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Dec 21, 2024
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2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EN 314 Writing for Magazines
The course offers a practical introduction to the consumer magazine industry and aims to equip students with the basic skills and understanding necessary to pursue full-time or freelance careers as magazine writers or editors. Students examine all forms of magazine writing from short front-of-book items to department stories to features, perform critical analyses of individual magazines, learn how to develop story ideas into compelling magazine prose, and write effective query or pitch letters. In addition to an overview of the industry, the course provides an understanding of the basic structure of magazines, the different types of stories that magazines publish, and the economic forces driving magazine publishing today.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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