The Urban Infiltrators was a massive 1000 word feature that I originally wrote for a project last term. The project was print media, but we never got round to getting it printed so it remained unused. I had told a few people about it and they all wanted to see it, so I checked with Jason and he gave me the green light to post on the navigator.
I feel I made a mistake porting a print feature of 1000 words onto a news site without any editing. The piece was really good as a print spread over three pages but it was a real mess online. I think I learned a good lesson here. After reading through it as an online piece I’ve decided to heavily edit my work down from 1000 to around 700 words. I think it’s now a lot smoother and lighter. I’ve noticed I have the tendency to ‘over cook’ work, adding a lot of words and phrases that just don’t need to be there. I’ve looked back over my other work and streamlined it all, but this is something I need to get a grip on as in the professional world there won’t be the chance to keep revisiting work.
It’s a good piece and I did work quite hard on it so I’m proud of it. It was my first interview too. The pictures were all taken by Ed Brandon, the guy I interviewed so this piece is the first one for Navigator that is totally my own work and composition.
My blog pieces from last term have lots of extra background info on this piece.
http://mmjournalismucf.blogspot.com/2010/10/magazine-production-week-three.html
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