The following blog entry showcases what I have been up to since posting my first portfolio for El 227. Enjoy!
- 16 to 17 Words? discussed how long the average sentence is, and I talked about how important it is to avoid wordiness.
- Story Pitches for the Future was a short entry explaining that I didn't have a lot of experience with pitching stories.
- Even crime news needs to be "news" discussed how many different ways crime stories can be reported. I loved that there are so many different angles to choose from. It's a great opportunity to be unique.
- Spel chek pleez? was a fun entry for me. I spent more time criticizing the lack of copy editing than I did analyzing the breaking news articles.
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles aren't the only thing killing the earth analyzed two spot news articles. I went into detail on each one, choosing to give reasons for why each article was both successful and unsuccessful
- Gushers!!! Cappon Ch.6 was a shorter blog entry about gusher words and the fact that I use them a lot more often than I'd like to admit.
- She said, he said, it said of? Of? Huh? Chappon Ch.8 was an entry about my experience with "said of blah blah blah" and the Setonian. Although I never do it myself, I've come across it a lot in copy editing.
- I may be dreaming of Layout for a few weeks... was a really long entry for me. I analyzed each of the front pages on the website.
Depth:
- Even crime news needs to be "news"
- Spel chek pleez?
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles aren't the only thing killing the earth (great example of depth!)
- I may be dreaming of Layout for a few weeks... (most likely the most in-depth blog entry I've ever written)
Interaction:
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles aren't the only thing killing the earth
- I may be dreaming of Layout for a few weeks...
- Aja and I had a discussion on her entry, Reader's Digest
- I disagreed with Angela in her blog, I Like Me some Color!
Discussions:
Timeliness:
- I may be dreaming of Layout for a few weeks...
- The majority of my other blog entries were published prior to class time, but I did have a few this time that I completed after class time, because I feel a little behind due to golf matches.
Xenoblogging:
- The Comment Grande: In Aja's Hello Lead, I was second to comment, but offered a link back to my own blog, because we blogged about similar topics.
- Comment Primo: I was the first to comment on Katilin's blog entry, Writing with a sense of place in journalism. Unfortunately, no one else commented on this entry.
- Comment Primo/Comment Grande: I was the only one to comment on Jeannine's entry When Adjectives Become Gushy, but I also mentioned that I blogged about the same thing in my own entry.
Wildcard:
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