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CTTV SHOW #8 2.5.25
February 5, 2025
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About the Contributors
Peyton Michlig, Sports Executive Producer
Peyton Michlig, the Executive Sports Advisor for Digital Media. This is his second year on staff as he goes into his Junior year. His favorite part about being in Digital Media is creating sports stories. Most likely you will see Peyton at every sporting event throughout the year. Becoming a filmmaker is a passion he would like to pursue in the future. Outside of school, Peyton enjoys playing baseball at CT. He is just like any other student athlete who works to perfect his craft everyday.
Jessica Perez, Team Leader
Jessica Perez is a Senior and a Team Leader for Trail Media. Perez has been involved with journalism for 4 years and is in her third year on staff. She has grown a passion for being in front and behind the camera, interacting with others and just bringing a smile to faces. Behind the scenes, Perez was born and raised in Colorado. Perez has her loving parents who have supported her throughout the years and two adorable dogs. She has grown up to love music such as listening to Billie Eilish, Beyonce, Karol G, etc. Traveling every year to a different destination is mandatory for Perez. She loves to travel to Florida, Hawaii, and her second home, Colombia. Perez likes to hang out with new people, especially her best friends. As Perez continues to excel in her educational journey, she tells stories to unite the community.
Kallie Shenk, Staff Reporter
Kallie Shenk is a junior and has been in the journalism program since Freshman year. Shenk joined Digital Media her Sophomore year and plans on doing it until her Senior year. Shenk hopes to be a part of the Sports Broadcasting team both this year and next.
In her free time, Shenk usually spends it with her teammates and her close friends, listening to music and going on late-night drives with her older sister, Kenna Shenk, who used to be on the Digital Media staff and is now studying Journalism at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Planning for college Shenk plans to move somewhere towards the coast, hopefully joining the dance team.
Olive Ming, Staff Reporter
Olive Ming is a junior. She joined the Trail Media Program this year but had previous experience in clubs after doing speech and debate during her freshman year. She wanted to join Trail Media to find interesting stories and bring more awareness to clubs and sports that do not get enough representation. Ming’s main sport is cross-country in the fall and she plays lacrosse in the spring. She enjoys spending time with her friends and skiing or hiking in the mountains.
Lily Buttshaw, Staff Reporter
Lily Buttshaw is a member of the Trail Media program this year. She is a junior student-athlete for Cherokee Trail. Buttshaw is a third-year varsity athlete as a junior, and she is also a part of the “Be Kind” campaign at school, although she is new to this campaign, she is hopeful and excited to see what it brings to the community.
In her free time, Buttshaw loves to hang out with her softball teammates and try new things with her friends. Buttshaw also loves to listen to music and spend time with her mom. This is her second year in Digital Media. Last year she enjoyed being able to share and cover a lot of new stories and topics for the community. This year she is excited to be a part of the program again, and to be able to cover more stories for CT and the community.
Christopher Mattes, Staff Reporter
Christopher Mattes has lived in Aurora Colorado for his whole life, starting his scholastic career and soon ending with the Cherry Creek school district. Although Mattes is a senior, this is his first year with digital media. He found his love for journalism within the artistic aspects of it all. The shots and editing are the most important aspects of Digital Media to Mattes because you can tell a story through words, but having visual aspects pulls a story together and creates the emotion that most viewers seek.
Mattes also has other hobbies he identifies with and pursues outside of school. Skiing being his main passion, he ranks 3rd in the nation for halfpipe and 7th in the nation for slopestyle. Even though he does take a competitive approach to skiing, the culture is more important in his eyes. Creating video parts and participating in locally formatted competitions are what really drag him to the sport. But like every good sport, it is seasonal. So during the summers he still spends his time outdoors just performing a different type of action sport, Skateboarding. Starting before he could remember, skateboarding has always been in his heart and he pursues any free chance he has. He started really falling in love with skateboarding When he got his job at the local Zumiez last summer and has since then surrounded his life in the culture and community.
Cian O’Connor, Staff Reporter
Cian O’Connor is a first-year digital media student. O’Connor originally came from two years of digital art. O’Connor is currently a senior and hopes for digital media to improve his social skills and his skills with a camera. Outside of school, he enjoys playing video games, board games, and art such as digital and traditional art.
Peyton Ferguson, Staff Reporter
Peyton Ferguson is a Sophomore. It is her first year as a part of the Digital Media program. Ferguson loves playing softball, as she plays competitively for the school and outside of school. Her other hobbies consist of listening to music and hanging out with friends. Ferguson joined Digital Media because she enjoys the feeling of uncovering a new story and shedding light on different topics people typically wouldn't think about.