MAPS
Mass Shootings in the United States since 1982
This map created through Google Fusion Tables displays all mass shooting occurring in the United States since 1982 according to data pulled from a Mother Jones article and data set. The states are color coded to show the range of mass shootings in each state, and data points have been plotted in the city where each mass shooting took place with details about the occurrence. A mass shooting in this data set has been defined as a shooting in which four or more people are killed, not including the perpetrator.
Story Mapping Gainesville, Ga.
This map created through Mapbox is a compilation of business stories that have been published in the Gainesville Times over the course of 2015. Each point includes the headline, a photo, a portion of the story with a link to read more, a button linked to directions to the business and a button linked to each business' website if they have one. The credit information for the photos and articles are also linked back to the photographer's Instagram account and writer's Twitter account if they had one. The idea of the map was to allow our readers to see other stories they might have missed about businesses that we have reported on, as well as give reporters an idea of what sections of our coverage area we tend to give the most/least of our attention.
TIMELINES
Jeanette Rankin Scholarship Timeline
This timeline was created through Timeline JS as part of an interactive iBook project for my capstone New Media Institute class. The timeline's purpose was to educate individuals selecting scholarship recipients on the history of the Jeanette Rankin Scholarship Fund and show them where they fit into its history. The timeline includes embedded maps and videos, text and contributed photos.
GRAPHIC ELEMENTS
Personal Logo
This is a personal logo I have created to represent myself. Although there were several phases of this logo, this is the final version. I started out with the idea that I wanted my initials, "eos," to a be prominent aspect of the design and also that my middle initial, "o," would be the largest. My name, Erin Smith, is one of the most common names there are, but what makes my name different from all of the other Erin Smith's is my middle initial. Then I decided it needed to relate to the direction I am going with my work - digital. The E in the logo also serves as a rendition of the WiFi symbol. This is also to show that I am connected to what is going on in society. I used a grayscale version of this logo as a watermark for my photography.
Type Face
This graphic is a compilation of my initials "eos" and a few parentheses in different colors and shades to create an overall picture of me. I used one of the photos from my About Me page as a reference while I was creating this graphic. This was a project for my graphics in journalism class in the visual journalism department at the University of Georgia.
Legally Facebook
This graphic was created for a story printed in the Red & Black newspaper that was about a case in which a University of Georgia student was suing another party over the use of a photo she posted on Facebook.