Abstract:
In the professional world of journalism, nothing is more important to your career than selling yourself to editors and putting forward a good product for them to judge you by. Good stories, good graphics, good design - your work experience is what will get you in the door in this profession and help you to establish your career. Often times, editors receive work samples from prospective employees in the form of sloppy newspaper clippings that have been hastily thrown together in an envelope. When that envelope arrives on their desk, editors are forced to plow through a pile of papers that leaves them with ink stains on their hands. But when editors receive a portfolio that has been submitted electronically, that's when they know the person has taken the next step, gone the extra mile and is serious about wanting to work for them.Taking this into consideration, I set out this semester to create a digital portfolio in a CD format that I could use in the future when applying for prospective jobs. The main components of this project will include the CD that will contain my digital portfolio (which is comprised of some of my best writing and graphics work I have completed during my college career) in addition to an analysis of how I completed the project, why I chosen the design style I did and what I learned in the process of creating it.
