Awards, Distinctions, and Achievements
Especially during my work with PBS NewsHour, I've come to realize that while gaining awards and recognition are absolutely honorable, the true satisfaction lies within the experiences we gain through learning and work. I have, in the last couple years, gravitated towards more opportunities to learn and strengthen my journalistic skills, rather than simply thirsting for recognition like my younger self did. I'm eternally grateful to have found a balance between competition, and remembering what, or who, I'm working for.
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs
2020 • Summer • Tashi Mathuin • Journalist Fellow for the 2020 SRL Academy, produced Exploring the economic impact of COVID19 - PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs
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2019 • December • PBS NewsHour • Young voters on the political issues they care about most • Reporter Tashi Mathiun Interview Senior Danny Deming. Aired one PBS NewsHour and before Presidential Democratic Debate
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NSPA Broadcast Story of the Year
2019 • Mason Baum, Tashi Mathuin • Fifth Broadcast News
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2018 • Pacemaker Finalist
2017 • Pacemaker Finalist
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Wyoming High School Student Press Association
2019 All-state Broadcast Program
2019 Honorable Mention Onsite Broadcast Package
2017 All-state Broadcast Program
2016 All-state Broadcast Program
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Travel and Opportunities
I have attended several state and one national convention in my career. I have attended the WHSSPA State Journalism convention annually since my sophomore year, and also attended the 2019 NSPA/JEA High School Journalism Convention in Anaheim, CA. Both these trips have provided me with absolutely invaluable experience. I have grown my ability to work under pressure in (both state and national) on-site competitions, and I have steno pads upon steno pads of notes from every breakout session I attended at every event. These conventions iones allowed me to meet people who share the same passions as me, who I felt I could build connections with on an even deeper level than just my peers back home.
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As COVID forced so many events to go online, Wyoming's Milward Simpson Award ceremony was forced to do just the same. To be sure the "show could go on," the Award committee decided to take the address digital. Ihad the privilege of filming the address with Senator Alan Simpson and Representative Pete Simpson.
