Tuesday, February 23, 2010

What I learned from story 2

My second story was about a biologist and his extensive work on freshwater ecosystems. Since the article dealt with subjects of scientific nature, it was both complicated and informative. I was overwhelmed by the amount of information I needed to condense into the story. Dr. Drenner has done a ton of things in his life, and there were several different angles I could have put on the story. I decided that I wanted to focus on the amount of research he has done, what research he has done, and what he has done as an educator and Department Chair. I used the other things I learned about him as anecdotes to draw up the image of the man. I was challenged by the scientific jargon, since I learned in my previous piece the hard way, I wanted to make it as simple for readers as possible. I tried to keep scientific terms out as much as I could, and I tried to explain in laymen's terms.


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