Notes on writing a service post

  1. A service post is content that is tailored very specifically to your readers. It should contain information that readers can use in their lives. It can take many forms. It can be advice from an expert about how to solve a problem, or a write-up about recent research that’s become available. It could be recommendations for doing things, or buying things. I can be a list. It can be an explanation of a complicated topic.

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MIDTERM ASSIGNMENT DUE: MONDAY, MARCH 19

By the above date, all students must have completed the following work:

–Created a blog using Blogs@Baruch, including the name of the blog in the URL. You might want to include a unique header image/logo graphic that reflects the character of the blog and includes the name of the blog and a cutline. (USE YOUR OWN PHOTOGRAPHS. DO NOT TAKE IMAGE FROM ANOTHER SITE TO ILLUSTRATE YOURS.) Continue reading “MIDTERM ASSIGNMENT DUE: MONDAY, MARCH 19”

Editorial Plan

First I am going to research tea places in New York City. Then I will email the owner to know if I can do an interview or film their ways of making tea. Once I get that all down, I will actually go out and visit these places. Afterward, I will be able to start writing and posting pictures for my blog posts.

  1. I will probably be interviewing a bubble tea spot. Know its origin, how it came to New York City, what makes it so popular.
  2. I will try to expand off #1. There is so may different bubble tea spots and each one have something special about them.
  3. The tea blogs I researched aren’t based in New York City. So I should do more research on who is and try to introduce my readers to them like what some of the blogs were doing.
  4. There is a place that lets you make matcha from scratch. It will be fun to film the whole process.
  5. Will research teas from other countries and do a q&a with the owner. Will be interesting to me if it is a tea I do not know about.
  6. A lot of tea selling sites have information on different types of tea. I can use that, or research news about tea.

First Blog Post Assignment

DUE Fri., March 2, by 10 a.m.

For Fri., March 2. Report and write your first blog post. This is an original, reported post on a news story or feature related to your blog topic. It should include interviews with AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE and should be written in journalistic style. This post must include an original photo or illustration. More than one image is preferred.

You will write the post on a Word document that must be emailed to me by 10 a.m. on Fri., March 2. I will read and edit each post and will email you back a document with the needed revisions.

Blog Ideas (Repost – Was not found in class.)

IDEA #1

My first idea is a tea blog. I am not saying I am a tea connoisseur but I have had my fair share of tea. From tea I drink in the morning during dim sum to tea I drink in hopes if losing weight. There are also tea chain such as DavidsTea or the dozens of bubble tea places all around the 5 boroughs (I know for sure it is in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan but I have not visited the Bronx or explored Staten Island yet.) When I started exploring my city, I realize every culture have their own kind of tea. For example, the prevalence of matcha in Japan. I think it will be fun to find out what kind of tea is important to other cultures other than my own.

 

IDEA #2

My second idea is a exploring New York City blog. Not the entire New York City, but the tourist spots. I did not know anything but Brooklyn for seventeen years of my life. I want to make a blog not geared toward New Yorkers but toward people that wants to visit New York City one day. Some tourist spots just sucks. I want to be able to make a honest blog where I let people know the truth. For example, don’t go visit the Statue of Liberty on her island. Instead, hop on the Staten Island Ferry (which is free of cost) and you will be able to get a pretty decent view of the Statue of Liberty. The entire statue, not just part of her. I understand nobody wants to go visit a foreign place and waste their time on places that are not worth. I will be the person to let them what is the best spot to hit up, from tourist places to places that embody New York City.