Course Work
Pulitzer Center:
Jordan Valley Droughts and Dreams
PDH 340 - Pulitzer Center
Course Description: PDH 340 Global Issues and the Pulitzer Center. As a campus consortium partner with the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting Flagler College students have the unique opportunity to be part of a bold initiative in researching and reporting on key global events.
My project: Jordan Valley Droughts and Dreams is an investigation into the drought crisis in the Jordan valley, the second driest place on earth. Through a semester-long investigation I was able to understand how climate change has impacted small farmers of the Jordan Valley and created a report and presentation on the issue. At the end of the semester, I had the opportunity to present this to the Pulitzer center. I ended up going to Jordan and having the opportunity to study the water crisis first hand
Take Pride on West Side
Com 311 - Advanced Writing for PR/Strategic Communication
Course Description: This course includes writing for print, electronic, controlled, and uncontrolled media, and publications. Emphasis is given to research, audience analysis, and selection of appropriate writing styles and media. The course prepares students for advanced writing in public relations and provides practice in developing news releases, event planning, report writing, newsletters, and presentations.
My project: Take Pride on the West Side is a local non-profit focused on regaining the pride the West Side of St. Augustine has. In my project, I created a list of written samples and products for my client, along with a PowerPoint presentation that explained the goal behind my client. This included posters, business cards, press releases, fact sheets, feature stories, and a radio PSA.
IG for the Win: A Content Analysis of COVID-19 information disseminated via Instagram by Liberal Arts Colleges
As part of my strategic communication research course, we developed a research paper that focuses on how liberal arts colleges in the South East region used social media to disseminate COVID-19 information. Me and a group of 3 compiled screenshots from 4 other small liberal arts colleges that used Instagram and divided the category into local policy, school policy, vaccination information, and COVID-19 information. You can read more about the research and our method by clicking the button to the left!
Travis Scott: A case analysis of the Astroworld Festival incident
Strategic communication case analysis focused on providing students with a comprehensive and applicable use of the concepts of strategic messaging in Pr cases. As part of the class, we provided our own case analysis focusing on the Astroworld incident in November 2021. Working on a team of 6 we dived into what Travis Scott did to reclaim good grace in the general public.
Unsustainable Tourism: Land and Sea
Com 340 - Environmental Filmmaking
Course Description: Environmental Filmmaking combines theory and practice in the examination of issues related to the environment and ecology as represented in film and television. Students analyze the medium's ability to effectively communicate and integrate scientific and technical information about the natural world to a target audience. The course includes screenings selected from a variety of eras and genres, select readings in the field of eco-criticism, the development of an original documentary treatment and the production of a supporting multimedia project focusing on an environmental issue.
My project: ‘Unsustainable Tourism: Land and Sea’, is a documentary that focuses on the intersectionality of ecotourism and unsustainable tourism. Focusing on St. Augustine, we dive into the dolphins in Matanzas bay and how dolphin spotting tours impact the population. In the documentary proposal, you can read about the planned segments, characters, and a $300,000 planned budget.