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I am at a stand still right now with my interviewing because I have been getting very slow responses from each of the legislators. Luckily, I have heard back from both of them and if an in person interview does not work out, I can ask them questions over email and hopefully they will continueContinue reading “Week 8”

I spent my weekend reaching out to these legislators I hope to interview. It took me a while to figure out how to word my emails and that was a bit frustrating but I believe I figured it all out. I am now waiting to hear back from them. The other part of work IContinue reading “Week 7”

This week I spent time doing a lot of planning for my upcoming interviews. I did a lot of research on the legislators that I am hoping to interview. With this research, I have been able to come up with plenty of questions to ask them. I am hoping to reach out to them thisContinue reading “Week 6”

I have decided to focus my article around Heath VanNatter and Karen Tallian. These two are going to be my main sources, whether I hear from them or someone who works with them. I am hoping to reach out to them next week when I have access to the exponents resources. If a third sourceContinue reading “Week 5”

This week I thought a lot about what I wanted my legislative article to look like. I think it is really important for me to reach out to Heath VanNatter and Karen Tallian. I am very interested in their motives to push the legalization of marijuana and I think this push could be the mainContinue reading “Week 4”

This past week has been heavy on research. I have been filing through articles from all across the United States. I have been taking plenty of notes and marking important articles that I would like to model my own after. I am focusing primarily on the laws that have been established state by state. RightContinue reading “Week 3”

Getting back into the swing of classes after taking a month off has been tough for me, especially for this being my final semester here at Purdue. This past week, I did a lot of brainstorming on what angle I wanted to write my stories on. I thought a lot about interviewing city officials andContinue reading “Week 2”

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