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The Washington Monument [May 25, 2008]

I took this photograph yesterday. Apparently my camera didn't like the new batteries. That was the only photo I was able to take, and from much farther away than I would have liked - I was even walking when I snapped it. Luckily it's a beauty.

At any rate, the weather was beautiful (as you can see, not a cloud in the sky), the company was grand, and there were over 300,000 motorcycles there yesterday.

Yearbook Arrives with Altered Photos

First of all, I'd like to thank AOL Mail for displaying daily top news in a convenient, small Flash slideshow appearing as soon as I log in. It's an excellent service (also where I got the last blog entry from), that does not interfere with viewing my mail and since I barely get to watch any TV let alone have time to watch the news, it keeps me posted on all the hot topics so I gain at least a small chance of having intelligent conversation from day to day. :-)

Clearly the same photo (they use the same picture for the yearbook and ID cards) but the body is clearly altered as well as her hair.

First of all, I think this is so absurd that I'd swear journalists make this kind of stuff up, but it's real. It's hard to believe as an editor who publishes numerous photos of mainly people, and newspapers are disposable. What I mean by that is, people read a newspaper and generally throw it away or recycle it as an impromptu umbrella or gift wrap. A yearbook is a keepsake of cherished memories, a place where students attempt to present themselves at their best, that I'd like to say is priceless but are usually upward of $100 in most high schools today. My junior high year books were $50 and only a quarter of the size of the high school year book, which my little brother, a junior, just paid $85 for.

It's just ridiculous that anybody would consider altering these photos let alone actually doing it.

I do think the request to have the heads the same size and the eyes line up doesn't make sense. How did the high school expect Lifetouch to do that with out altering the appearance of the students? I could understand making the top of the heads line up, or perhaps the shoulders...

Regardless of the picky request, the employee who did this deserves to lose his/her job, and I sincerely hope nobody in the photography industry hires them again.

Nugget of interview knowledge

The 10 Biggest Minutes of Your Interview

Posting this as an archive for myself first, but also with thoughts of the recent graduates - congratulations to you all and best of luck!

EL200: Project Portfolio

Hello, and welcome to my weblog where this entry is the final compilation of my term project for EL:200 Media Lab at Seton Hill University. This is a course taken for 0-1 credits for participation with the campus newspaper, The Setonian, for which I currently hold the position of editor-in-cheif.

For my term project, I undertook updating The Setonian production manual which was last done in 2005 by then editor-in-chief Anne Stadler and Amanda Cochran, news editor (who went on to the top role after Anne). Basically the manual needed sorted through and organized. Most of the content was fresh and concise even from three years ago, but I added a few things like articles on editorial position duties written by other Setonian staffers, a handout on QuarkXPress, and other "examples" like article assignment formats.

• Informal Reflection- reflection on my term project
• Relevant Communication:

Portfolio 1- This first portfolio includes my project proposal


Portfolio 2- Second report of progress on my project within portfolio 2






Boord Talks Business- My article on Jennifer Boord, who was business manager for The Setonian until this semester, as per the class assignment to contribute to my project



• One Page Handout- This is a handout I included in my revised version of the production manual on layout tips and reminders

Heart.

Photo I took of Paul and I a few days ago. I changed it to black and white while it was still on my camera, and my fan happened to be right between our faces, under our noses, so I took care of that with Paint. Yes, Paint.