Goals for Digital Portfolio
My digital portfolio highlights my accomplishments within Agnes Scott’s Writing & Digital Communication Master of Arts program. The goal for my digital portfolio is to complete my Master’s degree and also share my experience with future employers. Several of my projects completed in each of my courses will show my willingness to learn and communicate effectively. The goal of my digital portfolio is position me as a candidate for future communications manager or executive. As a former reporter, I have a lot of articles that I have written over the last several years. However, this program allowed me the opportunity to produce and create new content and information for the digital medium. My digital portfolio shows a collection of materials and assignments that will further my experience in digital communication.
Content Objectives for Digital Portfolio
The content featured in the digital portfolio demonstrates visually my abilities to perform specific writing and communications tasks duties. While taking several courses at Agnes Scott College, I’ve developed new skills and knowledge through completing assignments in the program. The coursework that I have completed while in the program have allowed me the opportunity to build upon prior journalism skills learned in my previous and current professional communications and writing positions.
Audience and personas for Digital Portfolio
The audience for my digital portfolio includes Agnes Scott professors within the Writing and Digital Communication program and employers looking to hire a communications professional for their company or agency. Specifically, my digital portfolio is targeted to an employer who is looking for a communications professional who is skilled and trained with working with others, but also willing to learn more about new ideas surrounding communications and digital marketing strategies.
Personal Branding Statement
My digital portfolio will help me accomplish my goal of becoming a communications manager or communications director by showcasing all of my skills and talents learned through the Writing and Digital Communication master’s program. My hope is for a hiring employer to feel confident and impressed by my work and consider me for future job opportunities.
Content Outline
My digital portfolio includes a variety of written coursework, videos, and content strategy. During my time studying in the Writing and Digital Communication graduate program, I have completed several assignments that display my creativity and writing abilities. The content within the portfolio includes a research paper from the Critical Communications course; a website created in the Web Writing and Editing course; the digital portfolio website from the Digital portfolio Design course; two videos filmed and edited for the Visual Thinking & Web Design course during Campus Movie Fest, a student film festival held at Agnes Scott; a sample content strategy and content strategy proposal from the Developing Content for Social Media course; a social movement analysis paper from the Technologies of Social Change course; and a nonfiction feature story from the Journalism in the Digital Age course.
Course Work
640 Critical Communication
- Research Paper: Newsrooms Still So White: Why are African Americans Lacking in U.S. Newsrooms?
610 Web Writing and Editing
- Website Content Strategy
- Website Build
600 Digital Portfolio Design
- Digital Portfolio Website
630 Visual Thinking & Web Design
- ‘Show Me A Story’ Sequenced Image Videos: ‘Blueberry’ and ‘An Oral History: Black Farming in South Georgia’
620 Developing Content for Social Media
- Content Marketing Strategy
- Content Marketing Strategy Proposal
618 Technologies of Social Change
- Social Movement Analysis Paper: Black Women Historically Underpaid in America: Will There Ever Be Significant Gains?
626 Journalism in the Digital Age
- Nonfiction Feature Story: Seeing through Impact: A black-owned, small business adjusts through COVID-19
Additional Course Work
- 695 Solutions Journalism
- 624 Transmedia Storytelling
- 612 Creative Writing in the Digital Age
- 640 EAM Project Management
