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Mikala Compton 🦇

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Something I don’t hear talked about much in the journalism industry: The disproportionate amount of staff job opportunities there are for photojournalists compared to reporters. 🧵

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

Just signed up to be a DoorDash driver because I don’t make enough to live in Austin, the city I cover & care so deeply about. @Gannett should be ashamed of themselves. Thankful for @AustinNewsGuild fighting for what’s right.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

5 years

@ralyksnamtahc It seems Frankie is doing just fine

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

Local journalism is so, so important. Props to all at @UvaldeNews for their coverage.

Megan Menchaca

@meganmmenchaca

2 years

I can’t stop thinking about this photo from the Uvalde Leader-News of terrified Texas elementary school students running for their lives from the school where a gunman killed 19 children and 2 teachers. 📸 - Pete Luna

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

As Texas elections ramp up, @BetoORourke visited Austin supporters last night to address his plan for the grid and honor lives lost in the 2021 Texas winter freeze during his "Keeping the Lights On" tour.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

Families of Uvalde mass shooting victims are currently moving a Dia de Los Muertos alter honoring the victims to the governor’s mansion as they ask for the minimum age range to purchase a firearm to increase to 21

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

The family of 10-year-old Amerie Garza is laying her to rest today. Hers is the first of 22 funerals Uvalde will be holding in the next few weeks for the victims of the Robb Elementary mass shooting.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

Student activists protest during the Gone to Texas freshmen welcome event at the University of Texas on Tuesday. Several organizations collaborated to protest against "The Eyes of Texas," policing on campus, advocate for graduate student wages & criticize UT’s covid response

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

Best day of my life. It was an honor to meet, talk with & photograph @nickjonas , but most importantly about his experience with diabetes, a disease that affects some of the people closest to me. It was great to hear his thoughts & how he manages taking care of himself.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

Currently in Texas politics: the Speaker of the House is arguing with the Lt. Gov who is arguing with the Governor who is arguing with the Speaker who is arguing with the recently impeached (in the house) Attorney General, largely via Twitter.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

I can still take on freelance work, so if anyone needs someone in Austin, I’m available for news, features, real estate, food, etc 📸 Thank y’all for the kind words. It’s rough out here but with transparency, maybe things can get a little better.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

Received an email this morning from this player asking for this photo. It was taken as he approached home plate after a grand slam. He informed me his mom recently passed and he was pointing up to her. Wow. It’s moments like this I’m glad to have captured.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

10 months

That’s me! 👋 @Gannett I was 1 of the 1st photojournalists on scene in Uvalde, covering a terrible, haunting tragedy. A major contribution to our coverage of keeping those in power in check & contributing to our Pulitzer Prize finalists. Share wealth. I’m struggling to pay rent.

Austin NewsGuild

@AustinNewsGuild

10 months

Our highly skilled Pulitzer Prize finalist journalists @statesman are currently making less than what a gas station in Texas is paying its employees. It is time to share the wealth @gannett

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

@priyankachopra laughs during her keynote conversation with Head of Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke during day one of #SXSW at the Austin Convention Center Friday.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

9 months

Texas politics are wildin, & this post with my photo from the Paxton trial is doing numbers lol

Roxanne Werner

@thisisroxanne

9 months

Girlie you do not have to do this. He is literally just a guy.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

While I have y’all here, here are some examples of work. For freelance inquiries please DM me 🤍

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

Had my first experience working with @Reuters and ended up on the home page... ‼️

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

9 years

@CS_1950 please show the media the same respect that you are preaching.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

Today in print: I followed Susan & Brian as they moved from Texas to Seattle to create a better life for their 6yo trans daughter, who has expressed she’s wanted to be a girl since 3yo. I encourage everyone to give it a read & learn more about this family’s experiences.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

My photos of @paramore now versus my photos from 13 years ago in 2009. I love a good full circle moment. Little me would be so proud 🤭

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

LGBTQ rights activist @AdriPerezTX was detained by DPS troopers as activists protested SB14 outside the Texas House of Representatives at the Capitol today. The bill would ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender children.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

My favorite Austin skyline photo to date 🍂

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

4 years

I tested positive for COVID-19 today so I’ll be on my couch for the next 14 days. In lieu of get-well-flowers please send get-well-packages of beer 🍻 & wear your masks!!

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

Nick Jonas sat on a panel during the featured session, "Crushing: The Burden of Diabetes on Patients" at the Austin Convention Center during #SXSW

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

I’m back home now. I need to eat. But I’m nauseous. I’m reading stories now & I know I saw some of the aftermath with my own eyes, but reality is setting in. This hurts. And it feels so cyclical. This is America.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

New photog alert

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

Good mornin from West Virginia 🤘🏻

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

5 years

@joejonas Ok but who knew Joe had thigh tattoos?

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

12 children found their forever homes during the Travis County Adoption Day celebration yesterday :') @statesman

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

Beto O'Rourke interrupts Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick during the press conference on Wednesday following the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. @USATODAY

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

7 months

Kaitlin Armstrong sentenced to 90 years in prison for for the fatal shooting of Anna Moriah Wilson on May 11, 2022, in East Austin. #kaitlinarmstrong

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

The House votes 92-48 to pass SB 14, banning certain medical care for transgender kids. The bill needs one last vote in the House before heading back to the Senate. If the Senate ok's the changes to the bill, it goes to the gov's desk. #txlege

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

Women in sports, baaaby 💪

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

industry bby himself – @LilNasX for @austin360 at #ACLFest

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

Alex Strenger speaks during the Austin City Council meeting as they take up the issue of firing City Manager Spencer Cronk at City Hall Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Strenger, who was dressed as a clown, said he wanted to dress for the job of city manager.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

Today my statesman colleagues are picketing against @Gannett for FAIR WAGES! We deserve to be paid enough to live in the city we cover!

Austin NewsGuild

@AustinNewsGuild

2 years

“Save our @Statesman .”📢

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

The first in my series, “Searching in Solitude” taken during my time in quarantine. I paired digital self portraits with scenic film images, shot during the masked walks I took to clear my head. Stuck inside paired with what little connection I did make with the world outside.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

LGBTQ activists protested SB 14, which would ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender children, today at the Capitol. Activists were escorted out of the Capitol building and some were detained. The bill is delayed for now.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

@holy_schnitt We’re all really trying to cry to all too well tonight

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

Picket with the @AustinNewsGuild this morning during the Statesman Capitol 10K race. Journalists deserve a living wage in this city! #FairContractNow

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

Damn I am just so thankful to be out here doing my dream job in my dream city 🥲 15-year-old me would be so proud

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

First day of work selfie // views 🥰

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

5 years

@nickjonas They really had to rub their hot wives in our faces like that huh ....

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

Mourners gathered to honor the victims of the #ClubQ shooting in Colorado Springs at Little Gay Shop in East, Austin on Tuesday evening. The altar will be stationed outside of the shop for the next week as a spot for mourners to pay their respects. @statesman

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

I can’t stop thinking about all the families I saw today that will never see their children again. So many parents are going to bed without their children in the bedroom next to them. My heart is broken for them all.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

another day, another Austin skyline photo for timeline 😊

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

11 months

Today marks 2 years at @statesman ! (& 2 years of fighting for fair wages 🙃) I’m so thankful for this job & incredible colleagues, but most importantly the ones fighting the good fight with @austinnewsguild 💜🦇 Sleep-deprived picket photo by @SpillmanPhoto

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

7 years

took the advice “college is for finding your bridesmaids, not your husband” too seriously bc now Im 23 & still dont know how to talk to boys

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

@becstick @Gannett @AustinNewsGuild lol.. absolutely no one, but I thought I’d make enough to at least stay afloat.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

Texas’ unionized newsrooms in Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth are fighting for better conditions, so that we can better serve our communities. Our companies aren’t listening. That’s why we’re logging off for one hour today to call for fair contracts and #BetterNewsForYallAndAll

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

To my horror, my 90 year old grandma has been collecting rain water to drink because she still doesn’t have running water after the winter storm! 😡

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

5 years

@SushmaShaw8 @joejonas BUT.... PURITY RINGS.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

6 years

ATTN MALE PHOTOGS: You’re predatory & creepy if you use your position as a photographer to almost exclusively shoot half-naked female models. Learn how to use a camera & shoot more than provocativeness.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

“Don’t trip! Well, don’t trip on that extension cord. You can trip on other things…” Great meeting the legendary @CheechMarin

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

Proud to be a part of this team & the important work we have done & will continue to do.

Austin Statesman

@statesman

1 year

The Pulitzer Prizes honored the Austin American-Statesman on Monday as a finalist for the award's Gold Medal for meritorious public service, the nation's most prestigious journalism honor, for its groundbreaking coverage of the Uvalde mass shooting.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

4 years

People from Overland Park be like “I know a spot” then take you here

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

if you ever leave me i'm coming with you // @thewombats 2.11.22

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

Dressed up for @mirandalambert

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

Will never get over that I just ran into the queen of photojournalism, Rita Reed, in the flesh, outside of Missouri, during the busiest week in Austin. ‘Twas fate!!!💕

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

7 months

A Travis County jury has found Kaitlin Armstrong guilty of murder in the 2022 shooting death of cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson, 25, in East Austin. The jury deliberated for about 2 hours and 15 minutes before reaching the verdict. #KaitlinArmstrong

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

Public shoutout to my dad for bringing the camera batteries I left charging at his house from KC to Lawrence before game time 😭 father of the year! ❤️

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

4 years

@2018Faillace @alexandracooper I am HERE for this REPRESENTATION 🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

5 years

I just heard a mom tell her daughter to keep her jean jacket on or she’ll freeze,then I turned on the radio & hear a PSA to put sweaters on your pets in the winter. IT’S 55 DEGREES. Texas is dramatic.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

Honored to have my photo of @lizzo featured in USA Today's 2022 year in photos. Editors chose one photo for every day of the year from all over the world. Such a neat project and cool to see my photo featured along with my colleagues 😊

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

Good morning to @billieeilish and Billie only #AustinCityLimits @austin360

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

Blessing the feed with real hot girl shit 👅

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

Drove over an hour but very worth it bc I just got my first dose of moderna 🥲

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

Community members have gathered in the town square to pray in Uvalde

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

1 of 30 people in Austin to own a signed copy of @taylorswift13 ’s Red(tv) CD 🥲🥲🥲 Thanks @WaterlooRecords

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

Austinites can get tested at a free, drive-up Covid testing site outside the Long Center today, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. No appointment is necessary, but lines are extremely long. This was the scene from yesterday for @statesman #austin #CovidTesting

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

* correction. Families are asking for a minimum age requirement of 21 for all assault-style rifle purchases.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

4 years

@empdenied @annabroges Examples? I’m curious

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

*correction, there are 19 funerals for 22 victims. Some are being held together, including Joe Garcia, husband of teacher Irma Garcia, who died of a heart attack following his wife's death.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

Icy scenes from my east Austin neighborhood this morning 🥶

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

7 years

This weekend I learned some men get mad when their bartenders put straws in their drinks. Can you imagine being so fragile that a literal straw offends you?

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

1 year

Some of my favorite @AustinNewsGuild Valentines 💌

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

4 years

Don’t get your news from memes Don’t get your news from memes Don’t get your news from memes Don’t get your news from memes Don’t get your news from memes Don’t get your news from memes Don’t get your news from memes Don’t get your news from memes Don’t get your news from memes

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

7 years

I'm so excited to announce that I have no clue what I'm doing after graduation! Thanks to everyone who made this possible 💕

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

4 years

To brighten your day here is a pic of the puppy I met at the drive-in on Friday 🥰

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

5 years

😊😊😊

Mizzou Journalism

@mujschool

5 years

Yesterday, @MizzouAlumni Mikala Compton was out on assignment...at a San Antonio @ChickfilA birthday party. Compton was named 2018 #Photographer of the Year by the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors in the Class A category. #MissouriMethod #MizzouMade

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Mikala Compton 🦇

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1 year

#NewProfilePic courtesy of @wangela_angela ☺️

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@MikalaCompton

3 years

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NBC News

@NBCNews

3 years

Man huddles around space heaters powered by a generator after electricity blackouts in San Marcos, Texas, on Tuesday. 📷 Mikala Compton / Reuters

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

A little chilly in Manhattan this evening as the Longhorns prepare to take on the Wildcats 🏈

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

It’s snowing in Texas, and it’s just getting started... #texaswinterstorm

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

Someone just messaged me back on bumble SIX YEARS later… 🙃🙃🙃

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

4 years

An elementary school is having an in person GRANDPARENTS DAY luncheon today if y’all were wondering how Texas is feeling about the virus 😬🦠

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

7 months

@alcaprari23 @NewsNation @NewsNationComms @BanfieldonNN @alcaprari23 mind giving me photo credit? also, thanks for your work. it's been super helpful for following along with the trial.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

8 months

ACL 🤝 solar eclipse

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

6 years

Really missing my friends who've died by suicide today. Please know you're always worthy of help and love. You can find happiness. The world is a better place with you in it.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

2 years

Idk what these creative interns for the Longhorns are making but pay them more …this clip is quite literally money.

Kevin Richardson

@ItsKrich

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This is literally in-game during a Top 25 matchup with a sold out arena. We’re just now scratching the surface of all things NIL. Recruits are gonna see this type of content and want it. We have the best creative team in the country.

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Mikala Compton 🦇

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2 years

It's Election Day! Get out and VOTE! Photos from this afternoon in Austin

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@MikalaCompton

1 year

Today’s @statesman front page

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

4 years

Rainbow is my favorite color 🌈✨🌈✨

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@MikalaCompton

2 years

Texas doesn’t know groundhogs, but they do know armadillos. Today I met Bee Cave Bob, who predicted an early spring & right-leaning politics for the year 😂 Thanks to @jayjanner for the pics

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Mikala Compton 🦇

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3 years

Ever seen a giraffe from below?

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2 years

Just ran into some Europeans who were amazed while taking photos of a raccoon because they’d never seen one irl before. Good to remember the simple joys in life 😂

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

6 months

TX Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Zurawski v TX. The plaintiffs, 20 women who were denied abortions despite severe pregnancy complications & 2 OBGYNs suing on behalf of their patients, are demanding that the state clarify medical exceptions to its near-total abortion ban

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2 years

Natalie Maines of The Chicks is surprised with dancing cowboys on stage for her birthday #ACLFest2022

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4 years

Visual representation of broadcast v print journalism. So glad I can wear my chacos & not heels 😩

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Mikala Compton 🦇

@MikalaCompton

3 years

Three of the past four Novembers I’ve had friends lose their lives. Would love to skip to December soon. But I’m very thankful to have known people so great that it hurts this much. I’m just so sick of losing friends. Y’all mean the world. 🖤

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@MikalaCompton

3 years

The sequence

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