Creative Multimedia Journalism

At the end of last semester, I embarked on a creative project to exercise my various areas of study, synthesizing it into an independent study advised by Professor Tommy Xie. While my capabilities have been exponentially expanded thanks to my augmented arsenal of media equipment, and I have started produce some packages that excite me for the prospective possibilities, it has taken all semester to bring the project together.

 

By presenting articles, photographs, film, poetry and illustration, be cause magazine aims to encourage a more mindful concept of the global condition and instigate biocentric passion. This includes cultural explorations and appreciations, commentary on humanitarian problems and efforts, and investigations into environmental phenomenon and concerns. To this end, topics can range from the 18th century Enlightenment influence on human rights to NGO efforts in wildlife conservation to the vanguard neuroscientific research on the health benefits of meditation.