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Social Media
1. Scenes and captions
2. Instagram trivia
3. Social Media awards
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In the modern era, social media is a powerful tool, and it should be used by journalists to access readers on a more mobile basis. News needs to be accessible for anyone, and with the large number of people on social media, journalism must adapt to the times. Something I have shown expertise in from my contributions to a Best Use of Social Media Reporting and Promotion award from the National Scholastic Press Association.
SCENES AND CAPTIONS
Across my four years, I have done my part to create content that can be utilized for social media posts. I have made scenes and Instagram trivias as well as helping people make other more fun content like TikTok trends.
Social media scenes pt1
Left: These two images are two separate scenes I wrote for our social media. On the left was a scene of a teacher at our school. For this interview, I planned out a list of questions beforehand, and I got to watch my facilitator, Aza Khan, as she set up the picture. I learned a lot about the tweaking Aza did to take a good picture for this scene. For the scene on the right, I want to talk more about what I learned. The full photo is all right, but very boring to look at and not readable. This got a good amount of likes, even for an iffy picture, though the caption feels a lot stronger to me. I learned a lot about what makes scenes appealing to our readership and good social media writing versus this not-so-good scene. Overall, these were some of the first scenes I ever wrote. I hope through the rest of the scenes improvement is shown.
Social media scene pt 2
Right: Here are two separate scenes I have done for our Instagram. The one on the left was for Clarke Central High School Prom coverage I did. For the process, I interviewed several different students and teachers at Prom to find a good quote. It got a lot of likes and several comments too. This was a very on-the-spot scene, so I couldn’t prepare as much as I usually would, so instead I had to wing it. I think it actually turned out quite well. For the scene on the right, this was for a ninth-grade project called the Black History Month scenes. I really enjoyed talking to Deborah Lonon, and this caption shows quality scene writing. I think I really uncovered the golden nugget of her story and was able to tell that story through this caption.
Social media scenes pt3
Left: These two images are two separate scenes I wrote for our social media. On the left is a scene I did for a new teacher at our school. This scene had a lot of stakes to it because, as a new teacher, we had to make a good first impression. I executed this scene, and now I say hi to Ms. Parrish when I see her in the hall. To execute this scene, I wanted to tell her story and why she teaches, which I accomplished with a photo that I asked the photographer specifically for. On the right is a scene I did for an upcoming event at the school. This was another on-the-spot scene with Dr. Ward showing up thirty minutes after I knew I was doing it. Still, I executed, and it was published nearly a day after I interviewed him. The photos are fine, although it would have been better if the photo were more in context of the scene.
INSTAGRAM TRIVIAS
Instagram trivia on Black Friday
Left: Here is a PDF of the document I made for my Instagram trivia on Black Friday. With my questions and answers, I wanted to report on Black Friday in ways that would appeal to readers. To create this trivia, I looked up some fast facts and then longer pieces of information I could use. I chose this trivia topic because Black Friday is an interesting part of pop culture, and I knew it would be entertaining. I also used social media to post Black Friday trivia on Black Friday for a timely angle. On the right is a PDF that has the design version of these questions that was used for the actual trvia story posts.
Instagram trivia on inauguration
Left: Here is a PDF of the document I made for my Instagram trivia on Donald Trump's inauguration. With this event being national news, I wanted to report on the inauguration itself and some fun facts on inaugurations in the past. With it being a one-day event, I wanted to post it before the date passed, and with social media outreach, I was able to do that. Social media also makes our work more accessible to our readership, and who doesn't like a fun game of trivia?
Instagram trivia on Native American History Month
Left: Here is a PDF of the document I made for my Instagram trivia on Native American History Month. I chose this topic because Native Americans are consistently forgotten about and left out of popular media, so I wanted to highlight their culture. I tried to make it specific and unique so that someone can really learn something about their culture. With the design I made for each question, it was coordinated and posted on the ODYSSEY Instagram story for Trivia Tuesday.
Synthesizing social media
Social Media Reporting and Promotion
Above: In these images are the two presentations I worked on over the summer to submit to the National Scholastic Press Association and their rankings. These presentations showcased the publication's social media performance over the 2024-25 school year. It took a lot of hard work to dig through an entire year of Instagram posts, but I was dedicated to not only synthesizing our work but also highlighting it. Duties included making the presentation itself, finding examples, and writing short abstracts for each example. Alongside our advisor, we also went through the analytics from those posts to provide more detail on how the posts have performed with our audience. Below are a few more examples of what I did.
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