Week 3:
Global Zero

January 7, 2014

Things got rolling here at full speed when everybody came back from holiday vacation.  I am still continuing with my social media work, but have also been  given the green light to go ahead on an editorial idea I mentioned in my first post. Also, sat down with my supervisor over lunch today and did a sort of evaluation / check in thing where he looked over my work and gave feedback.  He had a lot of really nice things to say about my social media work and I was able to do a little showing off with the new (very positive) growth analytics for the three accounts I am managing.

The opportunity with the editorial is something that came straight out of some of the Cornell history courses I took last year.  In those classes its common to have to formulate a sort of- unique thesis in a topic you have been covering in class and then expand that into a essay where you’re trying to prove your thesis, or prove your point or whatever. I think those classes have had a big impact on the way I approach things because as soon as I got to Global Zero and began to explore the issue of nuclear non-proliferation for myself I began to have these thesis’s pop up in my head regarding the information I was taking in.  Armed with my Cornell education, it is second nature at this point to a start to think about expanding those thesis’s into larger pieces, and that’s what I pitched to my supervisor and he approved. I am basically writing a history essay. Except its not historical obviously, its timely.

Anyway, I am super busy here trying to wrap up before 7:30 when they lock the door (its 7:28), so I’ll catch you next week!