Critique of a Classmate’s Soundslides

Breakdance at the UF
Well the story is about a UF student who is a member of the UF breakdancing club.  Most of the audio is about the student’s  passion toward breakdancing. From the photos and the first few seconds of the audio, I knew how much love this person has toward what he is doing, [...]

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UF Muslims During Ramadan Soundslides

So this was my first soundslide experience, and I really enjoyed working on this project.  It took a lot of time, but I would rather do this than write another 20-page paper.
 
This story is about Muslims in Gainesville during the month of Ramadan, a time when Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from sunrise [...]

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Be Interested, Organized and Authentic

 In the article “Sound in the Story: Balancing the tools in new-media journalism,” I really liked the part that talked about the importance of being interested in your story, the need to be organized and the value of being authentic.
I was pretty interested in my story.  I wanted to do it because it meant something [...]

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My First Real Pictures

If you have read about my experience with the photo 1 assignment, you must know by now that it didn’t go very well: I was very uncomfortable and most of my shots were blurry.  My story  idea was about UF Muslim students and their lives during the holy month of Ramadan.  I went to Islamic [...]

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