magazine journalism welcome back to jo-203. outline take attendance review of last week review...
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Magazine Journalism Welcome back to JO-203
Outline Take attendance Review of last week Review Reading Generating story ideas Coming up with ideas for stories Thinking of marketable magazines
for lifestyle pieces
Outline cont’d… Lifestyle magazine writing Writing exercises There will be time for breaks Work on online stories
Attendance Tell me about your favourite
magazine and why you buy it as I take attendance
Review of last week What are some of the things you
remember from what you learned last week?
The Bigger Picture You have read Part One from The
Bigger Picture What did you learn? What are some of the writing
techniques that you noticed? What was your favourite part of the
section?
Reading cont’d… Next week please read Part Two
from the same book
Generating story ideas Where do story ideas come from?
Story ideas Come from personal experience Come from things you observe Come from other sources of media Come from friends, family members,
co-workers, etc. Come through serendipity on the
Internet and in the library These are just some of the places
Lifestyle Writing The elements of lifestyle writing Story structure What makes a lifestyle piece? Examples of lifestyle writing
Sharing ideas and Going Over Pitches OK…let’s share the ideas and give
constructive criticism on them
Break time Let’s take a 15 minute break We’ll be back to give you in class
time to work on your online stories for marks
Online Stories Thanks for coming back What are online stories? Why are some of them so brief?
Examples of Online Stories Here are some examples of online
stories
Online Stories cont’d… Discussion of online stories Work on a 200-word online story in
class for marks All the stories will be published on
my online magazine Donna They must be original content
Sending Stories Please email stories before the end
of class at: [email protected], as well as [email protected]
In-Class Work Work on your online stories
Break Time You can continue working through
the break, or you can actually take one
Please make sure you have your online story completed before the end of the class
Magazine ideas It would not hurt to start thinking of
magazine ideas now for the lifestyle, profile and public affairs pieces you will be doing for the class
We talked about how important the market is for magazines
What do you think is the most important reason why magazines sell?
Magazine ideas cont’d… Keeping this in mind… What are some of your ideas for magazine
topics? What are some of your ideas for magazine
themes? We’ll discuss them in class You will have an assignment you will have
time to work on next week in-class
Assignment Write a 500-word lifestyle magazine
piece that is due next week Keep it according to CP Style Any questions?
Sharing with class Let’s discuss your ideas
Wrap-up Next week we will continue with story
pitches and lifestyle writing If you need to contact me, feel free to do
so at [email protected], [email protected]
I look forward to seeing all of you next week
Wrap-up cont’d… Remember what the required texts
are for this class We will continue to review them
next week Keep in mind that our class will done
online next week through Blackboard