Author Archives: Taylor Sniffen

After spending the week following the story of Disney World reopening I found that social media was a great way to get all the info about the event and surprisingly most of the posts that I came across were extremely factual and had other links. These links lead to full articles and more credible sourcesContinue reading “The Happiest Place on Earth is Reopening its Gates”

You read about it every day. Social media and technology are destroying communication and creating desensitized and unfocused kids. In reality, social media hasn’t destroyed communication it’s just changed it. In Clay Shirky’s TED Talk about social media making history he focuses on three major changes social media has made and even though he spokeContinue reading “Social Media Made History, but I’ve been too Busy Using it to Notice”

How writing for the ear, differs from writing for the eyes. When you’re reading an article, digital or hard copy, and you don’t understand a piece of it you can pause and re-read over the section multiple times. You can sound out the letters and say the words over and over until your brain eventuallyContinue reading “Writing to Hear It, Not to See It”

The best practices in language, style and content for a business document in the professional world. Writing for business and writing for personal purposes are two completely different things. In any kind of medium or length there are differences in the style, format and tone of the overall composition. When writing a business email, whiteContinue reading “Personal vs Business: What’s the Difference”

The life and legacy of Helen (Bonnie) Delia As a child, I went over to my grandparents’ house multiple times a week. They lived right down the street, so it was really easy to get there. There were always more desserts in their house than mine and I got to stay up late, so itContinue reading “What She Left Behind”

The purpose of my longform writing is to explore my grandmother’s very trying life and long fight with both breast cancer and ALS. I want to show how strong of a role model she was for me and many other members of our family and depict the legacy that she has now left behind sinceContinue reading “Long Form Writing Purpose Statement”

 In order to access the effectiveness of longform online writing I went onto the internet and found a long form film critique and analyzed it. When looking for the correct critique to analyze I chose a film that is very divisive amongst audience members and critics and I also chose the critic that’s been doingContinue reading “What is Effective Online Writing?”

The audience is the most important part to any form of art. It doesn’t matter what medium or what avenue your creating in, whether it’s writing, film, art, dance, song or music, if you don’t take your audience into consideration, than you’ve missed your purpose. In order to create something that is going to beContinue reading “Who Should Our Audience Be?”

            Overtime blogs have become a great way for large groups of people with similar likes and dislikes to come together and share their thoughts in a public domain. People have been able to take blogging and make it into a living. But there are many different types of blogs and not all of themContinue reading “Good Blogs vs Bad Blogs”

Taylor Sniffen is a young journalist and film student. She has been studying both avenues of media at Quinnipiac University for the past three years. She enjoys creating content in all forms of media, including graphic design, photography, film and journalism. Taylor has had multiple hands on industry internships and jobs, including working for theContinue reading “Taylor Sniffen Professional Bio”