Saturday, April 7, 2012

Links to Samples of my Digitally Published Journalistic Works


Print Journalism


These are links to articles that I wrote while working for the Communications & Marketing Department during the Summer of 2010.


UWG Perspective: Exceptional Educators: (After clicking the link, Scroll Down to Pages 18-19) A piece that I wrote for the digital publication of the UWG Alumni Magazine, "UWG Perspective"


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Restaurant Research Gains National RecognitionA piece I wrote that was featured on the UWG webpage.
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RESTAURANT RESEARCH GAINS NATIONAL RECOGNITION


Contact: Brittany Reid                              
Cell Phone: 404-274-5609
Email: breid2@my.westga.edu

Recognition by a national organization is great.  Recognition by two national organizations is awesome.  Recognition by three national organizations is fabulous and recognition by three national groups and a state council is phenomenal!  This was the reward of four students at the University of West Georgia who had the honor of attending two national conferences and a state conference for their marketing research project conducted in 2009.  They will be attending a third national conference later this year.

Ameen Kazerouni, Chelsea Briant, Adam Szaruga, and Armando Ramos performed graduate level marketing research under the guidance of Dr. Beheruz Sethna.  The research project was an extension of his Business Challenges class, and consisted of comparing the businesses of Mexican restaurants in the local Carrollton area.  The students pinpointed variables that could enhance the restaurants’ business, as well as the variables that could potentially slow down their business.  The two main restaurants chosen for this experiment were The Boarder and The Grillage.

After about five months of collecting data, converting written information to variables, calculating, and staying up from 3-5 am to revise, revise, and revise their research for an academically accurate report, the team’s results were well worth the sleepless nights.  They discovered that the variables that had the strongest influence on the restaurants’ business were cost, quickness, and variety. They presented their information to the restaurants and soon afterwards, they noticed changes in both The Boarder and The Grillage.  The team felt that the restaurants appreciated the hard work that they put into the project.  Not surprisingly, several conferences appreciated the team’s hard work as well.

Once the project was finished, the National Social Science Association (NSSA), the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), and the Georgia Collegiate Honors Council (GCHC) recognized the students’ results. Members of the team attended conferences for all three organizations, and they were invited to attend National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) conference, which will be held in October of this year. The team also won first place at the NSSA conference, which will publish their work in late fall-early winter of 2010.  Needless to say, the students were thrilled.

“Our goal was always to go to a conference.   Our focus wasn’t so much on the fact that the project was a part of our class, but we definitely wanted to make sure the quality was strong enough to be accepted by a national conference,” says Briant.  So it’s no wonder that the group was positively ecstatic when their work was accepted by more than just one national conference.

 “Getting together with colleagues to conduct this experiment was a brilliant rush.  We put a lot of sweat, blood, and tears into this project, and we were blessed to be recognized by four conferences,” says Kazerouni.  The students also agree that the project could not have been completed without Dr. Sethna.  “He was not just our professor, he was an essential part of the team.  He was also the most enthusiastic member of our group; Dr. Sethna is a genius,” the entire team agreed.

Now the students eagerly await viewing printed renditions of their work in publications of the NSSA, and their work is currently undergoing a second review for NCUR’s publications.  They also hope that their research will be published again after they attend the NCHC conference.

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Terry Receives Threadgill ScholarshipAnother piece I wrote that was featured on the UWG webpage.
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Contact: Brittany Reid                              
Cell Phone: 404-274-5609
Email: breid2@my.westga.edu

TERRY FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE JACK E. THREADGILL SR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Jocelyn Deanne Terry is the inaugural recipient of the Jack E. Threadgill, Sr. Memorial Scholarship.  This scholarship was established to reward outstanding and deserving students in the field of accounting.  Ms. Terry is a junior at the Richards College of Business majoring in accounting with an expected graduation date of December 2011.  She has achieved a GPA of 3.5 while working part-time as a bookkeeper and taking a full course load.  Ms. Terry is active in her community, currently serving as the Vice President of the United Voices Gospel Choir and as Ministry Leader of the Blessed Sacrifice Dance Ministry.

"I am honored to receive this scholarship.  I express my condolences to the Threadgill family and thanks to those who contributed to this scholarship,” says Terry. “I also give God the glory, thank my parents for raising and encouraging me, and I thank the Richard's College of Business for choosing me as a recipient.” Terry is excited about furthering her studies in her selected career field, “I look forward to continuing my education in Accounting and becoming a successful Certified Public Accountant."
The scholarship honors Jack E. Threadgill, a respected accountant in the Carrollton community who served as the first public accountant in the area.  Threadgill was also the first president of two West Georgian Chapters: the National Association of Accountants and the Georgia Society of CPAs.
An active volunteer in his community, Threadgill was a dedicated leader and an integral part of many local business organizations. In 1989 he was named Beta Gamma Sigma business honoree and given an award in 1996 by the University of West Georgia Foundation for his outstanding service to the community.  
The Jack E Threadgill Sr. memorial scholarship will be given out annually, and each recipient may only receive it once.
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If you would like more information, contact the University of West Georgia’s Communications and Marketing department at 678-839-6464

Video Journalism


These are links to videos that I shot and uploaded to the UWG Media blog while working for the Communications & Marketing Department during the Summer of 2010.