Portfolio

Below are my published works along with a few class assignments and other projects. Each link opens a Web site in a new window or tab.

timelineThis is a timeline of my clips that I created using the Simile Timeline documentation. It is powered by javascript pulling in an xml file.

Borrowers Betrayed  /  WEB SITE

I did the coding for this story package in one week and loaded new stories for the series. I also wrote a blog post about this project. Published to The Miami Herald 7/20/2008.

Portraits of a “Shit-hot Sexy City”  /  AUDIO SLIDESHOW

This was the final project for my photojournalism class in Berlin. We were assigned to put together a one minute profile of a person.

International Students at UF  /  VIDEO

International students have to find housing, face educational challenges and adapt to a new culture. Published at the Independent Florida Alligator on 4/19/2008.

International Students Month: Potluck  /  VIDEO

Students gather to enjoy foods from different cultures prepared by various student groups. Published at the Independent Florida Alligator on 4/10/2008.

Dance Marathon 2008  /  VIDEO

UF’s Dance Marathon raises money for the Children’s Miracle Network. Published at the Independent Florida Alligator on 4/07/2008.

Union Street Farmers’ Market  /  VIDEO

The Union Street Farmers’ Market is about more than fresh, local food. It’s about people. Published at the Independent Florida Alligator as part of the Gainesville Explorer project on 3/03/2008.

Florida Democratic Party decides not to hold revote  /  ARTICLE

Published in the Independent Florida Alligator on 3/18/2008.

Underage drinking in Gainesville  /  VIDEO

I edited this video after two colleagues collected several nights worth of tape. Published in the Independent Florida Alligator on 3/26/2008.

UF Campus Tour  /  VIDEO  /  MAP

Final project from my Reporting and Writing for the Web class. A Google map of some important buildings on campus, with embedded videos. I was going to do a voice-over but ran out of time.

Tampa’s Converged Newsroom  /  VIDEO

I went on a class trip to see the TBO/Tampa Tribune/Channel 8 newsroom. Pretty sweet. Edited with iMovie. I need a tripod.

Avail at The Venue  /  VIDEO

An experiment capturing and editing video from The Fest VI on a Canon PowerShot A70 IS. Edited with iMovie.

Sportscasts  /  AUDIO

Published to The Independent Florida Alligator Web site, weekly. Each week I capture and edit an audio sportscast from our sports department.

Don’t Tase me, bro  /  WEB SITE

Published to The Independent Florida Alligator Web site on 9/21/07. A colleague and I compiled coverage of this issue and continued to update it as the story unfolded.

The Independent Florida Alligator  /  WEB SITE

I was part of a small team that redesigned The Independent Florida Alligator Web site during the summer of 2007, in preparation for the implementation of a Content Management System. The design and CMS were made live on 8/23/07.

Gainesville resident finds a hobby in blogging  /  ARTICLE

Published to Newsies.Gainesville.com on 6/4/2007.

GatorsArt  /  WEB SITE

This design was commissioned during Spring 2007 by a local artist. We worked together on the design, and then I coded the site. Working around my classes and other work, it took two months to complete.

Interactive Package with Photos  /  FLASH

An exercise in using photos, animation, buttons and text as well as planning and executing a longer and more complex package. I think I captured some good emotional moments in this piece, even though it doesn’t really tell a story. I wish we had been allowed to use sound for this project; I think that would have made it pretty powerful. This was a class assignment (present a “How to…”) with specific instructions.

"Free" at UF  /  ARTICLE

Published to Newsies.Gainesville.com on 2/28/2007.

The Pink Plague  /  ARTICLE

Published to The Undertone on 2/14/2007.

Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas  /  ARTICLE

Published to The Undertone on 2/8/2007.

Colors and Navigation  /  WEB SITE

The blue and grey screenshot is the file given to us by the professor. The green screenshot is my modification. Here we learned how to control color with CSS, design links and navigation. While the light green I used for the content background in this example looked fine on my monitor at home, I have since learned that large blocks of text are more easily read against even lighter colors across all monitors.

What NOT to do with your Computer  /  ARTICLE

Published to The Undertone on 1/19/2007.

Creative Commons Gainesville  /  WEB SITE

This was the culmination of my first semester of CSS. This project required some research and reporting. For my topic I chose Creative Commons licenses and their application in Gainesville. On the Web site I give a brief overview of the licenses and a number of interviews with people and services who use them.

5 professors join ranks of distinguished teachers  /  ARTICLE

Published in the Independent Florida Alligator on 9/29/2006.

Contribution to Where Were you When UF Became National Champions in Football?  /  ARTICLE

Published to The Undertone on 1/12/2007. A collaborative article documenting the various activities and attitudes of Newsies on the night UF won the National Championship.

Sinkholes  /  ARTICLE

The last assignment in the first writing class in the College of Journalism is to write an article about a human or environmental issue. I chose sinkholes as my topic. This was written 6/19/2006 and I never submitted it for publication.

The Races for U.S. Congress  /  FLASH

I built a Flash infographic for the congressional elections: select a district from the map and view bios of the various candidates as well as demographic information. Published to The Miami Herald.

A night of dancing and culture  /  VIDEO

Video of different acts from the V.I.S.A. talent show. Published at the Independent Florida Alligator on 4/21/2008.

Scott Weingart, Juggler  /  VIDEO

Scott balances school, glass balls and flaming torches. Published at the Independent Florida Alligator on 4/15/2008.

A Rugby Prom  /  VIDEO

UF Women’s Rugby team plays in prom dresses for charity. Published at the Independent Florida Alligator on 4/07/2008.

Time-lapse: Original Butt Sketch  /  VIDEO

Artist Pjae Adams comes to UF’s Gator Nights to sketch butts. Published at the Independent Florida Alligator on 3/31/2008.

Kurtz and Sons: Grass-Fed Cows  /  VIDEO

A video project I did for class about a dairy farm.

Gainesville Shows  /  MAP

A list and map of upcoming Gainesville shows. It’s the ‘ville, go out and have a good time! Published at the Independent Florida Alligator on 2/21/2008.

Gator Alumni Map  /  MAP

Map of Gator Alumni Associations done as part of a group project for Reporting and Writing for the Web.

The Servant of Those Who Bring Victory to Krishna  /  AUDIO SLIDESHOW

This Soundslides was the final project for my intro to photojournalism class. The photos are a little noisy because the temple is super dark at 5 a.m. And the nat sound could be a little louder, I think. The Hare Krishnas in Gainesville serve lunch daily on campus during the semesters so I thought it would be cool to show what people don’t see every day.

Less Than Jake at The Venue  /  VIDEO

Now that The Alligator has some equipment, I was able to take the video camera out for a spin. This is my second attempt at getting good video out of a concert.

The Fest VI  /  WEB SITE

Published to The Independent Florida Alligator Web site on 10/31/07. A colleague and I compiled coverage of an annual concert. People travel from all over the country for The Fest, but it never seems to get much coverage. I set up feeds for Flickr and Twitter so participants could interact and I contributed photos and video.

Student Government Elections  /  WEB SITE

Published to The Independent Florida Alligator Web site on 10/04/07. A colleague and I compiled coverage of the elections for seats in Student Government. This included live blogging, previous coverage and a slideshow.

Governor Charlie Crist visits the ethanol lab at UF - Slideshow  /  SLIDESHOW

Published to The Independent Florida Alligator Web site in August 2007. I contributed photos to this slideshow.

New Student Edition 2007 Map  /  MAP

Published to The Independent Florida Alligator Web site in August 2007. The New Student Edition of The Alligator contains articles about where to eat, shop and have fun. I hand-coded (using javascript) and a colleague designed this interactive map of all mentioned locations with links to related articles. Driving directions are also available.

The Boss is just like you and me  /  ARTICLE

Published to Newsies.Gainesville.com on 5/25/2007.

Contribution to The Newsies Speak Out in Favor of Academic Funding  /  ARTICLE

Published to Newsies.Gainesville.com on 5/02/2007.

Society of Women Engineers  /  ARTICLE

Published to Newsies.Gainesville.com on 3/22/2007.

News Package  /  FLASH

A sample news package using a movie clip (scrolling stars background) with a sliding credits box. The package is divided into three sections, controlled by buttons. Based on information and graphics from NASA about the Mars Space Orbiter. I think this assignment had the most obvious potential for actual online journalism work, showing how a story could be told in sections and the user could decide what to view. This was a class assignment with specific instructions.

Contribution to Spring Break Anecdotes  /  ARTICLE

Published to Newsies.Gainesville.com on 3/20/2007.

Three Animations  /  FLASH

Three separate animations are controlled by the user with three scripted buttons using ActionScript. Clicking a button during an animation will inturrupt the animation and move to the next one. This was the first time we really saw ActionScript, and it made me more comfortable with Flash since I’m more of a programmer than an artist. This was a class assignment with specific instructions.

Positioning  /  WEB SITE

Using the position, margin, padding and width properties in CSS, you can perfectly align divs in a Web site. The biggest problem with this assignment was that Internet Explorer and Firefox handle these properties differently. In order to meet the deadline of the assignment, I used an IE hack that allows conditional statements to accommodate those differences. I later learned how to position the divs without using the hack.

Dating Ideas  /  ARTICLE

Published to The Undertone on 2/7/2007. Includes an interactive map I made with Atlas.

Style Text with CSS  /  WEB SITE

This was an exercise in using CSS to control the appearence of text by manipulating font families, sizes, weights, line height, letter-spacing and other text properties. General rules for online text: lines of text are easier to read between 50 and 60 characters long, sans-serif is easier to read than serif.

Auction alleviates medical bills  /  ARTICLE

Published in the Independent Florida Alligator on 11/7/2006.