#19 Classmate Blog Critique

Throughout the entire course of assignments, I have always taken a look at my other classmate’s assignments just to get a good glimpse of what a "almost perfect" blog should look like. I have enjoyed reading and listening to every single one of my classmate’s blogs throughout this semester. There was one blog that completely grabbed all of my attention throughout this entire semester and it happened to be Sydney Wader! I was drawn to the level of consistency she had, her readily available pictures and videos, and her amount of effort that she put into each assignment. When you first open her blog she has pictures next to the title of the particular topic, which can already help readers feel engaged even before reading the actual blog. Before Sydney comes up with what her blog post is going to be about it seems as if she finds things to talk about that interest her. She implements her own sense of style into each one of her blog post. For example, for assignment #15 (Entertainment or Popular Culture) she starts off her lead sentence by saying, "I'm always listening to music whether it be doing homework, driving, relaxing, cooking, etc." Her stating this as her lead sentence let me know that she takes great interest in the topic that she chose for this particular blog post.

 

   Throughout her blogs she creates a great amount of links, videos, and pictures. I also feel like her inclusion of social media, her analytical perspective and her news-writing abilities has allowed her to be a high quality writer. Overall Sydney has done a great job of creating and immersive multimedia experience with the help of her interactivity and consistency. Lastly, Sydney has done a great job of creating her own digital imprint and she is now one step closer to becoming a future multimedia analyst.