With my experiences testing Doodle the News among different target audiences, I’ve come to understand how this multiplatfrom hub could be most viable among elementary and middle school students. Our media literacy workshops have received glowing feedback from high school and college students, but most participants believed Doodle the News belonged to their younger siblings, …
I am now in the same position as the people I looked up to and wished well as they graduated from Newhouse-land and went off into the world this time last year… Say what? How did I get here? Why did two years go by so fast? Did I accomplish everything I wanted before I leave? …
Graduation seems so close yet so far, as most Newhouse master’s students like myself have a slew of final projects, productions, and tests to knock out before we can earn our degrees. For what it’s worth, most Newhouse professors do a great job preparing students for these stressful times. Earlier today in Professor Imraan Farukhi‘s …
After successfully implementing a media literacy workshop at Cazenovia High School, I had a solid debriefing session with the students. I learned a lot, but my key takeaway from the experiment showed me that Doodle the News is probably more appropriate for elementary and middle school aged youth. Due to my diminishing time frame at …
With Newhouse being a top communications program in the nation, many students, professors, and staff know the true power media has. Taking part of the revolutionary changes humanity experiences in our information age is exhilarating, and it can sometimes be overwhelming to keep up with the constantly updating technologies that arise. No matter what, media …
As I move a mile a minute exploring ways to make my educational startup Doodle the News a platform that brings added value on the multimedia landscape, I always make sure to slow down and discern what elements resonate with my audience. After my fun adventure at Cazenovia High School conducting a media literacy workshop, …
DISCLAIMER: The following article was written on March 15th 2018, the day I presented to Cazenovia High School in NY. The Newhouse Media & Education program is without a doubt the best major for a master’s student (in my humble opinion). This one-year journey in graduate school has put me on course to meeting tons …
Integrating a new educational program from the outside of an administration or youth organization can often be a big hurdle for news/educational startups like Doodle the News, a multiplatform experience younger audiences share to learn about news and global issues. Tracking the gatekeeper of who directs extracurricular activities at middle & high schools slows down …
DISCLAIMER: The following article was written on March 13th, 2018, after my departure from South By South West (SXSW). Please enjoy. It’s incredible to see what SXSW has turned into over the years. Some long time Austin, TX natives probably remember a time when the biggest festival of the year was the Austin Aqua-fest, not …