Blog 15: Independent Component 1

My Independent Component for the first semester was working on the iPoly Yearbook.

·     Log of hours on a calendar: My Independent Component 1 Log

·     Evidence of the 30 hours of work (e.g. transcript, essays, tests, art work, photographs)

 The Scare Faire Spread

 Main Photo taken by me

·     LIA

Literal

(a) “I,  Jocabehd Lobos, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.” 

(b) Explanation of what you completed.

For my Independent Component 1, I worked on the iPoly Yearbook, the Globe, throughout the semester. During the course of the semester, I worked as the Assistant Photo Editor, which duties included having photo meetings with photographers, taking photos for various stories/school events such as Pep Rallies, house competitions, etc. I also worked as a copy writer in which I worked with a partner to complete multiple spreads. The spreads took time in class as well as outside of class, as various interviews and photos were required. As part of my role as an editor, I am required to attend weekly editor meetings outside of regular class time.

Interpretive

My work with the yearbook demonstrated and was worth of over 70 hours of work over the course of the first semester. Working through a single spread took a matter of weeks to get done. The process of making a spread consisted of creating concepts for angles and blurbs, researching interviewees for the blurbs/mods, actually interviewing students, and taking photos. Over the course of the first semester, my work was exhibited in approximately 6-8 spreads. Some of this work was my photos and others it was some of my copy work. 

Applied

My Independent Component 1 helped me answer my EQ in the way that through my research about journalism and interviewing and my experience in yearbook, I found my first answer which is accuracy. In my yearbook experience, I have dealt with having misinterpreted information and on the yearbook, it can lead to moments of panic. For example, once I accidentally got my quotes mistaken with two interviewees for a story. Had the issue gone unseen, students would have been upset and the context could've been misinterpreted. This, along with my research, helped me obtain my first answer. Thus, this is how my work on the yearbook helped me answer my EQ.