Things I’ll Take With Me…By: Heather Atha

AP Style

I thought I’d never get the hang of it! Now I am more familiar with it and I feel more

confident in my writing

How to Write a News Release

The most important skill I’ll take with me!!! ### Slug -More-

Blogs

Until now, I had a very negative perspective I’ve learned the basics I plan to continue blogging in the future

Media Contact List

I thought this would be simple However, it took a lot of time to find the

correct contact etc.

Effective Resume

Some tips that have helped me update my resume:

1. Don’t include contact information of past employers or reasons for leaving

2. Use the category “community involvement” instead of “volunteer work”

3. Placed expected graduation date above high school education

Photos

This class taught me how to create catchy, interesting captions for photos

I also learned that aspects such as layering, shadowing, and lighting can increase the photo’s impact

Crisis Management

A crisis can happen at any time Knowing tips and guidelines learned in this

class will help me in the future if this ever happens in my career

Message Planner

Helped to arrange my thoughts I found it to be very helpful and will continue

to use it as a guideline for my writings

Inverted Pyramid

This has helped me arrange information in my news releases beginning with the most important

I had heard of this concept before, but wasn’t familiar with it until this class

Dead Lines

Each week there was an assignment due Knowing that I would receive a zero if I forgot,

I made sure it was finished the night before! (most of the time)