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.
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Don't be worried about the video. It's actually the least demanding part of the project (and we have cool flip videos to use now so it'll be easy! :) You can just interview someone and have a talking head: that's respectable for this project...as soon as you figure out what the video will be, let me know and I can help you think it through.
ReplyDeleteThink about the data visualization. What are your plans?
We're learning interactive maps this week.
So you have:
Video: Humane society director? Or a tour of what will be the new facility?
Slideshow: the animals that need to be adopted?
Interactive map: a map of the facility, or a map pinpointing where all the humane societies in Iowa are....this really depends on the focus of your article.
Data visualization: some kind of statistics that you can crunch in Many Eyes or Swivel.
R-You may want to check out the regional Humane Society website:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.hsus.org/about_us/offices_and_affiliates/regional_offices/central_regional_office/
to find information about Iowa shelters. You can also give them a call.