BLOG: How did I do everything?

By Marisa Urbano, Staff Member

To accomplish everything that was listed on the rubric, I first went over all my stories and revised them. I made sure to revise them with Dr. Selverian's comments and tips. I wanted to have the stories as concise and streamlined as much as possible. I tried to break up and create simple sentences so readers could easily read everything posted.

I also made sure that I doubled checked my resources and re-read everything before I posted it. As far as pictures go, I tried to think of the most appropriate images that could fit into the stories.

In addition, I made sure I collected audio and video that directly correlated to the topic so readers could benefit most from those features. I made sure that the videos were reliable and tested the links after I posted them underneath my stories.

I also made sure that I created another website, using Wix, to have sidebars where people could continue reading stories and related topics. I found Wix to be the most resourceful and effective for this online journalism website.

Not only that, but I also tried to put good teasers underneath each picture and in some of my stories, when appropriate, asked the readers questions and gave them reason to respond or comment.