Academic Projects
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Syracuse University
I am working toward my master's of art degree in arts journalism and
communications within the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
AJC 606: Features and Critical Writing
Erica Dorn
Profile
Final Profile
Josh Weissman:
Food Content and Gen Z
Critical Essay: Rabbit Hole
Mental Health Representation
on 'WandaVision'
Feature Story
ICC 565: Designing Interactivity
Final Coding Assignment
As a culminating project for my coding class, I designed, developed and coded a mock website for The Poster Project in Syracuse, N.Y.
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I used Adobe XD to design wireframes for the site. I then moved into coding the HTML and CSS for the site. The site is also designed for mobile compatibility.
Wire Frame
MND 605: News Writing and Reporting
Final News Writing Project
After a six-week intensive of writing weekly news stories, developing weekly pitch lists and fast-paced in-class exercises it culminated with a final news project that incorporated multimedia.
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I pitched a story about sustainable artists that included an Instagram story featuring the individual artists and photos that captured the artists at work (click the Instagram logo to view.)
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After the class, the story was published on The NewsHouse.
VIS 501: Photography
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Personal Photography Project: Waterfalls of Central New York
Cumulative Portfolio
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Gonzaga University
I graduated from Gonzaga University in May 2021 magna cum laude.
I got my bachelor of arts degree in journalism with minors in communication studies and political science.
Communication Studies and Journalism Academic Papers
The Democratic Implications
of News Deserts
Final research paper for
JOUR 440: Senior Seminar: Media and Democracy
Intersectional Analysis of
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Final research paper for
COMM 430: Intersectional Communication
Sight of Memory Redesign:
The Newseum
Final project for
COMM 350: Politics of Social Memory
JOUR 370: Emerging Media Projects
Interview Podcast
For this project, my partner, Nick Tomoyasu, and I chose to interview Kevin Hekmatpanah, the director of the Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra, professor of music and cello player.
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This assignment required us to use a Zoom recorder for the interview and Audacity to edit the audio.
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This assignment required us to create an interview podcast and script.
Podcast Script
Creative Podcast
My partners for this project, Morgan Scheerer and Brooklyn Popp, and I chose to make our podcast about the debate around reproductive rights on Gonzaga's campus. Since GU is a Jesuit/Catholic university we saw an opportunity to document a debate that is not only going on at GU but in many Jesuit/Catholic circles.
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This assignment required us to use a Zoom recorder for the interview and Audacity to edit the audio. We interviewed four people for this project: the co-founder of the Students for Reproductive Rights Club, the president and pregnant on-campus coordinator of the Students for Life Club and a religious studies professor.
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This assignment required us to create an interview podcast and script.
Podcast Script
Three Things Blog with Video
For this assignment, I was tasked with creating a video and blog post about three things to do while at home because of the coronavirus.
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I filmed all elements of her video on my iPhone and edited the video using iMovie.
Creative Video PSA with Social Media
Going into the 2020-21 school year I wanted the Gonzaga community to know that no matter the major they can come work and learn at The Gonzaga Bulletin. My plan was to speak with five people currently employed at The Bulletin who will be there next year as well who all have different majors and interests in writing. With applications opening up soon to write and edit at The Bulletin this PSA served as a tool to show people what we do as a publication and how they could work here no matter the background.
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I filmed some interviews through Zoom screen recording and had other sources send in their video. I edited the video together with iMovie.
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I also created a social media plan to use this PSA as a recruiting tool for The Bulletin in the coming semester.
Social Media Plan
Final Project: Video and Story
I decided to do my final project about the Davenport High School class of 2017. I graduated with this class and wanted to create something that could be used as a tool to show current high school students to illuminate the options they have after high school and how Utley's former classmates have used their high school education in the last three years.
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She wrote a feature story with three sources and created a compilation video using Zoom and her iPhone to highlight the lessons her classmates have learned. She edited the video in iMovie.