A Family without a Home
The audio story I listened to was about a homeless family who lives in their car. The family includes a mom, a dad, their teenage daughter, her brother and their dog. This story intrigued me because by the looks of…
The Best of Friends
I choose an audio story about two best friends, recounting a couple moments in their lives that seem to reflect the pivotal strength of their friendship. I felt connected to this story because I have a best friend back home…
Celebrating the Life of Alexis D’Luna
The audio I listened to was about Alexis D’Luna. Alexis had a rare genetic condition called CHARGE syndrome. As a result, she had many complications including being intellectually disabled and legally blind. Alexis died in her sleep due to complications from…
Overcoming Cancer Together
The audio story that I listened to was about Jerris Marr and his daughter, Faith. Faith, who is now ten years old, had a rare form of cancer on her spine when she was four years old. Her doctors were…
Working Woman in a Man’s World
In the audio story I listened to, a daughter is talking with her mother, Barbara Moore, about her mothers’s career as a bricklayer in Baltimore, Maryland. This story was particularly compelling to me because as an female engineer I am aware…
Blog Post, due Sunday night, Oct 5: Listen and Learn
Hey, #engcmp0420! Since you’re in the midst of interviews and we’re doing an audio workshop on Tuesday, I thought it would make sense to have your blog post be about audio this week. 1) Listen to a few audio stories…
Ebola Outbreak in Texas
After scanning through the Washington Post website, I noticed that a big concern of the readers as the paper sees it is news about the Ebola virus outbreak in Dallas, Texas. The headline stood out to me because there were also a…
Rhetorical Velocity on Twitter
While I have already been using Twitter for three to four years, only recently within the past year or two have I started to really pay attention to informative accounts. This is compared to only using Twitter for social means,…
Rhetorical Velocity on #StudentDebt
#Hash tags, @ signs, and clickable links – their everywhere on this social media website known as twitter. You can easily use twitter to find tweets on the latest news/trend, stalk you ex (or your celebrity crush), or create a…
Rhetorical Velocity on Twitter: Thyroid Diseases
In today’s world of social media, a knowledge of rhetorical velocity is necessary for anyone trying to convey a message to the public. Twitter is one of the easiest means of doing this. It allows for short posts and quick…
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