Featured Posts

5 ways to embed your tweet5 ways to embed your tweet The Twitter Media blog announced Monday that it would release a tool that would enable users embed tweets more easily. Today it released a script that isn't perfect called...

Read more

10 Commandments of Twitter Etiquette10 Commandments of Twitter Etiquette In a lot of ways, millions of users have found Twitter as a useful tool. Take journalists, for example. According to a recent survey, 37 percent of journalists said they...

Read more

A killer feature Facebook needs now: Video ChatA killer feature Facebook needs now: Video Chat Facebook is quickly becoming the primary social communication channel in our everyday lives. Yes, primary. We spend much more time obsessively interacting with people on Facebook...

Read more

Socially Edible: Let's roll location-based gaming, restaurant reviews and online ordering into oneSocially Edible: Let's roll location-based gaming,... Here's an idea that Shane Snow and I have had for a site and I've been meaning to share it for quite some time. The basic idea is to solve a problem in location-based restaurant...

Read more

Let's not get too excited about Google Buzz just yetLet's not get too excited about Google Buzz just yet Update: Here is a Mashable post that highlights the release of the new feature. Google is making a move into social media with a new status feature that it will launch...

Read more

Vadim Lavrusik Rss

Websites

Columbia Journalist

A class project that included redesigning ColumbiaJournalist.org. This is my iteration that included a homepage redesign, section page design, and an article page. The content is dummy content, and the purpose of the site is simply to show the design. It is hardcoded in HTML and CSS.
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism | May 2010

NYC 3.0 – Gotham’s Tech Start-up Scene (conceptualized and launched)
Conceptualized the creation of NYC 3.0, a site that creates a community and resource for the New York tech start-up scene through social tools and news content. The site also featured the in-depth multimedia project “The Startup: Four Entrepreneurs Battle the Odds in Gotham,” which included a five-chapter documentary and interactive graphics.

School Stories 2010


Launched website for CoveringEducation.org, which is part of a Covering Education course at Columbia’s Journalism School. Customized a WordPress theme and managed the site.
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism | January 2010

NYFoodChain.com – Food News in New York Website
NYFoodchain

Managed the launch and development of the food news website produced by Columbia University journalism students. Integrated design, social media strategy, and edited content.

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism | Sept. 2009-Dec. 2009

SPJ at Columbia University Journalism School
Relaunched Columbia Journalism School’s SPJ Chapter website on WordPress and customized the theme, including the content featured on the site.
SPJ at Columbia University Journalism School | September 2009

————————————————————

MnDaily.com re-design
Oversaw and managed re-design of The Minnesota Daily’s website. I continued to make improvements to the site from September 2008-May 2009, including innovative social media integrations.
The Minnesota Daily | June 2008-September 2008

Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes