This past week, we were assigned a public relations project where we had to talk to a student about a project they were doing, whether it be a senior project or a different independent project. I was put in a partnership with Brendan to talk about a fourth year's project on an electric car.
And so began the long process...
I missed the class where we were told about our assignments and the process, but I was feeling confident enough to offer to send the email asking for an interview. I had been under the impression that these assignments were on only senior projects, so I contacted the student about the car, thinking it was his senior project. Long story short, we ended up interviewing him on tofu, his true senior project. It was interesting, however it wasn't what either Brendan or I were expecting. That was our first lesson. Always know exactly what you need to interview someone about.
This assignment was actually really interesting. In high school I used to write the press releases for my plays, but I never realized exactly how much more goes into these public relations kits. Each section took far more time than I had expected. I also had to do quite a bit of research on tofu as I didn't get all the information I needed from our interviewee.
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