Week of October 8 - 14

This week I continued to post on our theme for the month "National Adopt a Shelter Dog" month. After introducing the topic for the month last week I began this week by talking with a family who has recently adopted a dog from the humane society. I talked with the Nephew family about thier recent adoption of "Grizz". The interview went very well. I felt very much like a reporter in this situation. I came up with about 15 fairly open ended questions to ask the Nephews about proir to our conversation. One thing I realized while I was writing up my questions was that depending upon the answers given I would need to follow up with different questions. I had to follow up with the right questions so the Nephews could fully tell me all about thier experience.

I had a little bit of difficulty getting a hold of the Nephews for my interview, and didn't get to talk with them until Tuesday. I had hoped to meet with them over the weekend. I really wanted to post on the blog Wed. So I made sure to e-mail Nukhet, my post approver, Monday to let her know I would be sending a draft of my post to her early Tuesday afternoon. We had problems with communication however, and I wasn't able to post until late Friday night.

I have continued to work on my next couple posts. I broke my interview information down into small groups so as not to overwhelm readers. I am happy with the direction I have. I will make sure to continue to give Nukhet more time to approve my posts.

time
50 mins = class
45 mins = interview
60 mins = preperation for interview
60 mins = prepare and post draft.
20 mins = look at others class and organization blogs.