TANYA CELINA RAMIREZ

I began working as a designer for my hometown

newspaper in August 2005. A part-timer without prior newspaper knowledge or experience, I was taught tricks of

the trade by the many seasoned editors and journalists at

the Laredo Morning Times newsroom. Soon enough, 

I was tasked with designing front pages for news, sports, entertainment and lifestyle sections.

In 2007, LMT editor-at-large at the time,
Diana Fuentes, and I were awarded first place by the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors for 1A team page design.

In 2008 and 2009 I was awarded honorable mention for feature page design. I left my position at LMT the summer of 2010.

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In September 2010 I joined HKG Duty Free, a small,

but growing store with seven locations on the border to Mexico, including one in California and another in Arizona. As the store’s advertising manager and designer, I created the company’s promotional items, newspaper inserts, in-store signage,

magazine and newspaper ads.

I left the HKG team in the fall of 2011.

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In November of 2011 I joined the Gannett Nashville Design Studio
in Nashville, Tennessee, as a Designer II. In my role there I
designed sports sections for a handful of newspapers 

in Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee. In April 2014 I was

awarded a Society of News Design Award of Excellence for pages that were part of  The Clarion-Ledger’s staff portfolio.

In October 2017 the studio's parent company,

Gannett, dissolved the Nashville Design Studio.

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In October 2017 I was re-hired by Gannett as

part of the Louisville Design Studio where I was the lead

sports designer for the Detroit Free Press.

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In February 2019 all Gannett design studios merged

into one entity, creating the USA TODAY Network Design Studio. After the merger, I was assigned to the sports team where I designed and page edited several sports sections from across the country.

My main role was designing sports sections for the Detroit Free Press, Rochester Democrat and Poughkeepsie Journal. 

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In October 2020, I joined The Advocate newsroom

in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I started as deputy sports editor + designer for The Advocate in Baton Rouge, The Times-Picayune in

New Orleans and The Advocate in Acadiana.

In the summer of 2023 I was promoted to night editor +

lead designer. In my current role I design sports covers and

special sections, edit and post stories, and coordinate with editors and reporters to put together our daily sports sections.  

In May 2024 I was awarded a Society of News Design Award of Excellence for sports cover design.