The End

Hello everyone!

Unfortunately, this is my last blog. Don't worry though -- green living is something that will be a future topic for The Cat Scan (which a whole new class of students will be tackling). While writing about green beauty and fashion I was overwhelmed with the amount of information and stories that were related to the topic, so this is definitely not the end of the discussion. For my readers, check out The Cat Scan, and stay tuned for next semester's class of students who will have new blogs formulated to enrich our communities minds on eco-friendly living.

To next semesters students:

The Cat Scan will be one of your favorite classes in the Journalism Department guaranteed! This class is as close as it gets to real-world reporting, and although it is demanding, it is a lot of fun! Class participation is where it counts, so do your part and you will be fine.

The topic of green living was great to work with, and I suspect you will enjoy writing about it as much as I did. Whether your into sports or beauty, it is very likely that there is something green related to it. That is why you will be given the assignment to develop personal blogs. Here you can focus on whatever you love and relate it to eco-friendly living. The possibilities are endless.

Finding stories to write about is easy with green living as a topic. There are so many websites that have plenty of information, like treehugger.com and ecomall.com, to help you generate ideas. Furthermore, green issues are happening everyday, so just keep up with your newspaper and talk to organizations about things going on in the community. Our class came up with more ideas than we could actually write about, so you will have no problem coming up with possible stories.

For those of you who are intimidated by the rumors you might have heard about the capstone classes, here is some advice:

1. The Cat Scan was more fun than hard!
2. grades are based on participation, so take a leadership role and you will be fine
3. if you don't do a leadership role, make sure you write a story once a week and you will receive a good grade
4. Come to class!
5. Be prepared to use all sorts of media like video, audio and more. We used everything and had to learn software that none of us had any experience with
6. Do not procrastinate with the projects! start them at least 2 weeks ahead of time. Working in groups is a lot better than working alone.

Overall, The Cat Scan is fun and will give each person the opportunity to publish their work. It is great for resumes, so take it seriously and write as if it were going into a real newspaper or website. Future employers will want to see your published works, so this is your first opportunity to impress people with your writing and videos.

Good luck and have a great year!

Lauren