Here are an assortment of pictures I took for the Laurens County Advertiser this summer.

First print work in a while

So I have yet to update my print work from school. It was mostly photos and a few photo illustrations, but I'll have to save that for a rainy day. Right now when I'm not interning at WYFF 4, NBC's station in Greenville SC I am writing and taking pictures for the Laurens County Advertiser.

Here's a PDF screen shot of a photo spread and story I did on several cancer survivors. Talking to these beautiful strong people was an experience I won't forget.



Here's a link to the online edition.

Here are the individual pictures. Each person I talked to had a different story, a different life expectancy, but the common bond and fire.

"Stranger in a Strange Place Still"

This summer, in April my grandmother Claire DeBlois Brown died of cancer at the age of 85. She was my greatest mentor, and probably my best friend. This summer was hard for everyone, but we gathered together like families do. She was a remarkable and beautiful woman and I will always miss her.

Below are pictures from the quiet family gathering we had. She did not want a funeral and would "very well come back and haunt us," if we put her in the ground. So we visited the grave-site of my late grandfather who died several years ago- as well as my uncle who died of pancreatic cancer last year.






"Witness to your own eulogy" - Claire Brown

More recent pics...

Some pictures from Martin Luther King Jr. Day festivities at Winthrop University. Several group homes and schools participated in the activity filled day.

I HAVE BEEN SLACK....

So I have not posted on this since last year. Partly this is because I haven't been doing as much writing, but mostly because I have been lazy. Which contributes to both of these factors.

Anyway, I haven't been writing newspaper stories, but I have been taking pictures. Oh and writing broadcast scripts cause that's what I do. :)

In conclusion: I decided I would post some pictures that have been published by The Johnsonian (Winthrop Newspaper) in the last school year.

:)

Get my bloggin' done!


This picture went along with a story that profiled the Muslim students on campus during Ramadan.


Students volunteered at a community garden which gives food to underprivileged citizens.



A teaser picture for a campus-wide smoking ban.


Also part of the smoking ban story. Trying to show that smokers often make their own community, and use smoking as a way to make friends and relax.


Part of a story on the phenomenon of "purity rings" that people wear who pledge to not have sex until marriage. The story focused on the statistic that claims their is not much change in the behavior of someone who does wear one compared to those that don't.


One of our writers, pictured here, wrote a column on giving blood for the first time.


Trick-Or-Treaters from all over Rock Hill came out to the dorms to snag some candy. :)



These are basically the most interesting pictures I've taken so far, they're a whole lot more interesting with the actual stories...which is why I need to get on that!

Smiling Faces....Beautiful Places

Right before coming to school, the Advertiser sent me out to take pictures of Ford Elementary School's first day. The following pictures were not used, but I love them. The kids were so excited and happy, oh childhood.


The actual picture that the paper used can be found on the front of The Laurens County Advertiser August 19th Edition.

Anyway enjoy.

love the eyes. :).



The bus looks so huge and daunting to these little guys.



The quintessential little lonely girl. A little out of focus.

First day of school...

Wednesday, First Day of Sophomore Year:
It is currently 9:30, and I have finished checking and double checking emails and syllabus. I guess I am ready, but I am not looking forward to my CRTW, (Critical Reading Thinking and Writing).

This whole summer I have been used to writing brief, to-the-point news stories, which is completely different from what I have heard this class will be like.

A lot of essays...therefore straining to squeeze two more pages out of something that could be summed up in less than five columns.

I want to know why there is a white teddy bear sitting sentry outside of Thomson above the walkway. And everyone should listen to this in the morning. (Lille- Lisa Hannigan.)