Revision Process Project 2

The revision process for project two was much different than project one. It was different because I had to use more visual components than actual writing and narrow down what I had and wanted to write about much more.  For today’s workshop I brought in a draft of what the final product will look like. I used a word document with the newsletter option because I thought that would be the best format for our topic of lead in the drinking water. I personally thought that newspapers are a good form of media to get across important information to a general audience.  We decided to narrow down the information of what we wanted to write about to the effects of lead in general, the effects of lead on children specifically, and the effects of lead on adults and pregnant women specifically. To reach the audience more emotionally, we brought in real life events where lead has caused major issues in the United States. We brought up pollution and contaminants in Woburn Massachusetts that took place in 1982, and the Flint Michigan Water Crisis. I think that it was important to not only take a logistical approach in getting the general public to understand the dangers of lead in water, but emotionally to make them feel as if this could happen to them if their government, town, city, state, or country doesn’t take proper measures in ensuring that drinking water is safe. Working in pairs definitely made the process easier because it cut the work load in half and made It easier to figure out which pieces of information would get the message across most effectively.  Composing in new media also made the process much easier.   We were able to utilize charts and pictures to make a logical and emotional argument and get our message across.