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Journalist/Photojournalist/Writer
PHOTOS
Over the past year, I've expanded my focus from print journalism, to photojournalism. I had the opportunity to attend the National Press Photographer Association's Northern Short Course in Washington, D.C. in March with my Documentary Photo class.
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Photojournalism has allowed me to explore storytelling through a lens. It's allowed me to tell the stories of local musicians, tattoo artists and athletes. Everyone has a story. Through photo, I've found a new way to challenge myself as a journalist.
PHOTO JOURNALISM GALLERY
 Executive PortraitLeslie Hale, the executive director of Books for Keeps, poses in the Books for Keeps warehouse on Monday, November 12, 2018 in Athens, Georgia. Hale has been the executive director of Books for Keeps since 2013. (Photo/Becca Beato, reb98869@uga.edu) |  Election Night: MidtermsJohn Olive watches election results on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, in Athens, Georgia. Olive said the current economic upturn won’t last and that it’s just widened the gap between rich and poor. He worries that this country is preluding to civil war. (Photo/Becca Beato, reb98869@uga.edu) |  Javae ChapmanJavae Chapman, 23 from Opelike, Alabama, rehearses a song from his upcoming album from his bedroom studio on Monday, February 19, in Athens, Georgia. The first song of the album will be released on February, 22, which is also his birthday. |
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 Georgia National FairAddie practices showing her cow, Loretta, as her mother Chasity Bridges examines the cow on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia. Loretta became sick in the spring dropping down to 200 pounds. Addie wasn’t sure if she would even be ready to show, but the cow has regained her health aside from occasional rattled breathing due to her respiratory illness. (Photo/Becca Beato, reb98869@uga.edu) |  Georgia National FairConnor poses to show off his Spider-Man face paint on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia. He was also wearing a Spider-Man shirt and had a Spider-Man blow-up toy.(Photo/Becca Beato, reb98869@uga.edu) |  Georgia National FairOlivia watches as a younger cow inches closer to her cow during the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia on Saturday, October 6, 2018. Haylinn, Olivia’s cow, is expected to give birth in December. (Photo/Becca Beato, reb98869@uga.edu) |
 Georgia National FairFreebird blows up a balloon at his stand during the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia on Saturday, October 6, 2018. Freebird has been working at the fair for the past 35 years. (Photo/Becca Beato, reb98869@uga.edu) |  Midterm CanvassingDenise Sunta, a sophomore anthropology major at UGA, and May Hitchings, a recent UGA grad living and working in Athens, knock on doors and place pamphlets while canvassing for Stacey Abrams on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, in Athens, Georgia. The two canvassers knocked on more unanswered doors and placed more pamphlets than they were able to speak to residents. Stacey Abrams' campaign has focused more on door-to-door canvassing in the more recent months as statistics have shown that canvassing is effective in getting people voting, according to Kyle Patel the Field Operations Intern at the Athens-Clarke County Democrats office. In the past few weeks, celebrities like Will Farrel and Oprah Winfrey have even volunteered to canvass for Stacey Abrams by going door-to-door in Georgia. (Photo/Becca Beato, reb98869@uga.edu) |  UGA SoccerSophomore midfielder, Jessie Denney (17) from Naperville, Illinois, has possession as teammate Katie Ralys (26) from Jacksonville, Florida, jumps over Georgia State player Caitlin Ray (16) from Loganville, Georgia. (Photo/Becca Beato, reb98869@uga.edu) |
 UGA SoccerThe referee issues a red card to Georgia State player Rebecca Crouch (10) from Falls Church, Virginia, after she fouled Georgia Bulldog player Kayla Bruster (25) from Atlanta, Georgia. Crouch was ejected from the game. (Photo/Becca Beato, reb98869@uga.edu) |  UGA Women's LacrosseMaggie Degnan, 21, an advertising and new media major from Milton, Georgia, runs during a warm up drill at the club sports complex on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 in Athens, Georgia. Degnan is one of three captains for the University of Georgia's Women's Club Lacrosse team. |  UGA BasketballYante Maten (1) goes to score for the University of Georgia against Auburn University at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia on Saturday February 10, 2018. |
 UGA BasketballDance Dawgs and Georgia fans look watch from the student section as Georgia plays Auburn University at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, February 10, 2018. Auburn upset Georgia 79-65. |  UGA BasketballTeammates help Juwan Parker (3) up during the game between Auburn University and the University of Georgia at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday February 10, 2018. |  Tattoo ArtistSara Machen Fogle, tattoo artist and owner of Chico Lou's Fine Tattoos, poses in the seating area where she usually conducts customer consultations in the back of Model Citizen Salon on Saturday, February 24, 2018 in Athens, Georgia. Fogle started as a tattoo artist, and after suffering a tendon injury in her thumb she started cosmetology school. When she recovered, Fogle realized she wanted to start tattooing again and has been for the past two years. |
 Athens Hip-HopFewer than 10 CDs sit in the local hip-hop section at Wuxtry Records in Athens, Georgia on Thursday, February 15, 2018. While other Athens artists have their own individual sections, the hip-hop artists are lumped into one category. |  Roadside Everything StoreJars and glasses reflect off of a mirror in a roadside, weekend odds-and-ends store off of Union Point Highway on Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Greensboro, Georgia. |  Iron Horse SunsetIt was the couple's first time at Iron Horse, a sculpture created by Abbott Pattison in the 1950s for UGA's campus, but removed soon after because of students protests. |
 HomeThe front of a house is fenced away from the street on West Broad Street in Greensboro, Georgia on Saturday, March 24, 2018. |  Work TruckA rusting Chevy work truck sits in a parking lot behind the Greensboro Antique Mall with the First Presbyterian Church in the distance on Saturday, March 24, 2018 in Greensboro, Georgia. |  Antique SignAn antique sign sits on the sidewalk outside of the Greensboro Antique Mall on Satruday, March 24, 2018, in Greensboro, Georgia. |
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