About this blog
July 14, 2010For more current examples of my work go to www.dawnvanness.me and www.thevirginiareel.com.
This blog was a requirement by Virginia Commonwealth University professors, largely Dr. Marcus Messner and Mr. Tim Bajkiewicz of the Mass Communications department.
None of the work here was meant for factual news consumption and those featured only participated largely as a generous act to help me as a graduate student.
As with all artificial set-ups, this work was produced with unnatural scenarios, such as 15 students converging on one festival, or as pieces that were forced to reflect VCU’s inclusive and multicultural ethics policy; this isn’t necessarily negative, as it got many out of their comfort zone and forced them to improvise and seek out original angles.
Additionally, the program itself is fast-paced, and professors heavily relied on students taking the initiative to solve their own dilemmas both technologically, logistically, and in all capacities as their own editor: this can only result in errors. Again, this isn’t necessarily negative, as the gist of the program was to push boundaries, improvise with new shared technology, and realize the potential for multimedia publishing in even the most budget conscious newsroom.
For more current examples of my work go to Blackstone Fly-In and Downtown Blackstone Virginia.
