- What is the name of your project?
- “A Duluthian’s Guide To Tackling Crazy” (I know this isn’t 1-3 words, but I really like what I have right now. When referencing the project–i.e. in my about us page–I call it “A Duluthian’s Guide”
- What is a good, short description of or catchphrase for your project? “Making Mental Health Care Easy” (definitely open to suggestions)
- What will happen in your project? What topic do you want to explore or focus on? What is your project’s mission (2-3 sentences)?
- Ideally, people living in Duluth, specifically college-aged students, will have a better understanding of local mental health care options. My topic explores the stigma around mental illness and what we can do to change society’s perception of mental health care. My project’s mission is to provide easily-accessible information on mental health resources in the Duluth area.
- What tool do you want to use and learn more about to help you tell your story?
- I think that some tools that I will use are various social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. This will hopefully allow for a greater camaraderie among Duluth locals struggling with similar issues.
- What examples or competing ideas have you discovered that inspire you? This might be work from previous students or it might be professional work you have seen.
- One of the members in my Rough Prototype Peer Review group has a similar concept to mine–hers being about creative ways to de-stress. Though mine is more centered around people seeking mental health care such as therapy, I was inspired to include some at-home techniques to relieve anxiety, depression, and other manifestations of mental illness.
- Looking at the time left in the semester, map out a timeline for successfully creating a prototype for this project in time for the journalism showcase, Monday, April 27.
- March 22-29: I will focus on cleaning up the formatting of the website and making it more cohesive, basically implementing what my group members suggested in terms of organization.
- March 30-April 4: I will continue to add my own stories about mental health and my take on the stigma surrounding mental health in our society to add a personal touch to my website. I will also begin to reach out to different therapists at various health care providers in the Duluth area to ask them questions about their clinics. I will also do the mapping assignment.
- April 5-12: I will officially finish the “about me” segment and hopefully start writing up the interviews from different health care providers in Duluth. I also want to figure out how to include a discussion board on my website so maybe I’ll figure it out around this time.
- April 12-19: I will add the finishing details on my website and any last stories I need to write for the project.
- April 20-27: Whatever else I need to do to finish the project.
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