KTZ 332 Portfolio

Hey! What’s Your Deal?

Katie Zwick is a senior at Central Michigan University, majoring in Broadcast and Cinematic Arts with minors in Cinema Studies and French. She hopes to pursue a career in film archival. Expected date of graduation: December 2020. This website was created in accordance with the curriculum…

Female Musicianship in the 2010s

The 2010s are about to come to a close, and, more than anything, it seems as though they have been a decade of reinvention and innovation. Social media has taken hold, and fed a frenzied, interactive culture through which consumers demand anything and everything in an…

Thinking Critically About My Relationship with Spaghetti Sauce

My mom has always been frustrated with my picky-eating. Coming from a Lebanese family, cooking has always been important to her. Holidays were not complete without hand-rolled grape leaves, kibbeh, and so. Much. Baklava…

Spotify Algorithm

The modern equivalent of a love letter is a Spotify playlist. Mixtape, to use a dated term (sorry, Trevor). Crafting the perfect blend of songs can be personal and meaningful, making the recipient of the mixtape feel like a million bucks. Now, Spotify gives its users mixtapes daily. People are…

Album Review — Be the Cowboy

Bon Anniversaire, Monsieur Eros

I spent the Spring 2019 semester in Angers, France. I was studying French, and lived with a host mom…

Tell A Story — Different Shots

Data Wrapper Day 2: Mapmaking