools in California and Nevada to discourage teen drinking.
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