InDesign Project.

Click Here for my very first InDesign project!

The assignment was to complete a two page newspaper layout, but the content wasn't the important aspect. Focus on the design elements, and let me know what you think! Thanks.

Interviewing

Will the nervousness I feel before I conduct an interview ever go away?

I channel my photography professor as I open my door, “No one has ever died from this…” took a deep breath, and I greeted Ethan. I had a project to interview a student, who wasn’t majoring in the same thing as I am, and find his or her passion. Sounded simple enough in class, so why now, at the time of my interview, am I becoming increasingly sweaty and nervous? To be completely honest, I chose Ethan out of curiosity and ease. Ethan lives across the hall from me in my apartment building; however, aside from casual hellos and goodbyes, we’ve never had much of a real conversation. I stopped him in the parking lot last week and asked if he would mind me interviewing him. Then the time came…and inside I panicked. I wondered if the questions building up so effortlessly inside would flow as freely when it came time to say them out loud, and as my Professor Lofflin had promised, they didn’t, and probably wouldn’t for a while. Lofflin had admitted to still getting nervous before interviews, and I consider him to be so knowledgeable in the area. The thought of never being as good at this as I once assumed I would become was terrifying for me, however it seems I am not alone…I sought advice from the all-knowing internet and was shocked the amount of information available to me. Below is an article I found to be light and insightful.

Follow the link to the full article. Below are the 13 tips they suggest!

Tips for Effective Interviewing

#1 – Find a good location

#2 – Prepare Your Goals Ahead

#3 – Write down your questions

#4 – Work on your flow

#5 – Think about the medium

#6 – Bring a buddy

#7 – Avoid Obsessing

#8 – Be a little annoying

#9 – Be a little sneaky

#10 – Empower them

#11 – Work them up

#12 – Endure awkward silences

#13 – Ask for what you need

Audio Project

I have just completed my very first audio editing project. The assignment was to record a minute of audio about the new Communication Arts Lab at Park University, and include a sound bite. I was nervous to complete this assignment but I think it turned out decently for my first time...

We were not only in charge of recording and obtaining the sound bite, but also responsible for editing and finding instrumental music to include. I'm pleased with my very first time, let me know what you think.

Copley Lab Audio

Will I Find Work?

As a student who has been in school since I was, roughly, five years old, I have been asked, "what do you want to be when you grow up” an unbelievable amount of times. I’m reaching the point in my life when I can answer with confidence. I want to be a journalist. But what does that mean?

Anytime I consider what I will do with my degree I am both excited with the endless possibilities, and nervous at the idea of not finding anything. I finally decided to sit down and see what the always looming “they” had to say about it.

This is the most satisfying information I found…

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos088.htm

Welcome

This is officially my first post as a "Communications Blogger". As you may or may not have gathered, I am a student at Park University, studying to become a journalist. At the wonderful age of 22, I have changed my major 7 times, and I'm not exaggerating.  I have declared my major in communications, and this is where I will stay. I have fallen in love with the passion of my professors, the camaraderie among the students, and the abundant resources available to me in the classroom.

The lessons I’ve learned in the classroom, from lectures and textbooks, are nothing like the lessons I’m learning just by observing. Observing the twinkle in the eyes of my professors as they share personal experiences, observing the frustration of the students learn the all too familiar feeling of trying and sometimes failing, observing my own self-appreciation when I’m proud of something I have done.

It is through this blog that I hope we can share these observations, from one student to another; welcome.