Brandon H. Meginley

I am currently enrolled in the School of Continuing Studies at Tulane University. I will have received my Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Journalism by Spring of 2010. I have a Bachelor's Degree in English Studies from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. I have always wanted to work with the written word and intend to find a job in print or online journalism. I have experience in website design and development, graphic design, and business management, as well.

My Online Portfolio

Journalism: Articles & Multimedia

I created this video about the Music Science and Technology program at Tulane University for the New Wave, the University's daily online paper.

I wrote this story about a conference on Cuba for the New Wave, Tulane University's daily online paper.

I wrote this story about author Dan Baum for The New Wave, Tulane University's daily online paper.

I wrote this story about Ehud Olmert's speech for the New Wave, Tulane University's daily online paper.

I wrote this article and helped produce this video about artist Li Huai for The New Wave, Tulane University's daily online paper.

I created this audio slideshow and wrote all supplemental material about bike lanes on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans for The New Wave, Tulane University's daily online paper.

I wrote this story about a weekly lecture series at Tulane University for The New Wave, Tulane University's daily online paper.

I wrote this piece about a new music club on Freret Street for Offbeat Magazine.

I created this audio slideshow about Oak Street for Tulane's New Wave, Tulane University's daily online paper.

I wrote this listing piece about Perkasie, a band from Pennsylvania, for Offbeat Magazine. Unfortunately, time restrictions and a website undergoing a major overhaul made it so the piece never saw the light of day. Except here, on my site.

I wrote these three short pieces for Antigravity's Uncovered issue. They cover the bands Giant Cloud, Guerilla Publishing Co., and Necro Hippies. Antigravity only publishes entire PDFs online. After downloading the magazine, just search for my name to see the pieces.

I wrote this piece about June's Vieux-to-Do festival in the French Quarter for Offbeat Magazine.

I wrote this story about a Dan Deacon concert at Tulane University for Offbeat Magazine.

I wrote this story about Professor Michael Cunningham's class, New Orleans Youth: Resilience and Vulnerability in Tomorrow's Leaders, for The New Wave, Tulane University's daily online paper.

I wrote this feature article about Ronald W. Lewis and the museum in his backyard, The House of Dance and Feathers.

I wrote this feature article about the Freret Street business corridor between Jefferson and Napoleon avenues.

Fiction/Poetry

I wrote these poems for Temple University's literary magazine, Hyphen. Download the PDF, search my name or go to pages 78 thru 80.

I wrote this poem, "Untitled", for Temple University's literary magazine, Hyphen. Download the PDF, search my name or go to page 59.

Graphic Design

HomEnergy Solutions Corporate Identity Package

HomEnergy Solutions, a small business dedicated to making homes in New Orleans more energy efficient, asked us to design a complete identity package for them.

This flyer demonstrates my ability to use color, text, and images to create an informative and attractive design.

These logos demonstrate my ability to use Adobe InDesign CS4 to create simple but elegant logos with two very different themes.

This form demonstrates my ability to use Adobe InDesign CS4 to create a basic loan application using effective tables, fonts, and glyphs.

This poster demonstrates my ability to conceptualize and create, as well as design, a poster to raise awareness and encourage New Orleans to 'Go Green.'

This brochure demonstrates my ability to use Adobe InDesign to create a double-sided, triptych brochure for a business.

Website Design & Development

This is a website I built for Pet Behavior Change, LLC, a small-business run by Dr. Megan Maxwell. Dr. Maxwell treats pets with behavioral problems and works with their owners to try and find solutions. Dr. Maxwell has her Ph.D. in Behavioral Science from West Virginia University.

This is the complete web site for the fictional company Body Systems. It demonstrates my ability to storyboard a site, with links within documents, to other documents, and to other websites.

This site demonstrates my ability to create links within a document.

This site demonstrates my ability to work with margins, fonts, texts, and image-maps.

This site demonstrates my ability to work with tables in designing a page layout.

This site demonstrates my ability to work with CSS.

This site demonstrates my ability to work with multimedia files.

This site demonstrates my ability to build a complete website, stylesheets and all.

Film

I wrote this independent short film which was shown locally at the Big Top and in South Carolina at the Indie Grits Film Festival.