Class blogs
My Multimedia Journey: Creation to Completion
This semester in Journalism class has been both challenging and rewarding, packed with meaningful discussions, creative assignments, and opportunities to grow as a writer and thinker. I especially enjoyed our weekly discussion boards—hearing different perspectives on the same issue helped me think more critically and pushed me to express my own views more clearly and […]
Read MoreDua’s Time in MultiMedia
In this course, I have uploaded, embedded, linked, extracted and repeated back data, did researched, asked question, and written blog posts- something younger me had desperately always wanted to do. I am presenting it to the class with a spread sheet that depicts some of the work I have done with our weeks of time […]
Read More2025 Timeline in Multimedia Journalism
During the In 2025, I took a Multimedia Journalism course to fulfill my journalism and media production minor. Little did I know that the type of work that was required in the class would be as enjoyable as it was. Each week, we students were required to look for and provide a current news story […]
Read MoreRiver Rouge: A Loving City Under Literal Smoke
This photo narrative showcases the presence and proximity of material-producing plants to residential areas in River Rouge, MI. Residents are directly impacted by pollutants from such plants yet they have a strong sense of community and a connection to the land as shown through these images. This is the United States Steel customer/public entrance on […]
Read MoreTelling Stories Through Data, Design, and Heart: My Journalism Timeline
This semester, I didn’t just complete assignments, I created a digital journey through the work I’m proud of. My timeline project became a space to showcase the skills I’ve built, the research I’ve done, and the stories I’ve learned to tell. From school district comparisons and social media blogs to a powerful interview with Nicquel […]
Read MoreCapturing Heritage: A Visual Journey Through a Cultural Camp for Ethiopian Adoptees
With our professor’s permission, I would like to share how I created a photo-driven story for a class I took last summer. For this project, I decided to attend a cultural heritage camp for youth who were adopted from Ethiopia. During the day at the camp, I participated in various events while capturing images to […]
Read MoreMultimedia Journalism: How Deep does Journalism go?
This semester, I decided to take COMP-331, Multimedia Journalism. Over the course of the semester, I realized that not only is this class about writing journalistic blogs, but also learning what really goes into them. Through student-led discussions, I discussed an array of topics with my peers on articles that interested them, and listened to […]
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My Semester Timeline
I finished a number of assignments this semester with the goal of learning more about the local school districts Farmington and Wayne Westland in specifically. One of the first tasks I had to complete after deciding to research the Farmington district was to locate basic data, such as the number of students and the district’s […]
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