My Projects
Here are projects that I have completed in the categories of journalism and graphic design.
Creative Application Project
For this graphic design project, I made my own version of an advertisement that broke a few rules of the principles of graphic design. I used my creativity, graphic design skills, and knowledge and research regarding rules of graphic design to create my version of the advertisement.
Profile Story
Skoolers Tutoring in Athens, GA tutors on average 40% of undergraduate University of Georgia business students per semester. The key question about this is how Skoolers obtains almost half of the business students every semester while releasing zero advertisements. Jon Aleman explains how he started Skoolers and what has contributed to his business' success. By Madison Balk, 679 words, photos, video
Event Coverage
Envision Athens hosted a well-being event on Oct. 20 at the Classic Center to introduce the 2022 Good Neighbor Award winners, share data about the well-being of Athens’ citizens through a presentation from the Athens Wellbeing Project and gave the audience a chance to share what they think should change in the Athens community. By Madison Balk, 527 words, photos, video
News Conference Story
At Mayor Kelly Girtz’s latest news conference, University of Georgia students learned about local and national safety, as well as Girtz’s present and future plans to keep the Athens community safe. Girtz shared statistics about crime rates and Athens’ safety that left an impression on this crowd. By Madison Balk, 361 words, photo.



