Assignment 5B

In a way, I bent the rules for myself in doing this assignment. At first we were told to do a story about a campus issue, but then we were allowed to expand it to include interesting campus related stories. The most interesting story I came up with involved the director of the campus mailroom, Mike Dejesus, who is a member of the US Air Force and is deporting on a tour of duty in Iraq next month. This isn't a campus issue, but as everyone, students and teachers alike, receives mail, I thought they might be interested to know a little more about the person who makes sure they get it. I tried to connect it to the larger campus as best I could, asking questions about other members of the military on campus and different military aid offices, but he only knew so much. Whether or not this fits all of the criteria, I thought it was a really interesting story and as well as a good interview.

First Entry

Well, after years of persistent and unrelenting opposition, I have officially succumbed to the call of the blogosphere. This is my nightmare.

I signed up for this as part of an assignment for a Multimedia Journalism course I'm taking with the distinguished Professor Wefing (No, as a matter of fact, I don't have any shame). As a first assignment, we are supposed to detail the story we are planning to tell in a slide show due in a few weeks. As it were, I haven't been able to get my hands on a working digital camera, so I have a bit of work ahead of me.

My initial idea was to drive around Westfield and take pictures of the decaying infrastructure surrounding us, which I suppose is still a valid option. I could also take that idea and get a little more specific, such as just focusing on potholes or something of the sort. Aside from that, I can't come up with a solid idea, at least nothing that would be of interest to anyone, myself included. Hopefully the light bulb will kick in at the 11th hour....until then, I'll keep my nose to the grindstone.