Meet Shelley!- Public Writing/Blogger Workshop

ABOUT SHELLEY MANN

Shelley Mann is the editor-in-chief of Columbus Alive! Read her biography here.

Post 1: http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2011/01/27/staff-pick-fitz-and-the-tantrums-at-the-newport.html

Post 2: http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/11/25/victorias-secret-fashion-show-2010.html

Post 3: http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/09/23/movie-review-cairo-time.html

Post 4: http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2011/02/17/new-bar-the-quarthouse-bar--grill.html?sid=108

Post 5: http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2011/02/17/monthly-meet-up-helps-city-go-green.html?sid=108

Review the attached articles, and familiarize yourself with ColumbusAlive.com. How would you characterize the site and print paper’s audience—who is the “public” Shelley and her writers are producing this publication for? What are the rhetorical goals of their pieces? What particular challenges might arise when writing for a local audience?