Abigail Merzel’s ePortfolio combines elements like blog posts, coursework artifacts, and professional documents to present a holistic view of her participation in coursework and understanding of feminist rhetoric. When designing the website, Merzel focused on making the portfolio easy to navigate. She also chose to include texts like a cover letter to practice presenting herself as someone pursuing employment and internship experience.
Ada Rye used this professional portfolio website as a chance to share her passion for reading and writing and present herself as a skilled candidate for a job in the publishing industry. In addition to a resume and cover letter, Rye provides samples of her own writing on current events and arranges the website in a way that considers navigation and the creation of a welcoming mood.
Aiden Wood created this professional ePortfolio to seek an internship in editing and writing and to create a personal brand. Aiden’s ePortfolio contains textual artifacts such as a cover letter, resume, sample article, and reflection. The portfolio uses the platform CourseNetworking, which signals that the purpose of this artifact is professional and educational networking.
Annabelle Argeles created this electronic portfolio for her Writing and Editing in Print and Online course to showcase her work from that semester and time before. Argeles was excited to incorporate her passion for publications, both literary and creative ones, into all her projects for the course. Argeles's favorite aspect of the portfolio was being able to apply her knowledge base of graphic design into topics relevant to her major.
Brianna Cloutier created this professional ePortfolio as a stepping stone along her path to pursue a career in magazine editing and publishing. The site captures samples of Cloutier’s various creative ventures, replete with bold font colors to convey a bold personality but balanced with neutral tones for uniformity. The site also includes Cloutier’s resume, cover letter, and contact information to invite professional communication and networking.
Brooke Sawyer designed this feature article about the band 5 Seconds of Summer, summarizing the history of the band from inception to current hiatus. Sawyer embedded strategic photos of the band to emulate a dynamic magazine layout, while in the article’s text interweaving interview quotes with reflections of personally seeing the band perform live, resulting in an energizing and personable article.
Cameron Glymph created this portfolio to showcase all of the projects that she made throughout her time in ENC 3416: Writing and Editing in Print and Online. Glymph enjoyed both creative freedom that came with crafting the projects featured and the opportunity to explore digital design. Glymph would like to express her gratitude to her instructor for ENC 3416, Bridgette Sanders, for encouraging her to express her interests when writing and designing her portfolio.
Cailyn Henson devised this professional ePortfolio to demonstrate mastery across media as a creative writer and social media marketing expert. The site’s floral design, with pops of vibrant accent colors, reflects Henson’s personality and identity to create a friendly and inviting portfolio.
Cansu Kilic created this ePortfolio with the purpose of storing all her visual and written pieces in one place for future job applications. Specifically presenting her evolution as a journalist, photographer, and storyteller as she prepares for the multifaceted broadcast and media industry. Kilic reflects on this WEPO class project as a fulfilling opportunity to organize and showcase her professional side while radiating her personality through the design.
Cansu Kilic wrote and designed this feature article for her WEPO class. She chose to discuss the mystery and stigma surrounding Kanye West to understand and showcase his complex character. Specifically by highlighting the way his stories, lyricism, and mental health impact his music and society.
Des Lewis designed this professional ePortfolio to contain samples of writing that supports Lewis’ goal to make a positive impact in the world through media and unbiased journalism. As evidence of its purpose, the site organizes links to Lewis’ published news articles about local topics and indicates future endeavors to address manatee preservation and the concerns of the Leon County school district.
Devyn Irvin created this crisp and professional ePortfolio to summarize her work experience in the field of journalism, ranging from print articles to a documentary. Irvin concisely conveys her intentions and experience in a sample cover letter and digital resume, bringing together multimodal rhetoric and professional communication styles when seeking future marketing endeavours.
Emmy Jones created this ePortfolio as a dynamic space to chronicle her writing and composing progress during her undergraduate tenure at Florida State. In addition, it also stores tools such as a cover letter and resume, serving as a seamless link between academic and professional spheres. Emmy's favorite part about her ePortfolio is the unique and distinctive organization and color choices and how fun it was to choose her favorite writing excerpts to feature.
Hannah Grinbank created this professional ePortfolio to present her accomplishments majoring in both Psychology and Editing, Writing, and Media majors. The website includes artifacts such as a resume, cover letter, and links to Grinbank’s articles on Her Campus. During the design process, Grinbank gave much attention to color and arrangement so that the final product would look inviting and easy to navigate.
Imani Sameem created this multimodal feature article, “TikTok Facilitation of Black Engagement,” to investigate the role of social media within contemporary activist movements and the digital communication of Black experiences. Sameem combines colorful and compelling images with research-based text to structure a persuasive case for engaging with social media platforms like TikTok, despite its flaws, as a way to combat systems of racial oppression in our digital age.
Lauren Perez composed this professional ePortfolio to represent herself in light of her involvement in a legal criminal defense internship. Intentionally stream-lined and minimalistic, this portfolio demonstrates Perez’s capacity to advocate for legal rights through a multi-genre compilation of texts, represent herself with professional documents like a cover letter and resume, and devise a website with neutral but professional visual rhetoric.
Marlowe Dunn Flom initially created this ePortfolio for an English class as a way to archive and present some of his most outstanding work alongside several reflections about the pieces, a resume detailing his work experience, and other materials that served to professionally characterize Marlowe. Following its initial creation, Marlowe ended up updating the resume and using this ePortfolio to demonstrate his experiential growth following an editorial writing and public relations internship. While the ePortfolio reflects an aspirational PR professional, Marlowe is proud of the diverse array of writing and design included in the site, from journalistic and academic to poetic, and is truly honored to be able to present it to others.
Lilly Krause created this ePortfolio to display some of her favorite pieces she had written before her third year at FSU, and to look back upon her progress in her first year as an Editing, Writing, and Media student. She enjoyed the opportunity to blend her English coursework with her passion for her other major, Political Science. Her favorite thing about her portfolio is that it is an expression of the things she loves, while also working towards her aspiration of attending law school.
Maxine Martinez created this ePortfolio to showcase some of the work she has completed at FSU. Martinez enjoyed the process of revising, formatting, and designing the website. She has always been interested in blending creativity with professionalism and feels her ePortfolio is a great example of this.
Nagham Mashraqi created this ePortfolio for her ENC3416 course as a way to display her work done throughout the semester. Nagham enjoyed the opportunity to display her work and reflect on the important skills she learned that are vital to the job application process, such as formatting a resume. She appreciated the opportunity to revise her work and design her portfolio in a way that is reflective of her personality.
Miriam Sancey created this feature article, “Entering Keon County,” for ENC 3416. The article addresses FSU’s football team and the role of Keon Coleman’s performance pushing the team’s success to greater heights.
Nat Jimenez Torres’s feature article, “reggaeton revolution: examining machismo y feminista in the urbana movement,” studies the development, investigation, and subversion of gendered conventions within the reggaeton music genre and the urbana movement.
Through cultivating this circulation map, Nat Jiménez Torres outlines the development and transmission of voguing through a multitude of cultural and historical channels.
Nat Jiménez Torres’ ePortfolio houses visual designs from various courses and extracurricular activities as well as undergraduate writing samples. The portfolio organizes Torres’ work into digital design and academic writing to demonstrate the connection between multidisciplinary interests.
In her professional ePortfolio, Olivia Villarreal demonstrates her wide-ranging skillset as a double major in Psychology and Editing, Writing, and Media. Here, one can peruse artifacts from her interdisciplinary college career.
Naomi Cox’s professional ePortfolio showcases her career as a student and a growing professional within the Editing, Writing, and Media program. Here, one can locate artifacts that demonstrate her fluency in digital composition styles and writing prowess.
By generating a detailed circulation map for ENC 3416, Rachel Olson documents how the mockumentary BBC special Ghostwatch grew to become a significant cultural phenomenon.
Sarah Gutierrez built this ePortfolio as a virtual space to showcase her projects and creative style as a student, writer, and artist. Gutierrez’s plan for her ePortfolio was to create an aesthetically pleasing collection of her works that also reflects her passion for language, literature, and affinity for creating. The design is intentionally eclectic, reminiscent of a scrap book as to blend the worlds of visual and written expression.
In crafting this circulation map, Sarah Gutierrez studied the history and evolution of “Kilroy was here,” the ubiquitous graffiti tag that emerged during World War II and captivated audiences in the decades to follow. Gutierrez presents “Kilroy was here” as a testament to the enduring power of the human spirit that provided displaced soldiers with a momentary escape from the conflict’s grim realities, showcasing the omnipresence of viral communication in the absence of modern technology. Gutierrez enjoyed exploring rhetoric’s role in shaping messages that transcend their origins and work as symbols of global interconnectedness.
In this feature article, Sarah Gutierrez arranged collage-style images and text in a magazine article layout to address growing anti-Asian prejudice in America. Gutierrez engaged with the genre conventions of a Vox article to present rhetoric that attends to both credible statistics and visual aesthetics.
Thea Janes designed her portfolio to have “a fun yet professional appeal” when presenting herself as a young professional interested in both English and education. Artifacts such as an open letter, infographic, and feature article deliver various social advocacies through versatile modes, as Janes demonstrates her ability to compose across genre and mediums.