Publishing Journalism ~ Exercise 17

Create a 24 page magazine with all the sections and articles that a real magazine has, in 3 column format. All articles must be your own original material. Plagairized material is automatic 0 (zero) for project.

Compose your magazine pages with PageMaker, print the individual pages out on the laser printer, paste the pages onto 11x17 paper, staple the pages on the spine so that they will form an 8綞11" booklet (saddle stitched).

Your cover should be in color, if you don't have access to a color printer it can be printed in class on our color printer. Your finished project will be marked on the following criteria:

pages numbered [2 marks]
table of contents [2 marks]
3 column layout throughout [5 marks]
3 primary headlines [5 marks]
3 secondary headline [5 marks]
2 pull outs [10 marks]
2 drop caps [5 marks]
10 pictures with captions [25 marks]
folio tab [2 marks]
reverse text [5 marks]
an original hand drawn artwork [10 marks]
an original hand drawn cartoon [10 marks]
picture layed out over gutter [10 marks]
5 custom shapes to highlight [10 marks]
credit line on each article [25 marks]
all copy fully justified [10 marks]
pictures are 1, 2, or 3 cols [50 marks]
minus 1 mark for each spelling mistake
minus 1 mark for each grammar error

montage (collage) [10 marks]
consistant font size for articles [10 marks]
consistant font face for articles [10 marks]
consistant theme [25 marks]
articles original (plagairized = 0)
pictures consistant with theme [10 marks]
at least 4 digital camera pics [40 marks]
at least 4 pics scanned [40 marks]
small bio' about yourself including;
- first and last name [1 marks]
- place of birth [1 marks]
- places you've lived [1 marks]
- articles you've published (stories, poetry for English, reports for Socials, etc) [2 marks]
- awards you've won/earned (merit list, honour roll, etc) [2 marks]
- plans for future with respect to publishing [3 marks]

Here is a printable page of this list