Project Selection- Magazine

If I were to do the magazine project surrounding the print journalism aspects, I think the thing that would interest me is creating a potential magazine idea surrounding a topic that is intriguing and important in my own eyes. I have always liked print journalism, as I used to read magazines and look at all the pictures in them when I was younger. In examples of print journalism I have seen in class through films like All the President's Men, the idea of stumbling upon a story of national importance and investigating the facts seems extremely thrilling to me. How investigative journalists are able to dig for facts and essentially pull a story out of thin air is amazing; especially when they start with no facts and check every crevice possible for evidence to further the story. Some skills I possess that would make the magazine project a good fit for me is that I consider myself to be a relatively good writer that is able to write in a way that can keep a reader engaged throughout the whole story. I am also interested in photography as it is one of my hobbies and I like how it gives me creative freedom. I am able to take a topic and with some research and persuasive language I can write over 3 pages on a singular topic. I like my photographs to be very abstract and eye catching as well, so they are seen as eccentric and colorful rather than bland and simple. The thing that might make the magazine project a challenge for me is that I do struggle with creativity in lists of topics sometimes, so while planning out the spreadsheet of all the pages in my magazine I might find it difficult to think of other things to write about. I also struggle with formatting like how a magazine is normally seen with captions and pictures and other things and wrapped into one page evenly spread out and aesthetically appealing. Some of the editing programs may also prove difficult for me as I am not very literate in technical proceedings.