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Dan Barry and Packer RULES

In Fuel Oil Country, Cold That Cuts to the Heart

Narration, story-like description.

The transition from narration to reporting is so seamless almost did not notice.

Although sides are not being presented the way you are invited to sympathize with the people affected and then the numbers of the people responsible almost villainizes them.

Even if you have never met someone with Mr. Libby’s job by the way Dan Barry describes it you leave with a clear understanding.

Erases the idea that a company’s owner is only ever money hungry and not another member of the community.

Real people.

A City Too Hot to Bother With a Hero

Differently this article goes straight into presenting facts.

Nine facts in just the first paragraph.

10-54? Medical emergency

“but more teddy bear than Olympic swimmer in physique” making him look bad?

“he moved to New York eight years ago for the opportunity, the buzz” again seems strange.

Transitions into storytelling.

Witnesses cannot be contacted because not enough information is known about them.

Again story about real people.

Packer’s 5 Rules

Research, knowing before you get to know.

Find people, and then find others, ask questions about who and where in locations.

Don’t assume people are a certain way completely, ask observe.

Studying something from outside can give and insight different to those that live it.

It is important to write down ideas even if incomplete, preferably in paper.

“has the depth of detail and the pleasure of the reading experience in ways that are somewhat similar to fiction”

Trust instincts.

People in media are in some ways representing the audience.

People can make an opinion but a fact is a fact.

Misses a media people trusted not necessarily some of the ways it was used to marginalize people.

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ASSIGNMENT #11

Nomaris Garcia, March 12, 2019, ASSIGNMENT #11

NND1b SPRING 2019

Event Flash Draft

Rebelle Magazine is a student produced magazine at The New School, created by first year student Lexi Madison with the help of other students such as Gaby De Gracia. The magazine showcases photography and articles written by them and other students from the school. On Friday, March 1st the launch party for their second issue was celebrated. Student creative initiatives are often encouraged at The New School however this particular student project does not seem to be receiving the same amount of support as expected.

Other two NutGrafs:

If students’ creations are so integral to the experience of NewSchoolers why does it seem that an event like this one is not their number one priority?

The New School is all about students shaping their own paths, if their support is not seen on events such as this one what are the tools they are bring to the table for creative students.

The launch party for the magazine had been scheduled for 5pm on that friday, however because of problems with the space provided by the university it was rescheduled to happen an hour later. Upon arrival student and co-creator, De Gracia started setting up the space. While The New School did provide space for the event that had good lighting, a stage, seats and a proyector, it was in open area where students, professors and public from other events sit around. Having had people from a different event at the space made the area very disorganized and it is possible it could have had an impact on the turnout of the event, as it was not completely clear for an outsider who was a person at the launch party a person waiting for the different event or a regular person just hanging around. Additionally the projector and audio technology at the space was not working for the magazine creators and although they contacted the IT department they did not arrive to fix the problem.

Regardless of the inconveniences the space had the event kept rolling. Lexi Madison and Gaby De Gracia approached some of the people who were already in the space and showed some interest, explaining the project to them and offering a copy of the magazine itself. Some of the people who approached the table where the magazines were set up showed more interest in the other things being offered by the team, as free pizzas and sodas were being given out to invite people’s interest into the event. At the event the people who stayed around engaging in conversation with the creators were a group that constituted of less than ten but a sense of community could be seen in that space.

As the people who were going to the launch party started to show up conversation about the future of the magazine began to bubble up. The creators commented on how the funds for the magazine came from their own pockets, for all of the the copies of the magazine, the pizza and the sodas. It is not an efficient way to go about it as they want the magazine to be self sustaining. Because of this they are also selling merch such as stickers to support the production of the magazine further. Wanting success for the magazine they are willing to do the work however they wished that The New School would support them through social media promotion and providing spaces that are accessible and functional, it would be ideal to have their financial support but they think that that would be an ideal way to begin.

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LEDES - John McPhee Notes

The hardest part is the beginning. Toss out that workable lead. It (the lead) is the most important part. You want the lead to serve the story. Don’t oversell your story. The lead is firm. Not necessarily one sentence. Not writing notes, telling a story. ALL VERBS (ACTIVE) Best way to bring reader to the story. Hard Lede - Lots of facts. Blind Lede - Not revealed subject. Soft Lede - Short and catchy with not a lot of bling. Personal Lede - Self-explanatory.

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NutGraf Example

With GM set to shut down production here Wednesday, Lordstown shows how the nation’s booming jobs market is still leaving vast segments of America behind. Last year was the best for manufacturing jobs in more than two decades, but the Youngstown, Ohio, region where Lordstown is located has continued to lose manufacturing jobs in recent years. About a quarter of the country’s metro areas have faced the same fate, many in the Rust Belt, according to data provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/from-22-an-hour-to-11-gm-job-cuts-in-ohio-show-a-hot-economy-is-still-leaving-parts-of-america-behind/2019/03/05/241b2784-3b80-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html

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Data Questions

“Women’s Pockets are Inferior.” by Jan Diehm and Amber Thomas

The Puddin

Question to ask the data:

Can other aspects of the pants also be measured in effectiveness such as materials?

Can the style be taken into consideration of the demographic?

Do different size pants affect the results of the research?

Questions to ask a human:

What number of the companies selling the pants are dependent also of purse sales?

Would the women buy less purses because it is not a necessity if the pockets were efficient?

How can the trend of pockets on dresses be accounted for?

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ASSIGNMENT #10

Nomaris Garcia, March 4, 2019, ASSIGNMENT #10

NND1b SPRING 2019

Reporting an “Event”

Rebelle Magazine March Issue 2 Launch Party

Time: 6 p.m.

Place: University Center L103

Date: Friday March 1st, 2019

Gaby De Gracia and Lexi Madison

Pizza and Sodas

Their own money (no possible support from The New School?)

Talked about looking at the magazine’s future

What they want (success) and what they expect (hard work)

Less than 10 people

Confraternization between peers at TNS (strange)

No access to electronics at area

Other events happening at the same time

People not at event in space

Ultimatum to school for space

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ASSIGNMENT #9

Nomaris Garcia, February 28, 2019, ASSIGNMENT #9

NND1b SPRING 2019

Radical Revision

Music in the Mind of a Twenty-Year-Old

“A concert is like a hug”, twenty-year-old college student Sandra Anic, who at the moment goes by the instagram handle sandra_panic_turkey_sandwich says that for her this live music experience feels like a hug. Looking at her social media platform, we can begin to understand why she states this. She often posts snippets of instrumentals or songs by either herself or someone else and captions them with her feelings on them, and also posts fragments from essays that analyze music, and while it all might seem different from what is typically shared on the app, the content she puts out has one thing in common: music. To better understand how and why she goes about doing this it is important to question Anic herself.

Discussing who she is in relation to music, Anic expresses what relationship best explains hers with it, “I guess my relationship to music is very constant, it’s like always in the back of my mind. [...] It’s like a boyfriend relationship that never ends, my friends ditch me but I always have my guitar or youtube video to be there [for me].” Anic explained that just like in an ideal romantic relationship, she finds music to be a relationship of mutual support. Because of the way she views her relationship with music she chooses to supports the artist behind the music by going to live concerts. It is important for her to take the time and effort to show her support.

Her relationship to music began when she was growing up, family such as her dad, uncle and cousin would play music, she describes it as “Mediterranean sound and feeling”, so I asked her what she meant by feeling and she carefully answered “the feeling is the expression of enjoying the music”. Anic also expressed how comfort is important in order to enjoy music, that people are not necessarily enjoying it because they are afraid to show appreciation and respect as to not be judged.  

I figured it was only appropriate to ask about her inspirations, already I knew of her first, Jonathan Richman a famous american singer from the 70’s, she constantly posts snippets of his music and at some point had her username say something along the lines of jonathan richman’s biggest fan. She also mentioned her dad and her uncle, and Croatian artists from the 80’s and 70’s. Although she did not dwell on it, the recurrence of family in music was there. She laughed at when she realized I knew her first answer.

With her deep interest in music, the question of her own creations seems fitting, “I have only made like one song, but I am more interested in instrumental music. [And the process is] more like listening instead of thinking. I can hear if I do something wrong.”. Anic plays guitar everyday at least 10 minutes, in the morning but while that might be routine what she plays is not planned. She records her sessions to remember because she knows she will forget if she doesn’t.

She explained the process for the production of her first song. Her and a friend sat down to write it, they were both leaving for college and they wanted to see what they could do, Anic played the guitar and her friend the saxophone. She explains how it took about 12 hours in total and they recorded it on a laptop. Working with her friend Anic found to be a nice experience because her friend is very educated in music, while Anic taught herself all she knows about music her friend on the other hand is majoring in music and knows the technical aspects of music production. They complemented each other, it was a “balance”.

While she is open to producing more music in the future her focus at the moment is appreciating what is already out there. Anic does this because she feels as though some artists don’t get enough recognition and recognition is what she understand to be nothing without appreciation. However she feels like people fail to do so because due to the media’s portrayal of musicians people “want to be like them because they are unattainable”. She feels that by approaching it that way the art is not truly appreciated, instead she feels more comfortable when she knows the person on stage is a real person like herself.

Anic wished people took more time to appreciate music and the artists, “[the performer] has something to offer and you have something to offer, a concert is like a hug, a sense of appreciation [is] giving them a hug when they give you a hug, when you are [not paying attention] you are not hugging back.” she feels like the audience is not really enjoying the experience when the focus is not on the art.

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ASSIGNMENT #8

Nomaris Garcia, February 21, 2019, ASSIGNMENT #8

NND1b SPRING 2019

Sandra Anic is a twenty-year-old who at the moment goes by the instagram handle sandra-panic_turkey-sandwich, and while that might change from time to time, the content she puts out has one thing in common: music. Looking at her social platform, we can begin to understand how her relationship with music works, she posts snippets of instrumentals or songs by either herself or someone else and captions them with her feelings on them, she also posts fragments from essays that analyze music. We sit down with her for a interview to understand better how and why she goes about doing this.

We begin by discussing who she is in relation to music, and she needs to take in the question before answering, “I guess my relationship to music is very constant, it’s like always in the back of my mind. [...] It’s like a boyfriend relationship that never ends, my friends ditch me but I always have my guitar or youtube video to be there [for me].” Anic explained that just like a boyfriend relationship, she supports music or more specifically she supports the artist behind the music by going to live concerts. It is important for her to take the time and effort to show her support.

Her relationship to music began when she was growing up, family such as her dad, uncle and cousin would play music, what she describes as “Mediterranean sound and feeling”, so I asked her what she meant by feeling and she carefully answered “the feeling is the expression of enjoying the music”. Anic also expressed how comfort is important in order to enjoy music, that people are not necessarily enjoying it because they are afraid to show appreciation and respect.

I figured it was only appropriate to ask about her inspirations, quickly I knew of her first, Jonathan Richman a famous american singer from the 70’s, she constantly posts snippets of his music and at some point had her username say something along the lines of jonathan richman’s biggest fan. She also mentioned her dad and her uncle, and Croatian artists from the 80’s and 70’s. She laughed at when she realized I knew her first answer.

I asked her what she thought about when she wrote music, and she replied “I have only made like one song, but I am more interested in instrumental music. [And the process is] more like listening instead of thinking. I can hear if I do something wrong.”. She plays guitar everyday at least 10 minutes, in the morning but while that might be routine what she plays is not planned. She records her sessions to remember because she knows she will forget if she doesn’t.

The song she did for the song she did write she explained her process. She wrote it with a friend, Anic played the guitar and the friend the saxophone, they were both leaving for college and they wanted to see what they could do, it took about 12 hours, they recorded it on a laptop. She remembers it was nice working with her friend because she is very educated in music, while Anic taught herself all she knows about music but her friend is a music major and knows what she is doing. They complimented each other, it was a “balance”.

Finally I wanted to know what she felt like people should get from music and she said she wished people took more time to appreciate it, as some artists don’t get enough recognition and recognition is nothing without appreciation. “Like going on your phone while someone is performing [is disrespectful], this person has something to offer and you have something to offer, a concert is like a hug, a sense of appreciation, giving them a hug when they give you a hug, when you are nervous about them not playing your song you are not hugging back.” she feels like you, as an audience member, are not really enjoying it because you want to be like them because they are unattainable. Instead she feels more comfortable when she knows the person on stage is a real person like herself.

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ASSIGNMENT #7

TRANSCRIPT COLORS

Orange: Quotes

Yellow: Clarity 

Green: Follow-ups

Pink:  Facts

Blue: Observation

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ASSIGNMENT #6

Nomaris Garcia, February 14, 2019, ASSIGNMENT #6

NND1b SPRING 2019

Interview:

Sandra Anic | 20 | Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Background or reasoning for picking this person: I follow Sandra on instagram (@sandra_panic_turkey_sandwich) and she constantly post snippets of instrumentals or songs that either she has made or someone else has with captions that express what she thinks about the music.

She was wearing a green sweater and had her hair down, it was very casual.

Before starting while explaining intentions of interview:

She was interested in knowing about the purpose of the interview. “I just like to share things on social media”, it is very cool for her having platforms to share these things.

How are you in relation to music? Or your music?

“I don’t know it’s something that’s always [thinks about it] I guess my relationship to music is very constant, it’s like always in the back of my mind. It’s like my boyfriend, [she’s always thinking] how do I change it, how to improve it.” She likes live art, “I go to see bands live all the time and support the artists.” Takes the time and effort to support these artist, it is important for her. “It’s like a boyfriend relationship that never ends, my friends ditch me but I always have my guitar or youtube video to be there [for me].” She asked if this answer worked.

When do you think your interest in music first began?

I grew up around my dad and uncle, and cousin playing music, Mediterranean sound and feeling.

What do you mean by feeling?

“It’s really important to be with people you are comfortable with so that enjoying the music is comfortable, in any context. Not be afraid to enjoy it,” and people are afraid to show appreciation and respect. “The feeling is the expression of enjoying the music.” She was not sure if her answer was concise.

Who are the artists that inspire you now?

“Jonathan Richman, one of my main inspirations, and probably for the rest of time. My dad and my uncle. Also a lot of Croatian artists from the 80s and 70s.” She laughed at her first answer because she often talks about Jonathan Richman on her instagram.

What do you think about when you write music?

“I have only made like one song, but I am more interested in instrumental music. [And the process is] more like listening instead of thinking. I can hear if I do something wrong.”

She had only ever made one song, it was with a friend of hers, her friend played the saxophone and she played the guitar. Both contributed equally in writing the lyrics and singing.However, she has made many snippets of music.

What is the general process behind music writing?

The song with her friend: they were both leaving for college and they wanted to see what they could do, took about 12 hours, they recorded it on a laptop. It was nice working with her because she is very educated, Sandra taught herself all she knows about music but her friend is a music major and knows about what she is doing. They complimented each other, it was a “balance”. She described it as a very long progress.

Snippets: She plays 10 minutes of guitar in the morning, she just thinks about it in the moment, it is not planned. “It’s really important because you think you will remember but [now] you have it when you think you’ll need it.”

What is the one thing you wish people got from music?

She wished people took more time to appreciate it, some people don’t get enough recognition and recognition is nothing without appreciation. “People go to a concert just because”. “Like going on your phone while someone is performing [is disrespectful], this person has something to offer and you have something to offer, a concert is like a hug, a sense of appreciation, giving them a hug when they give you a hug, when you are nervous about them not playing your song you are not hugging back.” You are not really enjoying it because you want to be like them because they are unattainable. Instead she feels more comfortable when she knows the person on stage is a real person like herself.

Overall she wanted to know if her answers were understandable and asked constantly to make sure that her point was made clear. Asked about my opinion at the end of her answers if she was doing it right.

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Example of Good/Bad Design

In this Miss Dior advertisement we can see a famous actress, Natalie Portman, laying on her side on the floor, nude but covering herself with what we can assume is a dress. In the hand with which she is holding the dress she has the product she is promoting, a Miss Dior perfume, beside it the words Miss Dior and “and you, what would you do for love?”, in different fonts, under is a picture of the perfume so that it is clearer for the consumer. I believe it can be both an example of good and bad design, the separate concepts would make for aspects of good design. Having the model be a famous actress can play with the familiarity the audience feels to the advertisement, her being nude can be a good play to the role sexuality in media and attracting consumerism, presenting the name of the brand in it’s classic font to allude to the reputation the brand has, and posing a question that makes the consumer think the product is the answer to their problems. However, while these concepts are respectively good the design does not necessarily connect them in a way that is practical. There is nothing but the picture of the perfume that indicates that this is a perfume ad. This seems to be a problem not only for this advertisement but with many perfume ads, the aesthetic usually does not take into consideration practicality. 

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ASSIGNMENT #5

Nomaris Garcia, February 12, 2019, ASSIGNMENT #5

NND1b SPRING 2019

The Guardian “News writing” Comments:

The writer must take into account the audience from beginning to end of the piece.

You write for others not for yourself.

Organize your thoughts into most interesting and relevant to the reader.

The Intro:

Historical origin

“Inverted pyramid” or hierarchical order

Most important aspects of the story presented

Tone of the story overall is set

Most important

Rest of the story:

“Amplifying the story” - everything that adds to the story set in an easy to read structure.

Anticipated questions answered before the end of piece

Leave nothing behind, “the five Ws: who, what, when, where and why”

Judgement

Active not passive:

In the moment.

Active verbs because it feels to the reader as if they live the story or is part of it.

Positive even if it’s negative:

Describe an event as it happened instead of what did not happen.

Quotes:

A present voice speaks.

“sometimes the quote has to be there to provide the precision”

A quote must be concise to provide a glimpse into the reality without changing the tone.

Use indicative “say”.

Officialise:

Simple language makes your point come across easier.

Adjectives:

Only use when they bring more information to the story.

“Strike out” when they create confusion.

Jargon, abbreviation, acronyms + know-all foreign phrase:

Word that are specific for one group of people should be left out as they can exclude readers.

If use necessary, explaining their meaning is crucial.

Puns + Cliches:

Stay away.

Apostrophes:

“Misused a lot”???

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ASSIGNMENT #4

Nomaris Garcia, February 5, 2019, ASSIGNMENT #4

NND1b SPRING 2019

Vox Pop

Question: “Do you smoke weed?”

Environment: The weather was around 60° and it was around 12:10pm, there were a lot of people and a couple of performances happening.

Summer, 22 years old, from Staten Island, NY: “Never have.”

Evan, 20 years od, from Washington, DC: “Yeah” Did not elaborate to me but talked to his friend about how it was taken from him once and then it was returned because the people who confiscated it could not legally keep it. Mentioned being an NYU student.

Matt, 20 years old, Florida: “Yeah”. Mentioned being an NYU student.

Marcelle, 48 years old, Turnersville, NJ: “Yeah”. Laughed after realizing that was the question.

Katie Chen. 19 years old, Mickenie, TX: “No.” Seemed to be doing homework.

Jay, 26 years old, NY: “No”. Took his time answering his age so it is very possible that he lied.

Jilly, 20 years old, Baltimore: “Mhm”

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BRIA’S MAP: IDEAS

Can and how would it be possible to develop waste conscious park environments in the city?

What do the citizens of the city want to see more of in their community spaces?

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The Egg Curology Ad

Curology, is company that makes custom skin care products, they made this advertisement that follows the hard life of an egg with pimples. It is a good piece of design because it references pop culture common knowledge. The egg was photographed and posted on Instagram with the intention of beating Kylie Jenner’s most liked picture record, and it did with over 52 million likes. The advertisement also shows a previous ad that they had made with a youtuber called Emma Chamberlain, and they make fun of themselves and other brands that play the same advertisement over and over again on people’s Instagram feeds. In between the advertisements they show pictures of Kylie Jenner to deepen the reference. We see the dozens of pictures the egg has supposedly taken of itself and copies the regular format of skin care product advertisements in a sort of parody. It is efficient because it does not take itself too seriously, it references an event many people were involved in, it shows something ridiculous happening in a “normal” setting. Finally, and what I find to be most important in advertising is how memorable it is. The intention of the advertisement is not just to be witty and cool, it is to catch the audience’s eye and involve them so they find the appeal on the product.

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ASSIGNMENT #3

Nomaris Garcia, January 31, 2019, ASSIGNMENT #3

NND1b SPRING 2019

Reaction to Bruno Munari’s “What Is a Designer?” and Don Norman’s “The Design of Everyday Things, Chapter 1″: 

Being a designer according to Bruno Munari in “What is a Designer?” takes analysis of the psychology behind the aesthetic. It is not only the functionality of a product but how it is going to be sold. A designer understands how design plays a deeper role in the production of a product than others might expect. In Munari’s case a designer cares for the aesthetic of the product over the functionality because that is their focus not necessarily because it is more important. On the other hand we have Don Norman in “The Psychology of Everyday Things” who believes all aspects of the model are important to a designer, meaning function, aesthetic and experience are all to be taken into account by the designer. This is because as Munari mentions the aesthetic sells a product however the aesthetic might make the functionality of an object more complex by making the instructions unclear. The author blames engineers for the way their design is interpreted as it should be easy to understand and work with. According to him, engineers are not planning ahead to the way people think instead to the way they as designers think. Instead, he presents a “Human-centered” design, this means that the needs people are expected to face are resolved in the design process. Then the author introduces the term “affordances” which is in other words the accessibility of the design, what the people can do in relation to the design. It’s interesting because, although he does not go in depth in this, it can reflect how most designs do not take disabled people into consideration. Feedback is a very important aspect for both the designer and the consumers. The designer wants to know what to do better and the consumers want to know what they are doing right and wrong. Norman presents an example of bad design, General Electric refrigerators, where it is believed expenses were taken more into account than “affordances”. Finally, the author states how what really matters at the end is not necessarily what the engineer or the graphic designer but the managing behind making all of those important parts come true.

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ASSIGNMENT #2

Nomaris García, January 29, 2019, ASSIGNMENT #2

NND1b SPRING 2019

Ideas for articles:

1. Political priorities - in social media many people seem interested in only taking out the current president out of office, in the park I realized how many bureaucratic decisions and people involved are in creating and maintaining a public space. I would like to investigate what are really the political priorities people have.

2. Environment - although my map does not display the flora of the park, I was really interested in the different trees there. It could be interesting to write a story on that.