Project Selection - Magazine

So far this year, we have learned a lot about print media from movies, TV shows, and magazine analysis. We studied movies such as "All the Presidents Men" and "Nixon" and watched the TV show, "The Newsroom." The two movies primarily covered the topic of print media. "All the President's Men" went in depth on the topic of print media and how they have to confirm stories with reputable sources before they publish them. "The Newsroom" focused more on television but they still covered some important topics that apply to print media as well. In one episode they were faced with a problem when they aired a negative story about one of their top contributors. They learned not to portray financial contributors in a negative way. We also completed an assignment that had us bring in a magazine of our choice to answer some questions on. Some of the questions included how the magazines were laid out and  also asked questions about some of the advertising techniques that were used in our magazine. It really got us thinking about how a magazine is created and what goes into just the cover and layout. Creating a magazine will work well with my organizational skills and creativity, but I may have some difficulty in transferring my ideas to the computer as I don't have much experience with using a computer to design projects.