An ABAC assignment for “JRNL 2510: News Writing & Reporting” tasked me with creating a mockup of a local newspaper, but to replace the usual Lorum Ipsum text with a new story utilizing a minimum of two interviews, two photos, and spanning two pages. The mock paper I created was called The Albany Palantir and featured an original story titled “Is Albany a Graveyard for Small Businesses?”

I pitched the story idea, got it approved, conducted the interviews, wrote the article, conceptualized the newspaper, designed the layout, and finalized the project in a span of two weeks.