2nd Semester course outline

Newspaper and Magazine Production  

2^nd Semester BS-III & M.A Previous 2019

Course Objectives:

--Generate ideas for magazine articles

--Conduct in-depth reporting

 --Write front-of-the-book and longer stories 

--Structure a long magazine article

--Write with command of narrative techniques

--Understand how your writing style relates to the voice of a magazine

--Write query letters and pitch stories to editors

--Prepare to work with colleagues on long-form, stories and assignments

1. Introduction/ Writing about people and places/outlining, structuring the longer story.

* Difference between magazine writing/reporting and shorter stories and hard news
*  Basic types of features and where do we read them
* How to gather the information you need, and what kinds of structures work best for longer stories.
* Story ideas, and which ones work and why.

2. Writing about food and travel
* Elements of good food and travel stories,Tour the library to find some helpful resources, along with the huge archive of food writing over the past century. pre-travel research.

3. Research/resources and interviewing
* Where do reporters find sources?

* Basic research techniques, both electronic and shoe-leather
* Documentary sources and how to use them
* Interviewing primary sources, note-taking and the logistics of researching longer pieces.

5. Writing the public issues piece
* What are the elements of a good public issues/social problem piece?
* How do we write about these issues in a way the reader can relate?
* Where do we find good sources and how do we approach the reporting?

Finding the human element, and integrating informational material into a narrative, and structuring a readable story.

6. Leads and endings
* What are the different type of magazine leads and when do you use them?
* How do you know the lead works?
* How do you revise your lead and how does it relate to your ending?

7. Writing the personal essay
* Who publishes this popular genre of writing?
*  What elements make a good personal essay?
*  We’ll look at Newsweek’s My Turn, This I Believe and New York Times Lives and Modern Love columns

8. Analyzing magazine content/writers guidelines

10. Marketing your work: We’ll wrap up by talking about query letters, how to make contact with editors and freelance writing in general.

1. Printing press

2. Typesetting and fonts

3. Translation

4. Photo journalism

5. Event organisation

6. How to get press access

7. How to work on a story        

8. Declaration of newspaper.

Plus practical work of newspaper and magazine