Week 7: Pitching our ideas

Today’s workshop was all about pitching our own idea to a publication. I decided to go with Fabulousmag.co.uk it produces an “e-magazine” and is updated constantly. It covers beauty, celebrity, Continue reading →

Week 6: Curation

The workshop this week was all about curation. The definition of curation is to “select, organise and present (…) using professional or expert knowledge.” In the world of journalism there Continue reading →

Week 2: Reviewing different services

Today we looked into all the different services we could use to make our online portfolio. With such a variety to choose from I want to analyse a couple so Continue reading →

Week 5: Social media

This week we looked into social media and creating a “personal brand.” By having Facebook and Twitter accounts linked to our portfolios it builds up a following and helps you Continue reading →

Week 4: Content gathering and action planning

Software Platform What will you use/are you using? I have decided to use Moonfruit to build my portfolio Why did you choose it? I found it easy to use, and Continue reading →

Week 3: Designing our portfolio

This week we covered site maps and wireframes. Site Maps A site map is a diagram that clearly outlines how your website and work are going to be connected together. Continue reading →

Week 1: Portfolio site research

Our first task for this module was to compare existing practitioners’ portfolio sites to get a good idea of what characteristics make a good portfolio blog. By looking at blogs Continue reading →