Magazine Journalism - Lecture 9, 10/03/14

Assessment requirements;

1.      Confessional Interview – this can be submitted as a video interview of between three and ten minutes; or as a written article of 1500 words in total with or without photos. You must research and set up interview yourself, carrying out the interview, write and/or edit the interview and post it on your blog and/or on YouTube. Deadline MONDAY 12^th MAY 9AM. This work constitutes 35% of the credit available for this module.

• Need to get clean ‘in’s’ from your interviewee.
• Good example of a confessional interview is Tom Morgan’s interview with Paul Blackman.
• Must make sure to get all the emotion when videoing
• Close ups of facial expressions
• Clear in’s and out’s – this will make it easier to edit when videoing.
•  Get an emotive response (don’t tell people what it is)

      Interview with an editor or senior journalist – This is a second interview which can be used both as a piece of journalist, but more importantly will enable you to make contact with an editor or senior journalist with a view to furthering your contacts at a senior level in the industry. This interview can conform to either the confessional generic type or the feature interview. It can be produced as a video of between three and ten minutes; or as a written article with or without photos of 1500 words. Deadline MONDAY 12^TH MAY 9AM. This work constitutes 35% of the credit available for this module.

• Talk about their role within the job
• Flattery is key, it will encourage them to respond to you
• Good example is Luke Garret’s interview with The Independent.
• Use it as an opportunity
• Interview an editor in a particular field you are interested in.

Write a 1500 word news feature on the direction being taken by the magazine industry as a whole, dealing with some specific aspects of innovation on a particular aspect of innovation or marketing strategy of a particular magazine or magazine publisher. The aim will be to publish the article on Journalism Now. Deadline MONDAY 12^TH MAY 9AM. This work constitutes 30% of the credit available for this module.

·         The transgression from print to online platforms – more interactive mediums

·         iPhone reporting

·         Websites with innovative aspects

·         Geo locations and reporting