Planning: Post Selection - Magazine

The aspects of print journalism that interest me are the photography, design, and writing. Based on my life experiences, I have always been drawn to digital design. Whether that be editing informative PowerPoint Presentations for my school projects or editing my own Instagram account photos, I have developed skills in making aesthetically-pleasing and informative content using technology. Based on what I have learned in class, particularly from analyzing episodes of The Newsroom show and the All the President's Men film, photography and writing are both time-consuming aspects of journalism. I have learned a great deal on how to capture quality camera shots and angles from class discussions of the vocabulary involved with filming/capturing content, including terms such as mid shot and wide shot. I have also developed my technical writing skills throughout my high school career through taking courses, such as AICE Global Perspectives AS Level, that have taught me how to research and produce informative, unbiased content. The challenging part of this magazine project for me will be the planning. Deciding on what type of magazine to produce, what type of photos to take, what type of audience to market my magazine towards, and all the other major details involved with creating the first several pages of a magazine will be hard for me because of all the broad options I have to choose from. It will be hard for me to choose a specific concept to commit to in a timely manner if I choose to do the magazine project.