BA in Journalism / Бакалавр в Области Журналистики

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleMAGAZINE PRODUCTION
Course Unit CodeAJER236
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated2
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Identify the different kinds of magazines and their characteristics
  2. Explain the basic notions of the typographic composition of magazine, like: texts, titles, images, blank spaces, division lines.
  3. Use Quark Xpress software for simple article editing, photo-reporting creation and magazine layout design.
  4. Edit titles, texts and process images in order to create magazines suitable for their target audience.
  5. Evaluate different magazines in order to choose their standard models on the basis on which they will organise their own magazines.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents

Revision of Quark Xpress basics.

Introduction to Master Page basics: Perform exercises on Master Pages.

Perform exercises on the layout design of a lifestyle magazine: The students are asked to design page layouts having as examples real lifestyle magazines.

Perform exercises on the layout design of a political magazine: The students are asked to design page layouts having as examples real political magazines.

Work on a collaborative project: The students collaborate in order to design a group lifestyle magazine.

Work on a collaborative project: The students collaborate in order to design a group political magazine.

Work on an individual (final) project: The students work individually in order to design a magazine choosing a style/theme of their choice.

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Frost Chris, Designing for Newspapers and Magazines, Routledge, London, 2005.
References
  • Horst Moser, The Art Director’s Handbook of Professional Magazine Design
  • Alan Swann, How to understand and use design and layout, North Ligh Books, Cincinati, Ohio, 1990
  • Chris Foges, Magazine design, 1999
  • Lori Siebert, Making a good Layout. (Graphic Design Basics) By, et al 3rd Edition, 1999.
  • Anton Kelly Kordes & Cruise John, QuarkXPress 8: Essential Skills for Page Layout and Web Design, Peachpit Press, Berkeley, 2009.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods

During laboratory sessions, students learn how to use the software QuarkXpress in order to design magazine layouts suitable for publishing their articles. Students are asked to implement exercises during the laboratory sessions and work on collaborative and individual projects.

Assessment methods and criteria
Group Project 120%
Group Project 220%
Final Project60%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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