Mel Fronczek
multiskilled, audience aware digital journalist
Web Development
Softening stigma: Abe Shapiro is an IU senior with autism. He’s working to make campus more inclusive of people with neurodevelopmental disorders. | Indiana Daily Student, February 2020
First place in Best Multimedia Package (2020 Apple Awards, College Media Association). Second place in Multimedia Feature Story of the Year (2020, Associated Collegiate Press).
This story is the product of a team reporting project in which I served as a multimedia reporter and worked with a writer and photographer for six months. As the multimedia reporter, one of my main responsibilities was determining how the story and its multiple elements would appear on the web. We sorted through hundreds of photos and together chose which to include in the web buildout. I worked with my teammates to determine the placement of multimedia, and I coded a template, created by another IDS staffer, to create a unique buildout for the story and its many elements.
Infographic
LEFT: 3 in 1,000 IU students registered for autism disorders with DSS last semester. RIGHT: How did students register? | Indiana Daily Student, February 2020
These graphics are part of the multimedia story "Softening stigma."
I obtained the number of students registered for each autism spectrum disorder during the fall 2019 semester from IU's Office of Disability Services for Students and calculated a ratio and percentages.
LEFT: Breaking down the ridiculousness of the 'Riverdale' Season 3 finale | IU Media School, November 2019
This infographic was produced for an advanced reporting for visuals course taught by New York Times graphics editor Larry Buchanan.
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Data Map
Tattoo shops in Indiana | IU Media School, February 2019
This map was produced for an advanced multimedia course.
I collected this data by reaching out to hundreds of tattoo shops across the state and asking each survey questions.
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Magazine Design
London issue of 463 Magazine | IU Media School, October 2019
These magazine spreads were produced for a graphic design course.
I was provided with a hundreds of photos and a few stories to choose from and used them to create these spreads for this fictional magazine.
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November issue of Alzheimer's Association magazine | IU Media School, December 2018
These magazine spreads were produced for an introductory visual communication course.
I used my own photos and written story to create these spreads for this fictional magazine.
Poster Design
LEFT: coffee shop poster | IU Media School, November 2019
This poster was produced for a graphic design course.
I created this poster for a fictional coffee shop during a step-by-step tutorial.
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ABOVE: Harry Styles tour poster | IU Media School, November 2019
This poster was produced for a graphic design course.
I created this poster for a fictional music tour mostly by using the Pen tool and gradients in Adobe Illustrator.
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RIGHT: The Newspaper front page | IU Media School, October 2019
This newspage was produced for a graphic design course.
I was provided with a few photos and stories to choose from and decided which were most interesting or newsworthy to be on the front page of this fictional newspaper.
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