JOUR 231 - Digital Magazine Production

Prerequisite: ENGL 101
Advisory: GDSN 172, JOUR 120, READ 043 or appropriate placement
Transfers to: CSU

This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of magazine writing, production, and editing. Students will learn the methods, techniques, and procedures of magazine publication using InDesign to layout magazine content. Students will also master the development of pre and post production of La Cima Magazine. Students will learn to develop story ideas, magazine content, write stories in magazine style, and learn to photograph for magazine. Students will learn to prepare for publication and design magazine pages. Class lectures will include magazine preparation, production, organization, structure, and operation. At the conclusion of the course students will have participated in the total development and production of a magazine(s) that will be published online using www.issuu.com, and printed on hard copy. Students will have also mastered the use of design layout, illustration, and making pages well balanced.