The overall formatting of this Press Release interested me the most. I like the simplicity of the layout as the paragraphs are short and each get to the point in only a few sentences. The most difficult part of this was, however, cutting out information that was not necessary so that the paragraphs were short and concise. Through a group effort, we were able to come up with a one page Press Release. I was able to imagine a wide variety of people that would be reading this release and that helped me when writing various parts of the document. Through this assignment, I was able to complete four course objectives.
These completed outcomes are:
- Create professional documents that use plain English
- Conduct research to create content for a variety of professional documents
- Create professional documents that use design–standard formats, layout, use of graphics, etc. and
- Participate productivity in collaborative projects
The plain English that was used in this document allowed for information to be quickly accessed. This document is professional as it would be used in a variety of settings in order to release new products or to advertise for possible events. The Press Release used a standard block format which made formatting the document easy as well as using the company logo at the top of the page. I also completed this project with the help of my teammates from the Brochure assignment which made it easier to know what to write and where it should be placed in the document.