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Post #2, Group Work:

Group work is off to a bit of a rough start, as I was unable to share the ability to access word press at the moment. I take responsibility for our groups failure in that. Going forward, it might be good to switch to a Tumblr, as this is a social media website and it handles formatting and account sharing much better. I am also looking forward to working with my group mates through some sort of messaging app, likely Discord. It was a bit of an oversight to not have a robust communications channel, and we will remedy that as soon as possible. As far as what an ideal group would look like going forward, I would love it if we could all help each other out with the posts in the future, at least by proof reading each other's posts. I am looking forward to working with them these next few months.

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Post #1, HOW:

Real Change has a vendor program, where you can sign up to sell the newspaper and be involved in that way. Input is taken from the vendors on how to manage the newspaper, with the governing body changing plans accordingly. Vendors also have the ability to suggest story topics they think are relevant to the community and can even be featured in the newspaper for their writing. As such, it seems there might be a bit of a barrier for students to get published in the newspaper. Some other ways to help contribute would be to become a vendor, raise awareness about the paper, and donations. There is a "I'm Your Neighbor" fund and event going on, with the event being on October 19th at Washington Hall. There are also opportunities to volunteer or internship at the paper.

 

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