The Prospector

Javier Cortez

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter

Javier Cortez is a staff reporter for The Prospector. He is a senior multimedia journalism major, with a minor in English Rhetoric.

Javier was born and raised in El Paso, TX and before coming to UTEP in the summer of 2012, he graduated from Irvin High School, where he was a four-year varsity tennis player, a member of student council and a class officer for his graduating class.

He has also worked for the El Paso Diablos as a sports information intern on their media relations team.

In his spare time, Javier loves to write columns for the perspectives section in the school newspaper—whether it is sports, pop culture, religion, and society he loves to write about it.

To go along with writing, Javier loves reading anything about sports, religion, and non-fiction.

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So long everyone!

So long everyone!

Javier Cortez, Copy Editor
December 3, 2018
The Hill reports record-breaking early voter turnout

Midterm 2018 Election Pulse

Javier Cortez, Copy Editor
November 6, 2018
Retire number five

Retire number five

Javier Cortez, Copy Editor
November 6, 2018
More of the same thing

More of the same thing

Javier Cortez, Copy Editor
October 8, 2018
There are no heroes today

There are no heroes today

Javier Cortez, Copy Editor
September 25, 2018
Please remember Don Haskins

Please remember Don Haskins

Javier Cortez, Copy Editor
September 11, 2018
Make up your mind

Make up your mind

Javier Cortez, Copy Editor
September 4, 2018
Participants of the Silhouette Project hold up their decorated silhouettes as part of the month-long project that will begin April 11 at the Mercado Mayapan with the “Fire & Ice Border Tour.”

Be Assertive, Speak Up

Javier Cortez , Staff Reporter
April 5, 2016
Nearly 1.4 million Mexicans identified themselves Afro-Mexicans or Afro-descendants in Mexicos 2015 national survey.

Afro-Mexicans recognized in Mexico

Javier Cortez, Staff Reporter
February 23, 2016

Come out and support seniors

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor
November 17, 2015

Mets top Royals in six

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor
October 27, 2015

Support Smith-Soto

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor
September 29, 2015

The death of Romo?

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor
September 22, 2015
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