In the summer of 2019, I took a class on Solutions Journalism with Melissa Faye Greene, who encouraged us to look beyond the dire headlines we’d become used to and elevate the hopeful stories that left its readers with a little hope. For my own solution story, I chose to highlight a local cemetery’s commitment…… Continue reading Writing: The Third Death
Month: March 2020
Research: The Argos Project
For my Grantwriting class, we were given 5-6 categories of social issues, then asked to pick one and write a grant for a project that would uniquely address an aspect of our issue. Since I chose the Pets with Homeless Owners group, I created The Argos Project, a group that would train volunteers to give…… Continue reading Research: The Argos Project
Design: Mortal Coil Magazine
This project was created for my Persuasive Writing & Speaking class in fall of 2019. Challenged to create a persuasive campaign that would encourage people to engage with a topic of our choice, I chose the concept of death positivity. In order to make my message appeal to demographics more used to print-based formats, I…… Continue reading Design: Mortal Coil Magazine
Writing: Social Media As Means to Redress Exploitation of Disorganized Labor
This paper was written for my Technologies of Social Change class with Dr. Ivanova in the fall of 2019. By examining an entirely-online labor protest event, I consider the ways social media can be used by movements to gain momentum, manage public attitudes, and resurrect old wrongs to be righted in labor disputes. This paper…… Continue reading Writing: Social Media As Means to Redress Exploitation of Disorganized Labor
Isobel Robinson-Ortiz 