One of the ideas I brought up in class was a blog that would be similar in nature to “Humans of New York,” but would instead be about the pets of New York. Many people have interesting stories about how they have rescued or adopted their pets, which I believe the public would find interesting. This blog is necessary to shed light on the nature of adoption in a journalistic format, while also acting as a platform to promote adoption. I believe it could be a fun and enjoyable blog that would still be serving a greater purpose. It would also focus on statistics about adoption specific to New York City.
Another idea I have is a blog about being a vegetarian in New York City. I’m not sure exactly how I would go about this blog or how I could narrow my focus, but it would mostly highlight restaurants and places in NYC where there are vegetarian options, or better yet, entire restaurants devoted to vegetarian clientele. As a vegetarian, I understand how difficult it can sometimes be to maintain a vegetarian lifestyle when it feels like your food choices are limited. I already know several vegetarian friendly places that are worthy of recognition, so this blog would be effective in helping interested readers discover new places.
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Crystal Civil // Sep 15th 2014 at 9:56 pm
I love the vegetarian idea. This can be such a cool blog, only because I know a bunch of restaurants in NYC that actually cater to vegetarians and vegans (and the food is great, although I’m none of the two).
This can be a cool service blog- helping people find vegetarians eats in the city and interviewing the owners of these restaurants.
Vanessa // Sep 17th 2014 at 10:10 am
I love the idea of pets of New York, I’m a big animal lover and I always see adoption centers, and I even helped out at one myself a couple years back. It will be easy for you to get interviews on that, and it is a great way to promote adoption too!
I’d for sure be looking forward to a blog like that and I think it would be really cute too!
VHaller // Sep 17th 2014 at 10:19 am
I think both ideas would work for a blog — the pets of NYC with a focus on adoption — would give you great material and could easily find readers because it is a subject people care about. I think there are other sites out there doing similar “pet” news so think how you can make yours original. The vegan/vegetarian idea also is fine.