hope’s portfolio 2019
Self Analytical evaluation This semester, I have been taught multiple things. Although im still learning, I’ve been introduced to indesign and what it’s like to be an editor. Indesign is one of the trickiest things I have ever been introduced to. There are so many different applications and ways to create something. Font types, sizes, templates, and all, it is a long process. I can luckily use Indesign in the future for projects like a college portfolio, fashion portfolio, or if I change my mind last minute for college, it can help me gain experience in using softwares like indesign for other publications. What I have learned from being an editor is that you need a lot of patience and time management skills. Luckily, things for my page usually get turned in on time, but when they don’t, you suddenly have to think of every other possibility there is for the missing story, photo, or sidebar. That is where patience and time management comes in hand. Honestly, I still struggle with deadlines from time to time. This semester, I have been very consistent with my work and making sure I get everything in on the due date. I think the only time somethings were late were for my lowell observatory article, and the front page article for December. For the past two years, I’ve learned making deadline is important. There are other people depending on you to finish your work, which makes the pressure to turn it in on time even stronger. In the future, I will make sure I’m not missing anything and I will stop being lazy and unmotivated and do my work earlier! I believe that I work very well with others. I make sure to include everyone and I help others when they need it. I never have an attitude (maybe a tiny bit when I’m stressed) and I don’t belittle or discredit other editors and staff members, and I make sure to include my team members as well. I think I would change the amount of help I give out. I am open to helping anybody and doing extra things for the paper, but I want to do it more than I do now. What I have learned from the ethics of journalism this year is that accountability and citing sources are very important. I have noticed from writers that a lot of information in articles can go to waste if someone doesn’t remember where they got it from. It becomes a discredibility. Accountability is also an important thing in journalism. If someone is not honest about their work, whether they did it or not, you become untrustworthy to the staff. I have learned this the hard way, when I used to barely turn in my stuff. It is important to be honest with a big team like the one we have this year, or else the pa
per is all over the place. This semester, I feel like I could have helped out more than I did. For example, when someone doesn’t have a story or doesn’t want a certain one, I want to be able to take on that responsibility and do the article instead. I am very dedicated to this publication though, as I stay after for lunch sometimes to get things done, I come to every production day, I hand out the paper every issue, and I spend most of my time on perfecting my page and articles. My greatest weakness is having the motivation to do some things. I
am a person who doesn’t like to procrastinate but ends up doing so anyways. Sometimes it’s hard for me to gain focus on my work, which makes me feel stressed and overworked. I feel like if I just sat down and worked on a little bit of my page or article or whatever every day, it will be easier for me to get things done instead of cramming. This semester, Indesign was very hard for me to catch on to. I don’t think I even knew how to properly use it till the November issue. It is still tough for me, as I ask Ryan for help a lot, but to avoid this I just need to ask for help so I can learn myself, pay attention to Adamson’s movements when he checks my page, and I will use indesign more. Next semester, I will spend more time with the software and I will use every resource I can to strengthen my knowledge and ability on it.
My best work My best piece of work this semester has to be the school shootings article I did for the December front page. I spent a handful of time on it, and it was a challenging opportunity. The reason why I wanted this article was because I feel strongly for the topic and it seemed like a great opportunity to take, especially for the editor in chief position. It also looks good on applications, so that’s a bonus. It expanded my knowledge on school shootings and it taught me a few things about why time management is so important, and how it makes things easier. The feeling I got after finally finishing was awesome, although I know I could’ve finished earlier than when I did. The amount of research I looked up only to keep finding the same things was a lot, but the writing somehow seemed to be easier than the process of it. With the front page comes a lot of responsibility. Back to the research part of it, I think that and actually getting started was tough. There is so much data out there about school shootings that it’s difficult to narrow it down. Every website I looked at had a different number or statistic for the amount of shootings occurred, the people who died, etc. In the end I realized I should probably stick to just 4 or 5 websites instead of a thousand. Another thing that was difficult for me, was starting the article. I focused too much on it being perfect and where I got my information from instead of calming down and writing chunks of it. Although, once you get into the flow of writing, it’s hard to stop. In the middle of the process I happened to also have a huge mental breakdown, which made me take even longer on the story. I think the hardest thing about this was finishing it, and for that purpose only. The rough draft was over 1500 words, so it had to be shortened down, but i’m still proud of it regardless. I think what I like most about it has to be that a lot of people will be seeing it (and hopefully reading it) and the topic. School shootings is a serious, sensitive, and important subject, and being able to write about it made me feel like I am raising awareness.
my best work
examples For the November issue, I did a sidebar on student’s rooms, which was super simple and easy. I love decorating my room, so I thought that the picture sidebar would be a fun thing to do. I hardly ever take pictures for the newspaper, so I was a little nervous to see how they turned out, but in the end they were sick! I am proud of this assignment because the pictures came out well and the colors in both pictures look very good together.
The article I did on David Jeffcoat was also apart of the October issue, and the reason why I chose it is because I felt that he deserved his own story, and I am also good friends with him. I would say spotlight articles are my favorite to write, which is another reason why I chose it. I’m especially proud of this one because it got put into the ArtsBeat magazine, and I really liked my writing. I felt accomplished afterwards!
For the October issue, I did an article on the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff for the travel page. I picked this story because the Observatory is a historic, awesome place to visit, and it also meant I had a reason to actually go to Flagstaff. I was able to go with two of my best friends, which made it even more fun. I’m proud of this article because I like my writing style and I worked hard on getting the right information for this one. (It also looks really cool with the picture).
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September
OctOber
November
december
Written Tear Sheets OctOber 18,2019,pg,11
September 20,2019,pg 17
September
October OctOber 18,2019,pg,16
November 15, 2019,pg 10 nOVEMBER 15,2019,PG.19
December 20,2019,pg 1
December 20,2019,17
December
NOvember