Nicole Bowman | Portfolio

Public Relations & Press Releases

Blue Ridge Country News Release: A release written for Blue Ridge Country magazine recognizing the best mountain towns in the 2013 Best of the Mountains poll.
Asheville News Release: A release written for Blue Ridge Country magazine specifically recognizing Asheville, NC and its many awards in the 2013 Best of the Mountains poll.
Persuasive Letter Assignment: An assignment for a public relations writing course that called for a persuasive letter from a nonprofit organization to a corporation. In this case, the letter is written to Kroger from Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Domino's Pizza News Release: A release written for a public relations course responding to the controversial videos of Domino's employees contaminating food items.
Born and Raised" Album News Release: A news release about John Mayer's Born and Raised album, written for a public relations writing course.
Crisis News Release: A timed writing assignment written for a public relations course; the topic involved a hypothetical logging accident.
Question and Answer with Tony Pearman: An interview I conducted with PR professional Tony Pearman, discussing his work as Chief Creative Officer and Senior Partner at Access Advertising and Public Relations in Roanoke, Va.

Grant Proposal: This grant proposal is written for Giles County Animal Rescue, a nonprofit organization in Giles County, Virginia. Although the grant was written for a Grant Proposals and Reports course, the project involved extensive research into actual funders and into Gile County's funding needs.
Standard Operating Procedure: This project involved creating a standard operating procedure for Virginia Tech Television. I chose to focus on how to upload videos to YouTube, which is a frequent task within the station.
Recipes using DITA: This project was a creative and fun assignment designed to focus on a single user's needs (in this case, a fictional person named Armando's Mom). The information is presented to meet the need of this user, and was written to reflect the familiar context of mother and son. I used DITA to develop a print and web version of the document.