Students will write a Feature Story (800-1,000 words) on a topic and for a magazine of their choice. This project requires students to incorporate the major concepts discussed during the course, such as applying various media communication tools, identifying audience, gathering information and research, and understanding the editing process. The Feature Story should demonstrate a student’s comprehension of the readings and class discuss...…
Bridget Scarr is a creative producer and a writer who has the desire to grow compelling content across various platforms. Bridget has moved from one career to another and with this, her projects are able to bring a lot of audiences emotionally and intellectually. Bridget has had a great experience of about 15 years in production in the field of television, advertising, and animation. She has also been able to oversee creative and technical and production of teams in different fields such as children's animation, drama, lifestyle, entertainment and factual entertainment programming. In her current workplace, she is the leader on strategy, development, and partnerships at Colibiri Studios. Here she is involved with project partners, daily development, creative talent and collaborates with broadcasters globally.…
Careers in Media Writing. From this week’s readings and searching the Internet, create a list of possible careers in the field of media writing and discuss the different technologies that are used in those careers. Include at least one online outside source, preferably not one that has already been used in a fellow student’s posting.…
Writers sometimes don’t seem to use all the resources that are available to them, and improve the skill of writing. “The best strategy for…
Not only do millions of people waste time watching television, they laugh, cry and rejoice with fictional characters over a fictional story. Television viewers become deeply lost in thought - an unfamiliar territory for some sitcom fanatics. These viewers will neglect personnel thoughts and emotion when their beloved Dawson's Creek is on. Television is used as an escape from the stresses of reality. How many people come home from a rough day at…
Showing a uniqueness in writings and in interviews may strike readers in categories above. Likewise, Sue Laver, the director, sees writing as a masterpiece of communication as “failure to be able to communicate clearly and coherently can be very damaging. (Dixon). Writing is a form communication since society employ workers depending on pieces of paper we called called resumes. Only certain candidates may remain if their associate skills on the resume nicely connect their clients; therefore, a disorganized resume may cause one to lose a chance to landing a dream job. Especially with college students, they can be a perfect example of the next phenomenal writers, but lacking the skills of a well-structured resume may leave these new workers jobless. Moreover, Brian King of University of Montreal’s HEC business school recommend to write with organization and structure in mind. According to Dr.King, a well written writing must include “empathy towards your reader” (Dixon), for an essay would not matter if readers see no reason to continue. Readers’ interests are instantly changing,…
Marty Gervais explains in the interview that when a writer wants to have their work published they have to put aside their ego and be prepared for rejection. If a writer has a large ego then is knocked down it tends to be very disappointing and could lend to them being discouraged. To be able to prosper a writer cannot be discourage and must continue writing. Furthermore, something I found particularly helpful Gervais mentioned is writers must be open to change and opinions of others. This does not mean they must sell out however, writers need to consider and question what is told to them and apply it to their work. John B. Lee explains it is a good idea to get job where a writer still has energy at the end of the day to write after which is…
Tom Meehan. With every new show, there is always competition to be the best show.…
Bibliography: Cremedas, M. & Lysak, S. (2011). “New Media” Skills Competency Expected of TV Reporters…
In the past a thousand weeks, I feel like I have accomplished a great deal. As the quarter ends, I find myself reflecting not only how I have survived my fifth quarter but also what I have learned. The most important thing I have learned so far is how to become a better writer. I did not think it could really happen to me. I did not think I could handle all the work. I did not think I could actually become a better writer. Somehow, after all the hours of writing, and putting effort into my papers that I wrote in this quarter, I became a better writer. I did this because I concentrated on two very important areas. With help from an awesome teacher and my partner, I have become a better writer by improving my skills in the areas of procrastination and content.…
When you look at the actors and actresses on television shows, their lives seems so smooth sailing and happy. Do you really think that’s always the truth? As the saying goes, “Never judge a book by its cover”.…
Writing is a very important skill for people to possess. People will need this skill throughout their entire life. They will need it for school and even their careers. Even though I am only seventeen years old, I have been writing my entire life and I will continue to write for the rest of my life. Throughout the years, I realized that writing is not an easy task and requires special skills to have the ability to create detailed and interesting stories. Not only will I write for school, but I will need to write when I am pursuing my career, and I will also write for my own personal enjoyment.…
Throughout the years I have dreaded writing because I lacked the skills necessary to be an efficient writer. I would spend so much time stressing over all the skills I didn’t know that I never had the time to enjoy the writing process. By taking this course, I have learned valuable and essential skills to make the writing process more enjoyable. Furthermore, over the course of this semester I have flourished into a more confident and focused writer.…
Upon enrolling into Rowan University as a freshman I had no idea of what it really took to write as a professional college student. I had written multiple essays in my English classes back in high school that were consider suitable to my several English teachers. I struggle here and there in high school but I never gave up on my writing even when I was always criticize of how bad my grammar was. In the back of my head I knew I was not a great writer and for the next four years in college that was something I wanted to change about myself. It was then I decided to become an education major with dual major in liberal studies. I was told I needed two pick two different sequences as part of my major. Therefore, I decided to go for a weakness and a strength. I chose writing arts and Spanish. Upon enrolling into my first writing arts courses I was very nervous and intimidated by my peers. Unlike them they were enrolled in the writing arts major or sequence because they felt passionate about their writing, unlike me I was just attempting to expose myself to not just get an understanding of what writing really was but to become a better writer myself. Looking back at my writing from freshman year and now I believe my writing…
In this course, my ability to write has widely changed. I feel that I have become a better writer overall. As my writing skills advanced throughout this course, I have realized that it will help me in the future. By analyzing my progress as a writer, I will be able to discuss what I learned about myself as a writer, how I greatly improved, and how I developed my own style of writing through the use of different assignments that are presented in my portfolio.…