This class is for new and aspiring editors who need a crash course in the basics of magazine content development and design, for designers who seek insight into the editorial considerations that drive reader-centric layout decisions, and for anyone charged with moving an organizational newsletter or journal to a magazine. You'll be introduced to the basic concepts of creative editorial collaboration with writers, designers, production specialists, content reviewers—and the leaders and experts in your field. Topics include:

• The organizational branding mission: more and less than a B2B, lifestyle, consumer, or "objective reporting" focus
• The service-content mandate vs. good magazine journalism
• How to edit different types of authors: experts, volunteers, freelancers, staff
• The working parts of magazine layout: who's responsible for what, and when
• Display element basics: cover lines, tables of contents, headlines, captions, pull quotes
• How to schedule quality control checkpoints and minimize errors
• Working with editorial boards, content reviewers, and regular contributors
• Bringing life into the closed world of organizational magazines

• Advanced Editing
• Comprehensive Proofreading
• Creating Successful Newsletters
• Improving Editing Skills
• Magazine Editing II
• Managing the Document Review Cycle with MS Word and Acrobat
• Writing News