Story Time...

Since I was sick most of last week through part of the weekend and was trapped inside of my apartment against my will, I decide to start writing my article from the interview I had and what I knew about the capital campaign from the website. It needs more information and I need to interview more people involved.

So my goal for this week is to get down to the Humane Society before the next time I blog. It is hard to catch the co-directors during the weekends when it works best for me so I will have to make a trip to Waterloo before or after my classes. I was wondering whether I want to interview volunteers or employees about the capital campaign or save them for the video or slideshow. I guess it depends on how much they know about the campaign.

I would like to interview some people who have helped raise funds for the campaign. In addition, I want to find out if any people are against the building of this new facility for a different point of view. Otherwise I need to get some of the problems or issues with the building of the new facility so the story doesn't seem promotional.

I want to start taking some photos when I visit this week so I can formulate slideshow ideas. However, I know I am most worried about doing video so I should start working on that so I don't put it off. We will see how that goes. Also, I am not sure if I understand what a data visualization is or the purpose of it. But, I think we are suppose to talk about it later this week so hopefully that will clear up any confusion.

Nothing much new...

So I planned on visiting the shelter this past Wednesday or Sunday. Wednesday, I got bogged down with other classes so Sunday seemed like a good date. Well as life tends to go...the co-directors weren't working and the co-workers seems a little shy about giving out any new information or being interviewed without them there so they asked me to come back later in the week. I am going to try to go on Wednesday morning before my class or Friday after my class to get more information so I can start on my story for the Capital Campaign and get the creative juices flowing for the multimedia parts.

Therefore, I plan on blogging twice this week, to half blogs to equal one complete well thought out blog. I didn't know if we had to blog on Tuesday or if we could blog on Thursday so I am just giving a brief update until I know more later this week. To be continued...

Where to go from here...

I talked with one of the co-directors so I got an overview of the project and what they plan to do. I already knew most of the information from the website. I plan on visiting the Humane Society on either Wednesday or Sunday get some more information. When I go I also plan on talking to the other co-director and some of the employees. I want to interview Kathy McCoy who seems to be a a big supporter and she is also the person who brainstormed the original idea for the Capital Campaign according to the website. I need to find out more about where this idea originated.

I am further behind than I wanted to be at this point, but I have time to make up for it.

I need to talk to them about using their virtual tour of the facility on my site if that was possible or as a last resort I could just link it.

I am still sticking with my story idea from my previous post until information tells me to go a new route. I haven't come up with any new ideas for multimedia from last week. I still like those ideas if they are possible. I was thinking about doing a slideshow with animal pictures in a "Face Behind the Cage" idea because the people who work at the Humane Society know these animals like the back of their hand. They write "adopt me ads" similar to dating ads. I think it could go well with the story, but I don't know if it would get too off track. In addition, it would be fun to do something creative such as "The Day in the Life of a Dog." It isn't exactly with the Capital Campaign but it might enhance the story and give a different aspect of the story. It all depends on what footage, pictures and interviews I get by December.