I do hope that everyone had a fantastic Christmas and new year, as you can tell I had a slight professional leave of absence to spend time with my family over the two weeks but I have been working through Christmas getting numerous articles written and seeking quotes from Bands as usual...
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| Newspapers... |
Before Christmas I had 1 definitive idea for my Journalism Specialist articles and numerous whisperings of good ideas. Over Christmas and New year I have been researching deeper than before and ensuring that my creative juices are flowing. I now have 6 if not 7 ideas, with at least 4 being nearly completed. I am feeling good regarding one of them as it was a long shot that paid off and shows how just asking for assistance from Bands and PR people can really pay off. I have an interview with Hangover Hero back from the band and have sculpted an article based around them and their new creation.
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| Magazine covers...I want to make my own magazine... |
I also began to refine my editing and magazine design skills and have set myself the task to create a niche magazine idea to fill a gap in the market and creating a brand, a front cover, contents page, 4 pages of content and 2 pages of adverts that I am creating myself. I also have set myself the challenge to create pages from a newspaper to test my design skills, I love designing things and remember when I was in university that I always did my design work a month before the deadlines!
I am also working on a 10,000 word creative writing piece based around a new idea that I formed whilst on a train. That has reached 8,500 words so far!
My specialist Journalism articles are currently equaling 5,000 words of my overall creativity! I am in the process of writing a new band profile based on Epica so stay tuned and I will post once it is published.
Enjoy yourselves and remember, Journalism is fun especially when you're passionate about your subjects as much as I am at the minute. Also...I am possibly being published in a local magazine later this year...I will keep you updated as I know!!
Victoria V.L Walker
