INSTAGRAM CAPTIONS
During the summer, I was able to create Instagram captions for @nytimes, @nytarchives and @racerelated. I would take the related story and edit it down to caption size. I was responsible for using Instagram style, including tagging related people and things, as well as hashtags.
July 14, 2017
NEW YORK CITY’S LEADING “PUP-FLUENCERS”
The oversized couch in Central Park was crowded with Instagram celebrity dogs and cushions bearing the logo of Scotch-Brite lint rollers. The #dogs wore lime green and yellow Scotch-Brite bandannas and their owners wore expressions of strenuous amusement. The event, Scotch-Brite said, featured some of New York City’s leading “pup-fluencers”...(more) Word count: 176
July 14, 2017
@KEEGANMIC’S DREAM?
On @comedycentral’s “Key and Peele,” @keeganmic played any number of outrageous characters: an “anger translator” for @barackobama; a battle-honed substitute teacher adjusting to a mostly white classroom; a squad’s worth of oddly named college football players....(more) Word count: 203
July 20, 2017
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CRUST
Never say no to prize-winning pie. This maple #blueberrypie, with its generous amount of fruit and sweetness from maple syrup, won the blueberry-division prize in the 2017 National Pie Championships. A few little tricks raise it above others like it...(more) Word count: 148
June 27, 2017
JAZZERCISERS SQUEEZING IN A LAST-MINUTE DANCE
In July 1986, the Statue of Liberty turned 100. To celebrate its centennial, New York City organized Liberty Weekend, a “4-day, $30 million extravaganza” complete with “a bonanza of harbor activities, street festivals, fireworks, concerts, races and other events.” (more) Word count: 200
August 9, 2017
ANNIVERSARY OF MICHAEL BROWN'S DEATH
3 years ago today, Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, was shot and killed by a white police officer in #Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. He was shot at least 6 times, twice in the head...(more) Word count: 118
July 27, 2017
“¿QUÉ NECESITA?” HE ASKED
Just after dawn, a line of officers marched to the gate outside Fidel Delgado’s home with guns drawn, one holding a rifle. Fidel emerged bare-chested from his home and with a look of confusion. “¿Qué necesita?” he asked: What do you need?...(more) Word count: 191