October 2008
6 posts
More on Lab 10
This morning, I found my focus. It should have hit me last week, but I’ve been struggling with an idea the whole time. I didn’t just want to choose a story that would fit the criteria but one in which I had a personal interest. I immediately knew I wanted to do a story about animals, but the “environmental/health/science” and “must be news right now” criteria...
Lab 10 Research
Today, I looked all over the internet trying to narrow my story idea for Lab 10. I looked for Gainesville animal news and found some shelter Web sites as well as the University of Florida site for the veterinary program.
http://www.alachuahumane.org/
http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/
I spoke to a woman at the Alachua County Humane Society, and she said that I should call (again) tomorrow to speak to...
Freedom
This assignment, lab 10, is going to be easier for a lot of people. There’s a lot of freedom, which most people love. I, however, think this lab is going to be the toughest because I’m not being told what to do in explicit terms.
My plan is to do a story on how the current economic conditions are affecting overall pet health.
Over the summer, the veterinary program at the University...
Photography
The photography part was a lot more fun. It was also a bit more difficult. One thing I learned is that people do not like to be photographed. Maybe on a red carpet, they’ll mug and pose, but in the real world, people don’t respond well to a girl with a telephoto crouched behind a tree. If they saw me, they looked a little nervous. When they didn’t see me was when I got the good...
Intro to Blogging/Blog 1
Today is my first day as a blogger. The first five entries will be about media writing and MMC2100. Since I don’t know anything about blogging yet, you’ll follow me as my blogs get spiffier. This first one won’t be spiffy at all.
Lab eight forced me to have my first real reporting experience and, more importantly, my first photojournalism assignment. The reporting part...