NEWS STORIES
News package from capstone and data visualization courses
DONATING WIGS TO CANCER PATIENTS: A LOVE JOURNEY ACROSS THE PANDEMIC BARRIER
HOW SHOULD WE TREAT MATERNAL DEATH — TO HEAL THE COUNTRY INSTEAD OF PATIENTS ONLY
STRIVE FOR SURVIVAL: THE INCREASED AMOUNT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVING IN BOSTON
March, 2022
As the last customers left Ecco, the oldest and most well-known hair beauty salon in Boston's Chinatown, Assistant Manager Amy Ping opened her locker. She took out a Ziploc baggie containing 14 inches of braids that glows softly under the light. Ping had grown her hair for over a year. Last weekend, she asked her colleagues to cut it off to give to a patient with a malignant tumor.
March, 2022 (data-informed)
In the world's poorest countries, limited food supplies and behindhand medical quality put a woman's life at risk if she is pregnant. Especially in rural areas, where there is a shortage of medicines and specialized treatment, maternal mortality rates are exceptionally high.
FEATURE STORIES
Work samples from feature writing and journalism research courses
SCRIPT MURDER: THE "SECOND LIFE" GAME INDUSTRY
DAUGHTER OF OCEAN
OVERSEAS ACCOMPANYING LIFE: A CHINESE MOTHER'S TRIP TO THE US
January, 2022
In the board game era, Script Murder was strictly a game for mystery lovers, where the key was to "catch the real killer" according to characters' timelines. However, as the Script Murder has changed from a traditional board game to an offline experience activity similar to Escape Room, its game context has gradually evolved into diversified scenarios.
October, 2021
Suddenly a splash of water fell into the Cabin, someone on the boat exclaimed, “Look! It's an orcas!” Rays of sunlight broke through the gathering clouds, and the orcas leaped out of the shimmering sea in their large, graceful figure. “I told you, it’s going to clear up.” When Mandy turned to look at the owner of the voice, there was something earnest and zealous shining in her eyes.
December, 2019
Before Yan Wang accompanies her daughter to go abroad for study, she made a calculation about the traveling fee with her husband. Apart from the necessary rent and the cost of groceries for Yue, Wang tries to keep her monthly living expenses under $500. "I have nothing to buy, and the $500 is mainly spent on buying materials for making tasty meals for my daughter."
FICTION
Productions from creative writing and feature film writing courses
CAT FEEDING
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
SCRIPT: PENALTY
December, 2019
We looked around for the cat. The doors of the three rooms were locked, and at the end of one hallway, there were two large bags of cat food, a whole box of cat cans, and two small white China bowls. I put cat food in one bowl and water in the other, then called softly, "little Curl, come and eat."
January, 2020
It was a night not dark enough to be called a night, especially in the city place. There are always lights that refuse to go out late at night, and very few of them really need to be turned on. It is as if people were in a silent conflict between light and the laws of nature: an attempt to prolong the wasted hours in the morning by making artificial daytime, and to render the night virtually another wasted day.
March, 2020
Xue’s figure has now presented a kind of girl-charm with slender waist and slightly developed chest, outlining a beautiful curve in the sunset. Her lotus-roots-like arms are fondling in the rippling blue river, a crystal sweat drops down along her soft face, a faint flush gradually shows on her cheeks. Those misty, wet eyes are clearer and brighter now, only her slight frown still tells a sense of cowardice and melancholy.