Friday, December 14, 2012

Week Eleven of The Hawk

Hi,


This is my last post of The Hawk for this semester. Enjoy!


12/12/12

     This is the last issue of the semester. I can’t believe it. Where does the time go?
     This week, I ran an article on the Christmas Village by Georgina, and I wrote a review of the restaurant Debreaux’s.
    Last week we ran an Overheard that mentioned Anne Frank, and we got a lot of heat from it. When Joe first texted it to me, I didn’t even think twice about it. All of us didn’t; these kind of jokes are so common for us and are said all the time, that we have become desensitized to them. However, people were offended because of it, and I feel bad. I will make sure to watch what I put in the newspaper from now on.
     I learned so much this semester, and how to deal with problems, work hard, manage my time, and it is so worth it. Each and every week I got to see the fruits of my effort, and it had to be one of the greatest feelings.





Here are some PDFs of my work:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uVGhPbEJnVkFQN1U

Week Ten of The Hawk

Hi everyone,

Here is my recap of week ten at The Hawk:


12/5/12

     I am extremely frustrated with how last night went. I was all ready to go before 12, and the graphic that Ben told Kati to make was still not even close to being done. Though it wasn’t Kati’s fault, her computer crashed, I still gave Ben the article in advance so that the graphic could be started earlier. However, it wasn’t started, and I had to wait a little while, until I decided to go home because all he had to do was plug it in. Ugh. End rant.
     This week, I am running tips on how to stop stressing, written by Megan, and Cops in the Classroom by Cat Coyle. I like the articles, but things need to be ran more efficiently.
     Also, last week the name of the writer for the Saint Bros article was messed up on the front page, and I’m also annoyed with that. It makes me look bad.



Here are PDFs of my work:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1ubTJPNEZhel94Q00
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uMU9LbHFtWDN0bE0

Week Nine of The Hawk

Hey all,

Here's a post about week number 9 of my time working on The Hawk:


11/28/12

     I am excited, and kind of nervous, about this week. We are running the Saint Bros. article, written by Georgina, and I’m not sure how people will react to it. I’m not sure if people will even read it. I know Noah didn’t want to have the article ran in the paper, since he never answered my Facebook message about having his picture taken for the article. I’m still going to run it, anyway. We’ll see what happens…
     I’m also running an article about how walking is good exercise for students. I like fitness articles, so I’m excited about it. I also want to feel better about myself, since I don’t have a lot of time to workout anymore, so I just walk everywhere.
     Also, I am SO happy that I’m getting these articles from Dr. Spinner’s class. It is making my life ten times easier, especially as the amount of school work I have increases.




Here's some PDFs of my work:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uZjlfZjlscU51dU0
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uWUdQYWoxdFRTb0E

Week Eight of The Hawk

Hello,

Here's my blurb about my eighth week on the staff The Hawk:

     I am more than furious with my assistant Megan right now. She could potentially get me in a lot of trouble, and I'm not sure if I can trust her anymore. Let me explain.
    This week, she wrote the Back On My Feet article, about an organization that helps homeless people get, well, back on their feet through running and encouragement. However, when we first went to run this article, she told me at first that she didn't get any pictures of it, and neither did our photo editor, so I didn't run it, because I wanted to have pictures with it. Now, all of a sudden, this week she says she actually does have pictures, and that she was too afraid to show me them because she thought they were bad. However, the pictures are actually REALLY good, which left me skeptical that she actually took them. However, I looked everywhere online for them, and I couldn't find them. I chose to run the article, because I needed to fill space. However, if I gave credit to her, instead of someone else who deserves it, I will pin all the blame on her, for lying to me, and on Ben, for not getting pictures in the first place. End rant.
     I also ran the an article about Running to Write article, written by Devlin Carey, and an article on the Passport Program, written by Kathleen DiMaggio.


Here's some PDFs of my work:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1ubFdVTjJFRDBjV1k
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uQl9aVmd4aXFTY0U
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uNFpmbDBkS1FXQW8

Week Seven of The Hawk

Hi everyone,

Here's my experience working at The Hawk for the seventh week:


11/7/12

     As a result of Hurricane Sandy, we didn’t have an issue last week. I really wanted to have an article about the damage Sandy caused and how people are dealing with it. Ben wrote an article on Point Pleasant and how the community is pulling together and are trying to deal with the present situation. Garrett Miley wrote the Faces of SJU article about Melissa Kelly, and Nicole Hoffmann wrote the article on the Kristin’s Krusade 5k. I also decided to take the comments out of the Overheards this week. I heard negative feedback about them, and I’d rather not make myself look like a fool.

Here's some PDFs of my work:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uS1FWU1lGRjRxeUU
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uSXZ2X1A4MndKOGM

Week Six of The Hawk

Hey hey,

Here's a recap of my sixth week working with some great people on the staff of The Hawk:


10/24/12

     This Monday night was a very weird, frustrating night. First of all, the power went out for FOUR HOURS. Four hours of our precious time was wasted waiting for the power to come on. I am so annoyed. I would have been done by 12am if it wasn’t for the power outage. Thank God Gio, a gradute student who works here, told us about the planned power outage THAT THEY FAILED TO TELL US ABOUT. Can you tell I’m frustrated?
     Luckily for me, this week, I only had to do 2 pages. Erin wrote an article on Our Mother of Sorrows Parish’s dining program and another article on the ROTC dedication ceremony, and I wrote the faces of SJU article on Marty Wagner, the guy who helps print the newspaper. The layout and pictures were both good this week. Again, if only we didn’t have that power outage…

Here's PDFs of my work:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1ubE93MGkwNUc3YlE
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1ucUpwd19tbTdwOW8

Week Five of The Hawk

Hello readers,

Here's a summary of my fifth week as an editor on The Hawk Newspaper staff:


10/10/12

     This week I had 3 pages: I had the article/graphic on the bad effects of soda, the photo story of student/faculty softball game, and a restaurant review of the Town Hall Company Co. This week was kind of frustrating in terms of graphics and pictures. Ben didn’t give me enough pictures, and didn’t give them to me in color, when I asked them to be in color. I know he was busy with the business review, but I need my stuff too! It gets really frustrating sometimes. I’m also not the biggest fan of the graphic for the soda article either. I also waited a while for my articles and pictures. I also decided that I really don’t like to make the dumb comments for Overheards. I’m not clever enough to mke them funny.
     Also, Megan took FOREVER to get her article to me. She gave it to me on MONDAY AFTERNOON. I am not happy. I shouldn’t have to wait this long.
     However, I got a lot of compliments of my profile on Barbara that we ran last week. In fact, it's framed and hanging in The Perch, and Barbara was so happy about her article. It makes all the work I do worth it.

Here's PDFs of my work:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1ubzhZMmd4YjJuaVU
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uaE96ZWJHQUdNa0k
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uamVieTlUbDFNdVE

Week Four of The Hawk

Hi!!!

Here is a recap of week four of my wonderful time working with The Hawk:


10/3/12

     This issue is my favorite one so far, in terms of content, and layout. Joe wrote an article about 5 tips on how to eat better on the go, I wrote the Faces of SJU article on Barbara Childs, and Corey Bryant wrote an article on the spring styles showed in Fashion Week. I felt that the layout was more magazine-like, which is really cool. The only thing I didn’t know what to about were pictures, but I think I made it work. I hope everyone likes it, because I’m pretty excited about it.


Here's PDFs of my work:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uT3JxWXd5N09fYVk
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uT3NjY1BrN01ZeDA
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uM1dTcUswM0FlZ3M

Week Three of The Hawk

Hello hello,

Here's week three of my experience on The Hawk's staff:


9/26/12

     I can finally say that I think I’ve finally gotten the hang of using InDesign. It took a little while, but I am comfortable using it now, which is good. For this issue Kristen Pilkington and Abby Riviello wrote an article about being abroad in Galway, Megan wrote the Faces of SJU article on Cecilia Ready, I wrote an article on the True Story: I’m an Addict event, we had a graphic about what to do for college day in Philly, and Jess wrote a recipe for zucchini bread.
     I had 4 pages this week, and I was definitely struggling with space. I overestimated how long the articles were going to be. We came up with a Trending at SJU box, which I heard people actually liked; maybe I could do that more. I feel like with Overheards though, it might be overkill. This week definitely tested my knowledge of InDesign. Now I know to be more careful when planning my page count and articles out.
     I also tried to make my layout interesting and different again. I hope it worked.

Here's PDFs of my work:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uRTc3UU9tZnRFblk
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uNzBWejFCQnFBa0E
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1udE52cjY3SVdZRE0
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uYzc2X3BZZkVfUlU

Week Two of The Hawk

Hi everyone! Here's week 2 of my experience on the staff of The Hawk Newspaper:


9/17/12

     This week went a little smoother than last week. I wrote a review on the cool bowling alley called The North Bowl, Megan wrote about the recent Flugtag competition, and Nicole Hoffmann wrote the Faces of SJU article on Kitty Black. We also had a photo story on the Flugtag competition as well.
     Since Ben has been getting on us about how our layout doesn’t look good, I tried to make it different, rather than plain, boring and boxy. I received some compliments about it, so I think I did better than last week. I still think I need to work on getting my writers to submit articles on time; I waited a long time again this week, and it causes me to stay up really late. I also need to work on getting writers in general, because I only have one or two, including my assistant. We can’t write the entire section ourselves.

Here's PDFs of my work: 
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uRm82V0FQTkFWZjg
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1ubWF4TmhYdy1LMzQ
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uUVdrbXc2ei1PSFU

Week One of The Hawk

Hey guys! Here's week one of my experience on The Hawk:


9/12/12

        This issue of The Hawk was my first issue as a section editor on the staff. I wrote the Faces of SJU article on Kimey Moon, who works at Kimey’s restaurant. My assistant Megan wrote a review of Landmark, since it’s the new bar/restaurant on campus, and it might be successful. Bobby Brier wrote an article on safe running routes around campus, and Katie Smith wrote a recipe for homemade peppermint patties.
     Since this is the first time I’ve done this before, I ran into problems that I wasn’t sure how to deal with, but I worked through it, and everything turned out fine. For example, I kept contacting Bobby over the weekend, asking about the progress of the article, and that I needed to have it by Sunday in the afternoon. However, Sunday night rolled around, and I found out he actually didn’t even start it. Along with that, Ben, our photo editor, forgot to get a picture of Landmark for me. All this was going on while I was trying to figure things out with InDesign. Needless to say, I was frustrated.
     Hopefully things will run smoother next week. We shall see.

Here are the pdfs of my work:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uY1lmWlZTMlNGcmM
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uYjd1RUJaYWhoaGM
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5NXW6vwCu1uUlp4Rk5zS1lHMUU

Working on the staff of The Hawk

Hi everyone!

     Sorry I have't posted in a while! I've been very, very busy with school. However, I can show you what I've been up to!

This semester, I've had the pleasure of being the Features section editor for Saint Joseph's University's newspaper The Hawk. I've been keeping a journal about my experiences every week, in order to document the progress we've made. The work flow during the week for The Hawk goes as follows:

Tuesday-Thursday: Assign articles to writers
Friday-Sunday: Receiving articles from writers and editing them
Monday: Crunch time--work on layout, finish editing articles (if necessary), help to come up with the staff editorial for the week, etc.

Then, the process starts all over again!

I'll be posting my journals, along with previews of our work, for you all to see!

-Jen

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Miley Cyrus' Haircut: Edgy, Rather than Ugly

Hi guys,

Everyone is all up in arms about Miley Cyrus' new haircut, and quite frankly, I don't understand why.



Sure, it's not the conventional haircut, and it's definitely something I could not pull off. However, it was a bold move, and I give her props for that. How many of us actually have the courage to try such a different hairstyle, with no regard to anyone else's reaction? Not many? That's what I thought.

It is allegedly reported that Miley has wanted a "Twiggy-like" haircut since she was 15 years old, so why shouldn't she go for it?

Not that this means very much, but Miley, I'm proud of you.You went for something you thought you would love, and you continue to love it, even with all the backlash from the public. You go girl!

What amazes me about this whole situation, is all the attention it is getting. Listen, crazy people, it's just hair! It grows back! It's not the end of the world. This is getting way more press than it should be.

I think Miley always looks great, no matter what. We should all let her enjoy her new, edgy look in peace!

Let me know what you think!

xo- Jen

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Healthiness: The Best Look For Any Girl

There is this saying that a lot of girls have been posting lately, which goes, "Skinny girls look good in clothes, fit girls look good naked". It's supposed to be shedding light on society's belief of what's attractive, in terms of weight.



However, I don't like it. I think it should be focusing on healthy girls, rather than skinny vs fit.

Who's to say that skinny girls aren't fit, or attractive? As long as the girl (or guy too, for that matter) is eating and exercising correctly, then where is the problem? One of my good friends is a perfect example of this; she has been very thin all through out  her life. However, this isn't because of bad eating habits or overexercising. She actually eats more than most people I know, and is a part of her school's track team, so she is in very good shape. Yet, her nickname has been "string bean" because she is so skinny. I don't think she has ever looked bad though, because she is healthy! It can be same for the curvy girls too. Body type doesn't matter as much as healthy living does!

Secondly, if by skinny, the saying means being skinny through being unhealthy, then why does it say that this kind of skinny looks good in clothes?? Being unhealthy isn't a good look for ANYONE, whether he or she is too thin, or is overweight. This kind of defeats the purpose of the quote.

So instead of skinny and fit, I think that it should say that healthy girls look good both in clothes and naked. Everybody type is complimented by good eating and exercising habits. Being healthy looks great, no matter who you are or what the occasion!

xoxo -Jen

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Betsey Johnson Going Out of Business Sale

Hi guys,

I found out earlier this week, to my sad surprise, that Betsey Johnson's stores (including her online website) is going out of business! :( I love Betsey, so I am rather disappointed. However, looking at the bright side, she's having tons of liquidation sales! In some stores, you can get clothes and accessories up to 80% off! It's the best way to look at this situation, I guess. Take advantage of the sales while you can!

Love her!!


Some of her dresses


I have the bottom pair :) I love them!

I've heard that she is still going to be in department stores though, does anyone know if this is true? I hope so. Let me know!

xox -Jen

Friday, May 18, 2012

What Pinterest Taught Me Today: Hard Work Pays Off

For those of you who don't know (and most of you don't): I am a little behind because I was so busy with school, and just joined Pinterest. Let me tell you, I am OBSESSED. It's unhealthy. Good thing I waited until after finals to join...

Anyway, I was scrolling through my friend's pins, when I came across this gem:




"If it doesn't challenge you, it does't change you." I thought about this picture today while I was running, as I was having a hard time dragging my butt up a really steep hill along the way. All I wanted to do was stop and walk. But then I thought about it...how will I get ready for bikini season if I walk?? That beach bod isn't going to appear by itself. So, I miraculously kept going and finished my 3.5 mile run without stopping. Woohoo!

But it's not just with running and bathing suit season that this saying can be applied to; it can be used with many aspects of life that are difficult, which is awesome. Everyone faces something in their life that is demanding, and whatever goal they have may seem out of reach. However, no one will accomplish anything by just sitting there. No matter what it is, you have to work for it! This picture makes you keep that in mind.

I want to hang this picture on my wall; it's very motivating. It will be my reminder to keep pushing it on days when I'm feeling lazy or not up to any challenge.

How does this saying apply to you? Let me know through comments!

xoxo -Jen

First Post!

Hi everyone!

Being a college student, and just an all around busy girl, life gets pretty crazy sometimes. It's hard to remain upbeat when all the craziness and stress is weighing a person down. So, I decided to write a blog to remind myself to stay positive and see the good in situations, even when the going gets tough. I hope it can motivate you to do the same as well! Positive thinking makes a person happier, and who doesn't want that?

A little bit about myself: As an English major at Saint Joseph's University, I LOVE to read. I am an absolute book nerd. I also enjoy fitness and food (but who doesn't??). I try to run everyday or every other day; it's such a good stress reliever! I'm an avid music lover too. Oh, and I have one cat that I adore, and a kitten which I am getting TOMORROW (I'm so excited!!!!), so I'm sure you'll be seeing tons of pictures of them.

I'll be posting things that are inspirational, or whatever shows having a positive attitude! I'll also post things that I think are interesting, and my cat pictures of course.

Let me know what you think! I'm always looking for feedback.

xO- Jen