Dania Kalaji
MULTIPLATFORM JOURNALIST
COLUMNS & MULTIMEDIA
TikTok: The Red & Black
Story:
UGA professor resigns mid-class after student refuses to wear mask
Increased page views by creating and promoting this story on TikTok; @redandblackpublishing's first TikTok
Aug. 2021
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PHOTOS:
Pensacola, FL Palestinian Protest
May 2021
More photos can be accessed HERE.
The Red & Black
Spring 2021 Student Awards
Achievement in Editorial Innovation Award
May 2021
"These awards recognize excellence in our student newsroom. Over the past year, The Red & Black staff documented a pandemic, a social justice movement, a historic election and an exceptional eventful year on campus and in Athens."
The Red & Black:
Diversity and Inclusion
Instagram Takeover
and Highlight Reel
I took over the official Red & Black Instagram for the day, highlighting our diversity & inclusion team and coverage. Using multimedia knowledge, graphics I created and a Q&A feature.
Oct. 2021
Grady Journalism:
Introduction to Photojournalism
(JOUR 3330)
Fall 2021
Professor Kyser Lough
Final Portfolio Project
These are my ten best images of the semester.
Cropped, toned and captioned, each of these photos tells a variety of narratives. Newsworthy in their own ways, I have learned not only the importance of good lighting, clean compositions and special moments, but also the nature of capturing diverse and inclusive faces, places and stories.
UGA Press Library Book Sale Event: Calling all bookworms
Amanda Jennings, who describes herself as a "bookworm," browses through nature novels marked 75% off at the UGA Press Campus Book Sale event on the UGA Main Library lawn on Nov. 9, 2021. Jennings said this event was the perfect opportunity to enjoy the fall weather and pick up some new reads. (© Dania Kalaji dania.kalaji00@gmail.com)
University of Georgia sophomore and history major Trinity Knight enjoys a break after her class at Sanford Hall to pick out a new historical biography to read during the UGA Press Campus Book Sale event on the UGA Main Library lawn on Nov. 9, 2021. (© Dania Kalaji dania.kalaji00@gmail.com)
Jalen Davis: A boy, his board and bargained blouses
Jalen Davis, a 19-year-old amateur skater, TikTok influencer and "professional" thrifter perfectly balances on his board at the Skate Park of Athens on Dec. 1, 2021. Davis began skating when he was 9 years old and describes the sport as "the love of my life." (© Dania Kalaji dania.kalaji00@gmail.com)
Jalen Davis, a 19-year-old amateur skater, TikTok influencer and "professional" thrifter makes an in-air kick flip look like art at Skate Park of Athens on Dec. 1, 2021. Davis deems himself the inventor of the kick flip and nollie tre flip due to his mastery in both. (© Dania Kalaji dania.kalaji00@gmail.com)
Jalen Davis, a 19-year-old amateur skater, TikTok influencer and "professional" thrifter plays a game of skate with his crew Ryan Jacobson and Leighton Doran at Skate Park of Athens on Dec. 1, 2021. Davis beat the two within the first round, showing out with his signature nollie tre flip.
(© Dania Kalaji dania.kalaji00@gmail.com)
Jalen Davis, a 19-year-old amateur skater, TikTok influencer and "professional" thrifter watches his losing opponents Ryan Jacobson and Leighton Doran in a game of skate at Skate Park of Athens on Dec. 1, 2021. Davis beat the two in a landslide within the first round, showing out with his signature nollie tre flip.
(© Dania Kalaji dania.kalaji00@gmail.com)
Jalen Davis, a 19-year-old amateur skater, TikTok influencer and "professional" thrifter browses oversized women's pants for a pair of brown corduroys at American Thrift Stores in Athens, GA on Dec. 1, 2021. Davis describes his thrifting journeys like movie scenes, perfectly plotted with surprises and twists down each aisle.
(© Dania Kalaji dania.kalaji00@gmail.com)
Canyon Moore, a 26-year-old Monster Energy drink employee, poses for a portrait outside of the University of Georgia's Miller Learning Center on Sep. 21, 2021. A Monster Energy pop-up truck led Moore to Athens on his college tour, and the smile in his eyes, even behind a black N95 mask, earned him countless customers. (© Dania Kalaji dania.kalaji00@gmail.com)
Nate Mitchell, a 45-year-old former musician from Athens band Nate & the Nightmares and originally from Manchester, New Hampshire. Mitchell has worked at Wuxtry Records, the oldest continuously operating record store in Georgia since 1976, for 11 years. Mitchell describes and gently holds his favorite 1998 record “In the Airplane Over the Sea" by Athens rock band Neutral Milk Hotel, which was the sole album that prompted his move to Athens at 21 years old. (© Dania Kalaji dania.kalaji00@gmail.com)
Retired couple Karen and Ron Lawson, both 76 years old, work their 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. shift sorting resident packages and mail across two buildings at The Mark Apartments in Athens, GA on Oct. 18, 2021. The Lawsons are the two only people working in The Mark mailroom and have spent everyday for the past four years sorting mail for residents at one of Athens largest apartment complexes. (© Dania Kalaji dania.kalaji00@gmail.com)