Introducing the Founders of Impoverished NYC:

Carolyn Balcom focused on:

Creating political cartoons; Creating PSA Advertisements; Recording both interviews; Researching/Analyzing /poverty demographics/trends; Formatting/Designing the website; Creating the about page; Taking pictures/Creating images for homepage

Writing: “Simply the Facts” and “Looking Beyond” Pages

Freda Iskhakova focused on:

Researching the link of the recession to poverty; Conducting the interview with a professor from the urban studies department

Writing: “Introduction to the 2008 Recession” Page

Victoria Yagudayeva focused on:

Researching/Analyzing mitigation efforts; Contacting various organizations/individuals to find interviewees; Conducting the interview with Lauren May; Finding outside sources: PBS video (Poverty linked to Recession/Lack of Economic Opportunities); Taking pictures/Creating images for homepage

Writing: “Government Mitigation Efforts” and “Other Mitigation Efforts” Pages

Rebecca Lee has since renamed her bird Kermit and focused on:

Researching/Analyzing the link of the recession to poverty; Inside Job Documentary; Editing and Transcribing interview videos; Shooting intro footage for interview videos; Shooting footage for homepage video; Creating homepage video; Creating word clouds

Writing: “What’s the Recession Have to Do With It?” Page