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​INTERVIEWING FIONA BINGLEY

9/19/2022

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Her last name comes from either Irish or German ancestry and is 21 years old. Fiona followed up with saying that her birthday is in 4 days, so the 22nd of September and that makes her a Virgo! Growing up in Rockford, IL, also known as Glockford, named after infamously insane mall shootings, as a high schooler, Fiona went to the mall with her friends and “not buy anything at all”. She told me that her sisters find her insane for even going to the mall because of the shooting, understandably.
 
Fashion, social issues, advertising design were Fiona’s top interests. Being a Communication Designer major with an illustration minor, she enjoys tackling social issues relating to feminism, menstrual health, and black lives matter. Currently, her thesis project is focused on social issue with menstrual health. People at MIAD may know her best from the project, “Period Party”. Sadly, the overwhelming amount of gender-based terminology of the project offended gender nonconforming individuals. This was hard on the project as it took a toll on the success of the project.
 
Taking a social media design class opened Fiona up to the world of bringing design and social justice causes. Since she works the best when, “being told what to do,” that was a no-brainer along with the advertising design class. She enjoyed these classes the most because of the aspect of raising awareness and the straightforward approach to designing. Another gift she has is copy writing. I asked her to come up with a quick slogan to sell her necklace and replied with, “dead aunt, at least you got a necklace”. This is the future she is focusing on, to work for an advertising agency and senior thesis. Her inner fire is being fueled by her exciting design classes. Being able to focus her excitement to her project is pushing her to keep moving forward.  
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McDowell Reading

9/17/2022

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McDowell Article Analysis
​ Old buildings are now replaced with parking lots. Spaces filled with cars are like ghosts of the previous building. This guy is really against the parking lots and talks about the love for historical buildings. These spaces are very personified in a way that passionately captures his feelings towards the situation. Every time this writer talks about a building, it has the phrase, “turned into a surface parking lot” which tells me that he really wants to create repetition for effect. There’s another concept the artist talks about that’s important in this article. He talks about the “bigger and better” idea. Milwaukee tried to implement this idea in modernizing the city scape but has ended up failing. In the name of increasing locations for parking but ended up destroying historical landmarks. To the writer this is soul crushing.
 
Does McDowell’s Article fit into OnMilwaukee?
 The difficulty with this OnMilwaukee website is that accessing specific articles may be difficult. Because of the infinite possibilities to search up any topic by putting in “on/” along with whatever key word can be overwhelming. Therefore, searching out for McDowell’s article was not easy. It’s almost like the website would benefit in a category. Relating this back to McDowell’s reading makes me feel like the search engine is the soulless parking spaces since I feel like we can’t find specific articles of the past. For me, I would use this site for events, places to eat, and weekend activities, or current news. I think McDowell’s article was heartful and sentimental so that felt displaced with it being in OnMilwaukee. The guy’s article is filled with historical locations which would be great for a site that has a category for Milwaukee’ citizen’s concern with the city scape. His article conveys to the reader that parking spots erase the history and replace them with spaces that can create more danger and more soullessness in the city. Sincerely, I think his article feels too good to be in OnMilwaukee since it’ll be covered up by newer posts and impossible to find. For example, when he talks about concepts like “bigger and better” and the aspect of “soulless parking lots” feels out of place in OnMilwaukee. This article hold so much of a personal connection to the a part of Milwaukee that it sticks out like a sore thumb (and not in the good way) in the context of the type of topics that OnMilwaukee presents. McDowell piece is wonderful and filled with the wonder of the city’s historical building that deserves to be placed on a platform that can be found through a categorical system.
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ALL ABOUT THE TODD

9/12/2022

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​Looking through Todd’s work
 
His etchings are super realistic and detailed. Everywhere I look is filled with a meaningful mark within his etching. The use of color also adds a dimension of time and a sense of moodiness. Some of the etchings feel cold and sad yet are stinking all at once. I find the etching of the moon the most etheric. The subtle detail of the tiny dots on the plate creates such a contrast with the start black and the bright white moon.
 
 
Blog: The Natural Realm
 
The way he describes his paintings are so wonderous and poetic. While reading the beginning of the article was simple and as I got further, I felt like there were two different people. I think the way he writes is wonderous. Some of the word choices adds a layer of depth into what he’s trying to explain. I find it incredibly nice to read with the sprinkle of understanding the connection with the land.
 
The Power of Great Paintings
 
The way this guy writes sounds super excited about the paintings! Todd writes in a descriptive way. Essentially like a creative writer and not necessarily what I would expect as a journalist. He’s so cute with the way he describes the canvas to the contours of the peach. I want to travel back in time just to go to this exhibit. Usually, paintings can be boring, but I think having him as a guide through the museum would take looking at these old paintings to another wolrd.
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Entertainment Website and OnMilwaukee

8/31/2022

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https://pitchfork.com/
Website analysis:
Their articles have a lot to do with current music industry. News on what is new music being released, drama or hard news on musicians. There are categories like, news, rock, pop, experimental. There is also a section of the site that shows the best albums currently. You can click on them and it will give you a short article about it. There is also a review page.
The front page create hierarchy to make people engage with recent posts/popular posts. Their ads are huge.
 
Analysis of article: Gorillaz Announce Album, Share New Song Featuring Tame Impala: Listen
 
            Okay their ads at the top take more than a third of the screen. This is annoying.
            Famous people like Stevie Nicks and Bad Bunny will be featured.
            They are promoting it now, but the album won’t come out until February of next year…
            Basically it was a quick run down of a new release to promote the album coming out and the featured artists. Also updating that Gorillaz are on tour right now. At the bottom, they give a list of the songs.
 
 
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/
Analysis of website:
They are creating hierarchy in their website with trending posts and recent posts. However, it’s hard to decipher where my eye should go. I think the problem is typographic color. I think by having their titles in the center bolded, this will make priority for where the people coming into the site to click on. The titles are hilarious.  I think they do a good job with capturing the audience with the title. This site has many writers. Not the easiest to navigate.
 
Analysis of the article: THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE PERIMENOPAUSE HOTLINE, WHERE OUR HOLD TIMES ARE COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE
 
            Their writing is engaging and exciting to keep reading for its funny commentary and passion in writing about perimenopause.
            They do a great job creating hierarchy in information on this page better.
            I feel like this is just stand up company in written form. It’s not education, just entertainment. There is some factual stuff and something to gain from the article. They make learning fun.
            Oddly descriptive in explaining perimenopause.
            This article is helpful for people going through this to bring themselves back to a sense a humor since it can be a serious topic. Describing hot flashes, symptoms in funny, exaggerating, and metaphoric ways.
            They end it with an exciting note of how awesome it is to be in menopause.
 
OnMilwaukee.
Analysis of website:
 As soon as you get on the site, there’s articles filled with what to do for the week, weekend, or whenever. Farmers markets guide. This is a helpful website for people that have recently moved into the Milwaukee area. There’s an add buying baseball caps and the image is engaging too. Everything feels boxy. I feel like the lack of options for pages to click on at the top are daunting for me. “On/anything” I would feel lost if I was trying to find an activity. But the weekend preview is nice if I want to look up something quick and see if thee’s antyhting to do for the weekend. They are transparent with people and they want to help.
 
Analysis of article: Milwaukee free summer music series guide
 
            There’s a bug chunck of add that is in the beginning of the article that I thought was part of the article.
They make it know that the live concerts are free.
There’s a nice message to have fun and after that, the information and dates are listed in order. The time, location, website, and date are all listed. I think it would be better if the information was organized in a calendar format so people don’t need to keep scrolling.

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Sifting Through Milwaukee News Pages (Assignment 1)

8/29/2022

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    On Milwaukee.
           There are a few articles on community involvement like events happening within
           the new few weeks to month.
           There is lighthearted news that is meant to make people laugh like memes, way
           to support local business, food, etc.
           There are topics like concerts, urban spelunking (like exploration)
           There are guided for people visiting or wanting to try new things.
           Restaurants, dining, outdoor drinking, events
          “what should we do for the weekend?” newsletter to give a list of things to do for             the weekend
           There is a section on the site that teaches users on how to access the site                   better and look up specifics.
 
     Shepherd Express.
            Patawatomi Ad
            Subscription to their site
            Promoting podcasts
            Far leftists with profiling republicans
            Astrology, games
            Topics like lifestyle, Covid updates, news
            The topics at the top are small, barely noticed them
 
     Milwaukee NNS.
            Events for the week and weekend
            Empowering people of the community
            Community members of Milwaukee posting
            People get to submit an article
            “How to” to educate people on stuff like dealing with a nuance neighbor
           There’s serious news like the heat problem affecting people because of lack of                air conditioning
 
     Urban Milwaukee.
            What first got my attention was the world real estate for a category
            Popular places being sold
            People can add their place to the listing
            Politics in Milwaukee
            Focuses more on the heavier topics
            A&E page encompases a bunch of food places
            It doesn’t have the dates when you try to preview it.
 
      Milwaukee Courier.
            Some nationwide news and some local
            There are featured stories
            Easy to go from one article to another
            Inspiring stories like “at 17, she became an author”
            Talks about people’s pain and commemoration
            There is a religious section
            Business tips
            There are great things being promoted in Milwaukee
 
      Milwaukee Magazine.
            New business being promoted
            The website feels more trendy than the other ones
            Letting people know who’s in MKE
            Showing people stuff to do with nature
            They promote the actual magazine
            Showcasing places to go outside and adventure
            Calendar to show the events happening
            There’s an advertising page
           
 
 
           
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