For Computational Journalism students, we decided to do our final 2 credits with Professor Upton who is teaching how to use data to tell stories, and 2 credits with Magazine, Newspaper & Online Journalism (MNO) students on their capstone project. For the 2 credits with Professor Upton, we were required to create interactive charts for …
The first half of summer capstone is now finished and I can’t believe it. I’m honestly starting to get a bit nervous of how little time we have left at Syracuse for the summer. We have finished three, long weeks of rotating jobs to be an anchor, day-of reporter, social media producer, producer, associate producer, …
My time in Syracuse has come to an end, as I flew back home to Texas on Saturday morning. I would’ve left earlier in June, but I decided to stick around to help Gary Gemmill facilitate a team dynamics seminar with the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. I spent the entire day with …
Although my time at Newhouse concluded upon graduation in May, I decided to stick around Syracuse until the end of June. This time of relaxation has given me the chance to reflect on some of the highlights during my one year master’s program building Doodle the News. As I have mentioned before, I have the …
Over the past few days I’ve heard a lot about a food festival called the Taste of Syracuse; it’s a yearly event that brings over 40 different vendors to downtown Syracuse in Clinton Square for people to enjoy. There’s food, local clothing and jewelry vendors, artists, live music, and a chance to learn more about …
From Division I sports to an expansive variety of cuisine, Syracuse has a lot to offer up-and-coming professionals in their free time. Throughout my own time in Syracuse, I’ve made it a point to sample all of the delivery options available to me through apps like Grubhub and UberEats. Still, I can acknowledge that there …
I told you all that the first portion of my capstone after graduating was to be back at Newhouse for 6 weeks. We just finished our second week of “class” — I say that lightly because it’s class, but it’s not really class. Here is a rundown of how the week goes: Monday: Newscast Tuesday: …
Living on your own is hard enough, but as a graduate student becomes even harder. With that in mind, here are 7 tips to help you budget like a pro while you live in Syracuse: Buy groceries at Aldi to save money, or join Costco if you want to buy in bulk Don’t get …
The Newhouse chapter came to an end for us Media & Education (M&E) master’s students on May 24th, 2018. Last Thursday, we presented our capstone assignments to show how we made our own unique marks in the media education space throughout the year. Some of our work was heavily influenced by many professionals working in multimedia today, …