Dorian McGowan interview synopsis

For our group project, Victor Mwangi and Kaitlyn Manktelow are planning on interviewing Dorian McGowan. Dorian McGowan is a former professor at Lyndon State College and an amazing artist. During this interview they hope to gain more insight onto the incredible life that Dorian has lived so far from conversing with Norman Rockwell to sketching amazingly accurate portraits on a daily basis. They plan on going to his house and taking pictures of his gallery and his art work. While at his gallery they will be using a digital voice recorder to record his story and a digital camera to document his work. The intended audience for the project is student and faculty at Lyndon State College as well as those living in the Caledonia area. Dorian McGowan is a well-known name around the surrounding area, learning more about him will provide great interest to many people. The fact that he has done so much in his life and accomplished a great deal many of things is what makes this such an interesting story. To hear the story behind his art work and to know more about his accomplishments, his greatest moments, his lowest and what makes his art so dramatic and emotional to look at. The crew members of this project are: Kaitlyn Manktelow Victor Mwangi Both crew members plan on interviewing Dorian and taking pictures of his gallery, his work and the artist himself. Then both crew members will participate in creating the audio slideshow containing the interview as a voice over and the pictures taken during the interview.

Fish of the Sea

Redone wildlife population

Much of the New England part of the United States contains valuable wildlife animals such as the deer, moose and bear populations. Hunting season throughout the New England region helps to regulate the population of these animals.

However, according to Maine’s moose biologist; Lee Kantar, ticks are being found on dead moose after bleeding them dry. Due to this dramatic decrease in the moose population, last year Maine reduced their moose hunting permits by 1000 people.


 Vermont as well has seen a significant drop in their moose population as well, forcing the state to reduce their hunting permits as well. As of January 2014, New Hampshire began a four monitoring of 80-90 moose to determine just how rapid the moose population has and still is declining.


 When one of the collared moose dies, the collar stops transmitting information which allows the scientists and biologists to determine the exact cause of death of each moose. The moose population in Vermont has decreased by nearly a half of what it was less than a decade ago in 2005 while the population in New Hampshire has shrunk more than 3,000.

While the moose population may currently be going down in some areas of New England, the bear and deer population appear to be on the rise. During the 20th century the deer population was down to several hundred in Massachusetts; now, however the population of the white-tailed deer tops 85,000. Despite the increase of the deer population in Vermont, the number of hunters in the state has declined 24.4 percent since the 1980’s.


 Maine’s annual bear hunt began in August which the state hopes will reduce the growing population of bears. It has been determined by Maine officials that the hunters will need to kill between 3,500 to 4,500 bears annually to control the population; that is, between five hundred to a thousand five hundred more than the past decade’s average.

In spite of the rapidly increasing population of bears, there has been a push by the Humane society in Maine to ban certain types of bear hunting making it illegal to bait, trap and hunting the bears with dogs. Those pulling for this law to pass believe that the baiting, trapping and dogs are an unethical way to hunt the bears.  If this effort succeeds, the already increasing bear population will continue to increase at alarming numbers, forcing Maine to reconsider a new way to regulate the population.



The growth in the population may be related to the increase of forest land within the New England region with the decline of farming in the New England region, particularly New Hampshire; the unused farm land becomes overgrown with forestation. The overgrown farmland creates more habitats for the herd animals causing a population growth. r datawrapper.de/chart/GExnm/edit

Audio slide shows and photo galleries

The audio slide show I chose was about well known art that many know and loved but was banned by the government. I think the audio and the pictures did a great way of conveying a story I never knew existed until I saw it. I believe this is a great tool to use; it is a great way to educate, inform and impact an audience emotionally.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29618289

For my photo gallery I choose a visual story on the battle of the Bogside in Ireland in 1969. I think that despite not having the audio, the pictures were able to speak for themselves. I think this is also a great tool, the picture of the spray painted words "We want peace" is so impacting. In this case, these pictures speak a thousand words and more. This is a great way to tell and show a piece of history in a simple and dramatic way.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-29657076

Wildlife population throughout New England

Much of the New England part of the United States contains valuable wildlife animals such as the deer, moose and bear populations. Hunting season throughout the New England region helps to regulate the population of these animals.

However, according to Maine’s moose biologist; Lee Kantar, ticks are being found on dead moose after bleeding them dry. Due to this dramatic decrease in the moose population, last year Maine reduced their moose hunting permits by 1000 people.

 Vermont as well has seen a significant drop in their moose population as well forcing the state to reduce their hunting permits as well. As of January 2014, New Hampshire began a four monitoring of 80-90 moose to determine just how rapid the moose population has and still is declining.

 When one of the collared moose dies, the collar stops transmitting information which allows the scientists and biologists to determine the exact cause of death of each moose. The moose population in Vermont has decreased by nearly a half of what it was less than a decade ago in 2005 while the population in New Hampshire has shrunk more than 3,000.

While the moose population may currently be going down in some areas of New England, the bear and deer population appear to be on the rise. During the 20^th century the deer population was down to several hundred in Massachusetts; now however the population of the white-tailed deer tops 85,000. Despite the increase of the deer population in Vermont, the number of hunters in the state has declined 24.4 percent since the 1980’s.

 Maine’s annual bear hunt began in August which the state hopes will reduce the growing population of bears. It has been determined by Maine officials that the hunters will need to kill between 3,500 to 4,500 bears annually to control the population; that is between five hundred to a thousand five hundred more than the past decade’s average. 

In spite of the rapid increasing population of bears, there has been a push by the Humane society in Maine to ban certain types of bear hunting making it illegal to bait, trap and hunting the bears with dogs. Those pulling for this law to pass believe that the baiting, trapping and dogs are an unethical way to hunt the bears.  If this effort succeeds, the already increasing bear population will continue to increase at alarming numbers, forcing Maine to reconsider a new way to regulate the population.

The growth in the population may be related to the increase of forest land within the New England region with the decline of farming in the New England region, particularly New Hampshire; the unused farm land becomes overgrown with forestation. The over grown farm land creates more habitats for the herd animals causing a population growth.

http://cf.datawrapper.de/ltO7V/1/