The Richards Report

I never really thought about my voice as a writer until I took this class. The most writing I had ever done was two-page book reports for English 12 in high school. My English teacher didn’t mess around and disapproved of chattiness in student’s assignments, so I kept my reports rather straightforward. I would say my journalistic style has been influenced by my favorite authors, C.S. Lewis and Victor Hugo, as well as the journalists featured in the magazine I grew up reading, American Vogue. Although my beloved C.S. Lewis and Victor Hugo are not nearly journalists, (Hugo is more of a poet than Lewis, a novelist,) their writing styles are very clean, elegant, and are very easily recognizable. I would like to think that one could pick my pieces out of a stack if they had read some of my work, but this is just what I would like to think and has yet to be either confirmed or denied. My other great influencers are the contributors of Vogue in nearly every issue for the past ten years. Be...

Week 11 Journal- Media Writing- Women’s Fashion 1.       Marilyn Elezabeth of Marilyn Elezabth Photography, one of the founders of the Fargo-Moorhead Fashion Fashion Collaboration, email  marilynelezabth@gmail.com I would reach out to Marilyn because she has a lot of experience in the local fashion industry and a lot of collections to local designers through the Fargo -Moorhead Fashion Collaboration.  2.       Nels Hunstad of Lost in Fargo, a local fashion brand. Phone number 701-367-1016 I would reach out to Nels because he built his fashion brand from the ground up and has a lot of experience finding out what is marketable to the local community. He designs all of his own merchandise and would be a great connection to have or a good subject to reach out to for insight or comments about local fashion.  3.       Caitlin Day, owner of Willow District, a local women’s clothing store. Phone...

Lululemon and UN’s Partnership  Lululemon has pledged to commit $1 million dollars in the next three years to the Peace on Purpose organization through a partnership with the United Nations. The Peace on Purpose program is an organization through the UN that gives humanitarian aid workers accessible tools to help reduce their stress levels. These tools include self-care and mindfulness resources that have been proven to help decrease stress levels of these humanitarian aid workers working in high-stress situations all over the globe. The goal of Peace on Purpose is to educate and give over 3,000 humanitarian aid workers the tools they need to help their staff de-stress and protect their mental health over the next three years. These materials include tools to teach workers about regulating their emotions, yoga practices, and how to breathe mindfully. The program’s end goal is to reach 30,000 workers with these new mental health-preserving practices.  Chick-Fil-A Streaml...

Lost In Fargo’s New Line of Shirts Made Entirely of Recycled Plastic Lost in Fargo, a local company created and ran by Fargo native Nels Hunstad, is releasing a whole new line of his iconic “Lost in Fargo” tee shirts made entirely out of recycled plastics. Lost in Fargo merchandise is very popular around the area and can be found at a handful of small businesses in Fargo-Moorhead. This new line of merchandise comes from Nels’ passion for the environment and protecting the earth’s precious resources. The plastics that are being used for the fabrication of this new merchandise launch are from the local community as well. The shirts are made entirely of fibers woven from recycled plastics, then printed with ink that is made from soybeans, a sustainable resource. This soy ink is replacing plasticol ink, which is toxic to the environment. Because of this new launch, plastic waste will be reused in a way that puts money back into the local economy, benefiting not only the people of the ar...

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