Course outline topics

Tentative Course outline

Newspaper & Magazine Production

BS-III / M.A Previous First Semester  2020

1. Practical work includes:  

1. Writing one piece in each category: Article, Feature, Profile, and Interview

2. Beat Reporting and Covering different departments’ special programmes

3. News writing (assignment analyse a news story)

4. Editing of news and writing pieces

Assignments and class work: i) Analyse a newspaper find its contents, elements and format)

ii) Analyse deconstruct a news, find its contents, elements and format 

iii) Analyse deconstruct an Article, find its contents, elements and format

iv) Analyse deconstruct a feature, find its contents, elements and format 

v) Analyse deconstruct a profile, find its contents, elements and format  

Topics for lectures

1. How to write

2. Selection and narrow down topic, preparing outline, approval of topics

3. Practical work: Article, Feature, Profile Writing and Interviewing

4. Newspaper contents, formats (Analyse a newspaper find its contents, elements and format)

5. What is newspaper and how it works, how Roshni works?

6. Editing

7. Developing source (know your beat)

8. Editorial writing

9. Headlines

10. Layout

11. Terminology of journalism

12. Translation

More than 70 % work is practical that is compulsory.

No compromise on deadline.

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Course outline topics

BS-III 2nd semester

Tentative course outline Newspaper Production 2nd semester

1. Understanding the media

2. How to work on a story

3. How to get press access

4. Book film TV review

5. Investigative Reporting

6. Translation

7. Photo journalism

8. Event organization

9. How to get newspaper declaration

10. Editorial Emphasis

11. Printing press

12. Type setting and fonts

Plus practical work Reporting, Editing, piece writing - Feature, article, Profile, Review

Tentative course outline Newspaper Production 2^nd semester

1.      Understanding the media

2.     How to work on a story

3.     How to get press access

4.     Book film TV review

5.     Investigative Reporting

6.     Translation

7.     Photo journalism

8.     Event organization

9.     How to get newspaper declaration

10.  Editorial Emphasis

11.   Printing press

12. Type setting and fonts

Plus practical work Reporting, Editing, piece writing  - Feature, article, Profile, Review

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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

Front of Book (or what is commonly referred to as "FOB") is a publishing industry (slang) term that refers to the front section of a magazine. You may see it written as FOB, Front of Book, or Front-of-Book. All three terms are accurate and interchangeable. The word "Book" in this case refers to the magazine and has been publishing terminology since Readers Digest first hit the marketplace.

How to Write for the FOB of a Magazine

Magazine editors use slang terms, or industry terminology, to refer to different sections of a magazine. One such term is for the front of the book, which is also known as Front of Book, Front-of-the-Book, or FOB.

FOB: Slang for a Particular Section of a Magazine

The "book," first off, is another word editors use to refer to the magazine itself. Therefore, the front of the book is used to refer to the front, or opening, section of a magazine. Magazines are broken down into three sections by editors:

• the front of the book
• the feature
• the back of the book

·         Not every magazine follows the three-part structure, but the majority do and the front of the book usually contains smaller, shorter stories than the feature section (where features usually run). When you read a magazine you'll notice that the first few pages are often dedicated to smaller stories and that the cover stories (and longer stories) are usually in the middle of the magazine. Those first few pages you read are part of the front of the book. 

What's Up Front?

The term FOB may be slang, but it's serious business. Editors are very calculated about the types of stories, short articles, and advertisements they choose to publish in this section. Some of the usual pieces that are found in the front of the book are:

• The table of contents: Since advertisers usually prefer the right side of a magazine spread for better visibility, the table of contents ends up being the first page of pretty much any magazine.
• Masthead: This master list of all the people that work in the magazine is usually on one of the first couples of pages. It may share the page with an advertisement or even letters and opinions from readers.
• A letter from the editor: The editor's welcome letter explains the content of the issue and is always the first editorial page in a magazine. This piece is instrumental in expressing the editor's journalism style while covering the main topics of the issue and introducing overlying themes.
• One-page topics: Generally magazines jump into content with short one-page topics that contain news, reviews, and highlights of arts, culture, upcoming events, and more. Often short one-page columns, interviews, and opinions are also placed here.

How to Write for the Front of Book

Many editors are regularly on the hunt for well written and interesting stories to fill one-page topic pages. If you are interested in pitching a story or have been given an assignment for the FOB, it is best to start with the magazine's guidelines for writing. Usually, articles meant for this section of the magazine range from 100 to 300 words and should focus on one small aspect of the subject you would like to write about. 

Common Formats

Most magazines have a uniform, standardized design for their one-page topics pages. The design is changed only slightly from issue to issue. To keep the interest of the reader, some common formats used in the FOB include: 

• Images accompanied by short descriptions of key points. For example, Men's Health magazine features a Bulletin page that spells out 12 of the latest scientific studies released since the last issue was released. Each study snippet is accompanied by an illustration.
• A full-page photo with a brief story or description. 
• Two short front-of-book articles that share a page with an ad image.
• Timelines created with dates, images, and short descriptions to better describe the evolution of a certain idea, story, or product.
• Comparison of products, trends, places, or outfits. These short topics are usually very visual stories as well. 

As you can see, there are a lot of different ways that the FOB can be presented. Though a magazine may stick to a certain way of telling their stories issue after issue, the possibilities out there for all the different types of formatting are endless. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the formatting used by the magazine you want to write for and don't skip reading the magazine's writer's manual thoroughly before you start.

Structure of the Magazine

Just like each page has its own structure so does the magazine. Todays magazines follow the same structure and although there are magazines that do not follow this approach we can say that this is a default one.

In the future posts we will cover some of the pages presented in this article in more deeper and thorough way.

Magazines consist of four parts. Cover pages, front of the book, feature well and back of the book.

Cover pages

The first cover is reserved, of course, for the cover page. Second one, marked in flatplan as C2 is reserved for advertising. This is the second most expensive ad page.
Third cover page, C3, is again reserved for advertisers and it is third most expensive ad page in the magazine. Last cover page, C4, is on the back of the magazine and it is most expensive ad page.

We will talk much more about cover pages in our forthcoming free ebook that we are preparing for you.

Front of the book

This part of the magazine consists of several key pages.

Table of contents – this is always the first page of the magazine. Table of contents can be laid out on one page, two page spread, or on two pages intersected with advertising. Ad pages are almost always on the right.
Advertisers prefer the right hand side of the magazine because is is more visible than the left hand pages.
Table of contents can be designed with or without the images but is is important to distinct the TOC elements so that the reader can understand what is page number, what is the headline of the topic and what is a short description of the topic if you want to include it. Good typographic choice and skill is crucial here.

Impressum – This is the part of the magazine that is usually placed in the front of the book, although some magazines place it at the back of the magazine.
Impressum or masthead is the list of all people that work in the magazine. From the editorial staff to marketing and ad sales people to publishers and key people in the publishing house that is producing the magazine.
The design of this page is pretty straightforward and clean. Magazine masthead (logo) is usually placed at the top of this page.

Editor’s Letter – This is first editorial page in the magazine. It is welcoming letter from the editor-in-chief in which he or she explains the content of the issue. It depends on the style of the publication and the editor’s journalism voice but it basically covers the main topics in the issue but also it can contain some thoughts about the topics this magazine covers in general. For example if the magazine in hand is a political weekly than the editor’s letter can cover some political events that happened just before the magazine’s issue date.

Other key pages in front of the book – Generally every magazine wants to start with short one page topics. Depending on the topic that magazine covers, these pages can contain news sections, reviews, topics about society, culture, arts, events and so on. Short one page interviews, columns and opinions can be placed here also.

These pages have a uniform, standardized design that is changed just slightly from issue to issue. Everything is set in its place and follows rigid grid structure.

In my opinion these pages look better when they are intersected with ad pages. This approach gives nice rhythm and flow because the next part of the magazine, the feature well, is filled with pages full of articles and there is rarely any advertising there.

Readers letters and opinions are almost always placed at the front of the book. Just after editor’s letter. But again, this is not a rule set in stone.

Parts of newspaper

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General mews

 Local and International news

Sports

Business and fanatical news

Showbiz or entertainment section

Culture food, society  

Travel

Announcements and obituary  

A newspaper is a publication containing news and information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. It may be general or special interest, most often published daily or weekly.

The first printed newspaper was published in 1605, and the form has thrived even in the face of competition from technologies such as radio, television, and the internet. Recent developments on the internet are posing major challenges to its business model, however. Paid circulation is declining in most countries, and advertising revenue, which makes up the bulk of a newspaper’s income, is shifting from print to online, resulting in a general decline in newspaper profits. This has led to some predictions that newspapers’ role in society will shrink or even disappear, although historically, new media technologies such as radio and television never supplanted print media.

Content

General-interest newspapers are usually journals of current news. Those can include political events, crime, business, culture, sports, and opinions (either editorials, columns, or political cartoons). Newspapers use photographs to illustrate stories; they use editorial cartoonists, usually to illustrate writing that is opinion, rather than news.

Some specific features a newspaper may include are:

§  weather news and forecasts

§  an advice column

§  critic reviews of movies, plays, restaurants, etc.

§  editorial opinions

§  a gossip column

§  comic strips and other entertainment, such as crosswords, sudoku and horoscopes

§  a sports column or section

§  a humor column or section

§  a food column

Editorial Writing

Editorials represent the consensus opinion of the Northern Star's editorial board on a particular issue. Generally they should relate to a news story. Here are a few types of editorials:

1. Interpretative or explanatory
2. Critical or persuasive
3. Appreciative or praise-giving
4. Entertaining or humorous
5. 10-second -- quick hit

Organizing it

1. Select a topic that is specific, timely and of interest to readers.
2. Have a purpose in mind. What are you going to tell people to do or think?
3. Be sure you fully understand your topic.
Research -- get reliable information. Use newspapers, magazines, library, Internet, etc.
4. Ask yourself: Has the Star run a news story about this topic? Should it, before we
editorialize?

Writing it

1. State an opinion in the first sentence. Editorials have leads, just like news stories. They
tell readers where you're headed. Keep the lead short and concise.
2. Develop the body using facts. Build a strong case. Don't use more details from the
news story than needed to build your case. Get in and get out.
3. Document quotes and sources, just as you would in a news story.
4. Avoid a preachy tone. Criticism should be constructive and offer a solution.
5. Remember that the best way to win an argument is to lay out the opposing argument,
then shoot holes in it. Then, tell why your solution is better.
6. Anticipate questions and objections to your argument. Answer them.
7. Write in third-person voice. Don't say "We think ..."
8. Remember, short editorials usually are more effective than long ones. Readers stay
interested.
9. Suggest a solution, or an action, in the final sentence.
9a. If you're telling people to take action, tell them how. For instance, if you tell readers
to write their congressman, give the address and e-mail address. Don't make them
go look it up. They won't.
10. Don't neglect the headline. Think of it as an important part of your editorial. It is.

Other tips

• Never write an editorial without research. You might write one in anger once in a while, but don't run it without letting your anger cool, then reviewing what you wrote.
• Have an early enough deadline for editorials that there's sufficient time for another editor to review what you wrote. Last-minute, hurried editorials tend to be the weakest.