Dear Diary assignment

 Dear diary, 

For our initial concept exercise assignment this semester in JRNL 3510, we were assigned the task of creating a listicle. While I pondered over what I could feature as the topic for my listicle, I definitely feel like I struggled with grasping an idea that is not easily accessible via Google. 

I settled on the topic of fashion trends at Auburn University from the past century, and went off on my hunt searching for images on Auburn's Digital Archives, which I thankfully have access to. The most challenging part of this assignment was finding useful images that could truly encapsulate what students were wearing on campus in just about every decade from the 1920s on. I must have looked at hundreds upon hundreds of Glomerata images, and tons of newspaper clippings from the past ten decades to source the images I wanted to use - this process took me over 6 hours alone! Now I understand why it takes a whole research and reporting team to put out larger stories that aren't easier to access information on!

Then I went onto writing my article, which I categorized by decade and researched background information from archives from FIT, The MET, etc. 

While this process was by far one of my most time-consuming, I ended up actually liking my listicle piece and feeling a sense of accomplishment at the fashion investigation I had done. As an apparel merchandising major, I wanted to minor in journalism and hopefully, one day, work at an editorial fashion magazine or have my own blog, which is what this platform - a stellar style - was originally going to be.  I think this assignment made me realize that while work can be time-consuming and challenging, it can also be interesting and fun if it is something someone enjoys doing. 

Sincerely,

Sara

 Dear diary, 

For our initial concept exercise assignment this semester in JRNL 3510, we were assigned the task of creating a listicle. While I pondered over what I could feature as the topic for my listicle, I definitely feel like I struggled with grasping an idea that is not easily accessible via Google. 

I settled on the topic of fashion trends at Auburn University from the past century, and went off on my hunt searching for images on Auburn's Digital Archives, which I thankfully have access to. The most challenging part of this assignment was finding useful images that could truly encapsulate what students were wearing on campus in just about every decade from the 1920s on. I must have looked at hundreds upon hundreds of Glomerata images, and tons of newspaper clippings from the past ten decades to source the images I wanted to use - this process took me over 6 hours alone! Now I understand why it takes a whole research and reporting team to put out larger stories that aren't easier to access information on!

Then I went onto writing my article, which I categorized by decade and researched background information from archives from FIT, The MET, etc. 

While this process was by far one of my most time-consuming, I ended up actually liking my listicle piece and feeling a sense of accomplishment at the fashion investigation I had done. As an apparel merchandising major, I wanted to minor in journalism and hopefully, one day, work at an editorial fashion magazine or have my own blog, which is what this platform - a stellar style - was originally going to be.  I think this assignment made me realize that while work can be time-consuming and challenging, it can also be interesting and fun if it is something someone enjoys doing. 

Sincerely,

Sara