Brandon's Story

This week I chose Brandon Call's story as the best. I think he had a great story idea and I think it was a great way to pay tribute. I think it was excellent that he used so many sources and executed it very well. I'm impressed by how far he's grown.  I think it was also a unique approach to a sports story because it wasn't the typical win/loss score reporting.
As far as the multimedia I think it was awesome to really see the coaches personality in it. The only change I would make is rather than using cross-disolve transitions each time he cut the clip, I would've but a picture instead, rather than having a large group of photos in the start and a couple more in the rest of the video. But I think overall he had a great story.

Maren's Story

This week I chose Maren's Story as the best of the class. It applies directly to UNM students, which I think is a good thing. Not to mention, with the cost of everything on the rise, it's nice that she pointed out one rising cost that we might not always think of: studying abroad.
I think her story was well written and flowed well. I wish she would have talked to a student about their thoughts/feelings on the cost, but I still liked the sources she used.
I am glad though that she talked to a student on her soundslide, I think it added strength to her story. I had difficulties getting her entire soundslide to play but I don't know if that was my computer or hers causing that. But, in my opinion, over 2 minutes seems a little long. Overall I think she did a great job and it was very informative.