Final Project on Weebly

The intention of the site is to encourage people to get involved in Bethlehem and realize all it has to offer that goes unnoticed, as well as how their involvement will benefit the city's sense of community.

Ideas for inclusion in the top bar are:
Home
Voices of Bethlehem
Video Stories/Photogallery
Calendar
      Past Highlights
      Future Highlights
Spring on 4th
Blog
About Us

The right rail will include a twitter feed and podcast clip and link to the full podcast.

Main stories (below) will be covered via writing, video, audio through reporting, research and interviews.
WHY YOU GET INVOLVED IN THE BETHLEHEM COMMUNITY (homepage)

WHAT BETHLEHEM CAN OFFER YOU (included on homepage)

culture, history, pride, appreciation

Events:

Spring on 4^th

Musikfest

First Fridays

Spring Fling Sidewalk Sale

WHAT YOU CAN OFFER BETHLEHEM (included on homepage)

Get to know the city: feature different small businesses

Get to know the people: feature people from the Boys & Girls Club, Bookstore Speakeasy, Homebase Skateshop, CVS, Touchstone Theater, residents

The Greenway/its mission and how you can further it

Spring on 4th

Storify: Spring on 4th

Community Involvement

Vaness Rodriguez shares her feeling about community involvement and the relationship between the Lehigh and Bethlehem communities.

Embracing the South Bethlehem Community

The interviewee featured in this slideshow is Silagh White, administrative director of ArtsLehigh. I have spoken with White several times about several subjects, and I just take a general interest in her ideas and commitment to the city. As a member of both the often separate Lehigh and Bethlehem communities, she offers an important insight and understanding to improving the relationships within the city of Bethlehem and enhancing its sense of community.

I intended to capture images of the communal efforts toward improving South Bethlehem, while embracing it for what it is: a cultural city rich with history and home to the Bethlehem Steel Mill and Lehigh University. I also wanted to reveal to some extent the relationship between Lehigh and Bethlehem and the fact that moves toward integration can more easily be made than some might anticipate.

This, I discovered was difficult to do in  three minutes and thirty pictures. I think my message got a little lost in translation, but I expect to better understand how to coordinate image and audio after this trial. A second issue I encountered was having too much material to edit. This didn't cause problems, but it certainly lengthened the amount of editing time.

Student Mugging Slideshow

I interviewed Lehigh University student, Amber Czulada '13, about the recent increase of student muggings.

The Bethlehem Community

Slideshow of South Bethlehem Muggings of Lehigh University Students