Issue #2 Reflection

During Issue #2, I think my strengths were doing the layout and getting my first story done. When we first started the issue, I had a fairly easy time to complete my drunk driving story. I got my interviews within the first 3 days and my drafts finished. Also, when we were layouting, I had an easy time fixing the problem of having only two pieces of work to display on page 6. Even though the final product didn't look great at all, I was able to complete it despite the roadblocks.

I believe that this was the most challenging issue I've done because there were a lot of things going on in my life at once and I had a hard time trying to prioritze things. Things like work, college, and other school work got in the way that I had little or no time to go out and get interviews for my second story. It was getting hard because I wasn't focusing on newswriting as much as I should have. I think that prioritizing my schedule was my biggest weakness I had.

For the next issue, I can improve on my weakness by mapping out everything in advance. I can do what I did for my fist story. Also, I can try go looking for more than my "planned" sources so that in case one fails, I have another ready to use. I will try to focus more on newswriting because it is a class for school and also I have other members on the staff which means not doing my part will hurt my teammates as well.