Social media platforms have grown in popularity over the past few years, and have become a place where people can not only express themselves, but for business purposes as well, serving as a marketing tool. Something fairly new to Instagram is the “Try Instagram Business Tools” option. This option allows each user to turn their platform into a business or brand. It opens up options for the users such as adding their email to their profile, viewing analytics on their posts, and adding a title under their name of “what they are.” An example of this would be, on a professional athlete’s Instagram page under their name and username it…

With the first rough draft and visuals deadline approaching, my progress on my story package project has been progressing. I had the pleasure of interviewing one of my sources on March 8 who is an Instagram blogger/influencer, and I am meeting with another Instagram blogger/influencer this Friday, March 22, who happens to be a professional tennis player as well. Meeting with my first source a couple of weeks ago opened my eyes to more ideas and I think that is all part of this process. Meeting with our sources to learn more ideas that we can add on to our story idea and story package all together. My multimedia will…

It has been so much fun diving into my class project that I am conducting on San Diego based bloggers and influencers. Being passionate about the world of fashion, makeup, beauty, and anything lifestyle has made this assignment feel so natural to me. While reaching out to potential sources via Instagram, I have been able to connect with a few of them. So far, I have four interviews set up for the next couple of weeks. Those sources range from small to large followings on Instagram, which is something that I purposely chose to do to compare their analytics. So far the sources that have confirmed interviews with me are…