So today we were challenged to think up ideas for magazine articles. It's really strange but most magazines work in advance so even though it's only February now most magazines will be working on their May addition which sounds strange but makes sense if you think about it.
The trouble is that working ahead it's difficult to think up what ideas to use for articles so we were all given a month (mine was August) and challenged to come up with three ideas based on awareness days, here's my three ideas.
World's Weirdest Awareness Days
It sounds like a strange article but I found some of the strangest event days from "Play In The Sand Day" to "Left-Handers day" to "Fresh Breath Day" this article would be suitable for a buzz-feed and would be a written piece about the top ten strangest awareness days in August.
Be An Angel Day
On the 22nd of August it is "Be an angel day" which is all about random acts of kindness towards strangers day. I truly love this idea because in my opinion there isn't enough kindness in the world and a lot of people who are part of my generation tend to think selfishly. For this article I would do a voxpop asking people on the street what the kindest thing a stranger has done for them is. This article is inspired by the good deed feed in "The Metro" which is made up of thank you notes from people.
Lighthouse Day
August the 7th marks Lighthouse day, part of my article would be picture based with images of lighthouses around the world, I would also create a kind of travel piece and would challenge people to visit as many lighthouses as possible and to send their images into the magazine.
Overall I found this assignment very helpful, at first I was a little uncertain about being out of my comfort zone but I'm grateful for the opportunity to try something new, and I learnt a lot too!
On a side note for anyone who is interested in beauty I have started a beauty blog on word press which you can visit here: www.ninarossbeauty.wordpress.com feel free to take a look also my written piece "The ten commandments of being a Student" has been published on www.studentwire.co.uk (take a look!)
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