Salvador Guerrero
I stumbled into the world of journalism on a whim, picking up an extra-credit class my senior year of high school in El Paso, Texas. It made a lasting impression on me, but even when I began college I never thought it would turn into a career.
At the University of Texas at El Paso, I initially thought medicine would be the life for me. But on the advice of a friend, I gave writing for the student paper a shot. Within a few months as a football beat writer for The Prospector, I was offered the associate managing editor position for the UTEP Official Sports Report where I stayed for 10 months.
Due to budget cuts, the publisher shut down the online daily newsletter, which may have been for the best. Within a few weeks, I was offered the sports editor position for the student newspaper. It was there I gained the skills and confidence to make it in journalism. From there, I jumped around, covering sports for Miner Illustrated, a local online company, and stringing for other publications. I have also been a staff photographer for The Prospector and photo editor for the UTEP student magazine Minero.
Sports and news in general have always been a driving force in my life as I grew up reading the El Paso Times my mother always had lying on the kitchen table. Even as a child, journalism somehow found its way in front of me, and when I thought my life would head in a different direction, it always led right back here.
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Chris Weitz movies shed light on Alabama immigration law
February 16, 2012 2:42 pm 
Click on photo to enlarge or download: Filmmaker Chris Weitz, left, and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas teamed up to create a video project about Alabama’s anti-immigration law called “Is This Alabama?” SHFWire photo by Salvador GuerreroWASHINGTON – Half a century has gone by since citizens of Alabama marched to oppose harsh state and national laws that restricted the rights of black Americans.
Latino voters expected to break turnout record in the November election
February 8, 2012 6:32 pm 
Click on photo to enlarge or download: Ben Monterroso, left, Clarissa Martinez-De-Soto, Rudy Lopez and Maria Teresa Kumar participate in a discussion Wednesday about Latino voters moderated by Arturo Vargas, far right. SHFWire photo by Salvador GuerreroWASHINGTON – Latino voters are likely to turn out to vote in record numbers in November, according to experts, and in some states will determine who wins.
Senate committee urges administration to keep college costs down
February 3, 2012 4:03 pm 
Click on photo to enlarge or download: Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., left, tells a Senate committee hearing Thursday that his state is one of the few to have an excellent university system without a lot of state funding. Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn, and Michael B Enzi, R-Wyo, listen. SHFWire photo by Salvador GuerreroWASHINGTON – Republicans and Democrats showed support this week for the president’s plan to cut the cost of higher education. However, the lawmakers could not agree about how the plan should be put into practice.
Mexico’s July presidential election may put PRI back in power
January 24, 2012 12:27 pm 
Click on photo to enlarge or download: Roderic Ai Camp, left, and Miguel E. Basáñez talk about Camp’s recent books about politics in Mexico. SHFWire photo by Salvador GuerreroWASHINGTON – The United States isn’t the only country facing a contentious presidential election this year.
Indiana youth group, thousands of others, protest Roe v. Wade in March for Life
January 23, 2012 7:16 pm
Click on photo to enlarge or download: Students from Louisiana walk along the streets in Washington on Monday to protest the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that made abortion legal. Hundreds of thousands of people joined in the annual March for Life. SHFWire photo by Salvador Guerrero.WASHINGTON - For the members of the Diocese of Evansville, Ind., a trip to Washington should have been a simple 14-hour drive. A broken-down bus and 17 hours later, the trip turned into an excursion as they made their way to the capital for the annual March for Life.
Obama honors St. Louis Cardinals for extraordinary championship run
January 17, 2012 7:49 pm 
Click on photo to enlarge or download: President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama celebrate the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2011 World Series championship at the White House Tuesday, even though both are Chicago White Sox fans. SHFWire photo by Salvador GuerreroWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called the St. Louis Cardinals’ championship one of the greatest comebacks in history.
Health organizations join to help prevent spread of cholera in Haiti
January 11, 2012 4:32 pm
Click on photo to enlarge or download: Sanjay Wijesekera, left, of UNICEF; Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, director PAHO and Dr. Kevin M. De Cock, of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, listen to Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez Reyna, on the video screen, speak about the cholera epidemic. SHFWire photo by Salvador GuerreroWASHINGTON - Cholera remains a pandemic on the island of Hispaniola two years after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
