 fewer blog posts, especially ones that document their learning and growth. Even mentors who were past Outreachy interns and enjoyed writing blogs during their internship have been unable to encourage their current interns to write blogs. Part of this may be due to a generational shift away from long-form personal writing to other mediums such as video posts.</p>

  <p>After discussing what program activities to cut with mentors, Outreachy organizers decided to scale back the blog post prompts. We will elim