For the "Pimp My Blog" assignment I first played around with design of the blog itself.
I really liked the orange swirl design because after all my blog is called "The Ginger Journalist". Have to get some form of orange on there.
I then changed the color and fonts of the words. I really like purple so as you can see the words you are currently reading are PURPLE! Love it.
I wanted to add some cools things to my blog so I added a picture of myself and I also added a couple different gadgets. I have one gadget for a video blog I love from YouTube, another gadget for news related things, and one for blogs I like to read.
I also added a couple of things about me. This is the process I went through. Hope you all like it!
-The Ginger Journo :)
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Robbery
Police are looking for a man who robbed a local gas station.
At around 1:15 this morning the Hometown Sunoco in Swanton Vermont was robbed at gunpoint. The suspect left the store on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash and items.
No one was injured in the robbery and police are searching for a white male around 6 feet tall.
If you have any information please contact the Vermont State Police in St Albans at 802-524-5993 or the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at 802-524-2121.
At around 1:15 this morning the Hometown Sunoco in Swanton Vermont was robbed at gunpoint. The suspect left the store on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash and items.
No one was injured in the robbery and police are searching for a white male around 6 feet tall.
If you have any information please contact the Vermont State Police in St Albans at 802-524-5993 or the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at 802-524-2121.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Hunting Gone Bad
A hunting related shooting has one Vermont man going to court.
Conrad Masse, 76, and Wayne Goff, 58, were bear hunting on Urie Road in Albany when things got out of hand.
They had released two bear hounds out on a track of a bear when Goff and Masse drove to Urie road. Goff then got out of the truck to wait for the bear.
Masse then drove about 550 feet further on the road and got out of the truck to also wait for the bear.
The bear then crossed the road between the two men and Masse fired 3 shots. One hit the bear, the other a tree, and the third bullet went right into Goff.
Goff was taken to North Country Hospital then transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for treatment on his pelvic gunshot wound. He has now been released from the hospital and is in stable condition.
Masse was issued a citation to appear in the Orleans Superior Court on charges of Aggravated Assault. He was also ticketed by Fish and Game for shooting from the road, having a loaded riffle in his car, and not having proper display of permits for the bear hounds.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Blog Critique!!
Hello there!!
OK so I went through some blogs about cooking (because really I'm a foodie at heart) and I found this really cute one.
http://bravetart.com/
The blog is called Brave Tart and it pretty much consist of one baker who makes desert-like items every couple of weeks for her blog and someone photographs it and she has this whole write up about what she made and why she made it.
There are no videos just pictures and recipes and her write ups. I really enjoyed reading through this blog because of the way that she writes. I was looking through her comments that she receives and she really tries to reply back to all of them which I thought was nice. I really don't dislike anything about this blog. I feel like its simple and that's the way it should be. She keeps her thoughts clear and focused and they're easy to read and funny at times.
Well that's it for now I guess!
In Peace,
The Ginger Journo :)
OK so I went through some blogs about cooking (because really I'm a foodie at heart) and I found this really cute one.
http://bravetart.com/
The blog is called Brave Tart and it pretty much consist of one baker who makes desert-like items every couple of weeks for her blog and someone photographs it and she has this whole write up about what she made and why she made it.
There are no videos just pictures and recipes and her write ups. I really enjoyed reading through this blog because of the way that she writes. I was looking through her comments that she receives and she really tries to reply back to all of them which I thought was nice. I really don't dislike anything about this blog. I feel like its simple and that's the way it should be. She keeps her thoughts clear and focused and they're easy to read and funny at times.
Well that's it for now I guess!
In Peace,
The Ginger Journo :)
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Multimedia URL's
OK so these are my URL's for class. I thought since we were supposed to "like" Fox44 on Facebook I went to check on their website.
http://www.fox44now.com/
Some features I liked about this site is how they told you what stories had videos with them. I don't really like how it looks though. I feel like it could be more eye catching and less cluttered.
Another site I wanted to check out was from the news station that I grew up watching.
http://www.wcax.com/
I feel like the set up is similar to the Fox44 site. They also notify you when a story has a video attached to it. But I still feel like these two sites could be easier to navigate and could look a bit more exciting.
-The Ginger Journo
http://www.fox44now.com/
Some features I liked about this site is how they told you what stories had videos with them. I don't really like how it looks though. I feel like it could be more eye catching and less cluttered.
Another site I wanted to check out was from the news station that I grew up watching.
http://www.wcax.com/
I feel like the set up is similar to the Fox44 site. They also notify you when a story has a video attached to it. But I still feel like these two sites could be easier to navigate and could look a bit more exciting.
-The Ginger Journo
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