Illegal File-Sharing Article & Evaluation

File-Sharing Article:

File-Sharing Evaluation:

Research Skills:

During this journalism task I have found out that I have much strength in my researching skills. I found it relatively easy to find out the appropriate information I needed to complete the task. I read a number of articles to figure out what type of magazine I was going to write for.  I didn’t have much weakness in researching but one way I could improve is reading hard copy magazines instead of the online copies to help me.

Journalistic and Writing Skills:

After I acquired all of the information I needed to start writing my article, this is where I found it difficult as I didn’t know what type of magazine or newspaper I was writing for. I finally decided to write for Vibe magazine as I thought it was the best magazine that will suit what the article is about. I read a few articles on the Vibe magazine website to help me found out what style of writing I should write in. After reading some articles I thought it would be best to write in an informal but informative manner. Once I started actually writing the article, I found it somewhat easy because of the style of writing I was doing. I was able to write my article very quickly because of this. One improvement I can make to my writing skills is to stick to the word limit because I went over by a hundred words.

InDesign Skills I Have Learnt:

Once I finished my article I had to put it through InDesign to create a professional looking article. This was when I needed help because I found InDesign difficult to use. This was definitely one of the biggest weaknesses I had during this assignment and I think I have to make more articles through InDesign if I want to improve. I thought I could have made my article look a lot better, I wasn’t happy with the overall product.

Web Publishing Skills:

When the article was finished I had to post it on my blog which I had to create new in order to do so.  This is the first ever time I have created a blog and have ever blogged anything. I found the blog confusing to use but I eventually understood how to blog my article. I think I have to start blogging a few more things in order to understand how to use it fully.

Audience Feedback:

I asked my teacher what she thought of the article and she said that the colours I used were perfect and it stood out very well. I asked some of my peers the same questions and they thought it looked very good.  The only thing I had to improve on was my font and after I done that they said it looked better.