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When preparing for an interview, background information must be known about who is being interviewed. This information makes it easier for you to gather up questions that would be best to ask. Open-ended questions are the best option because this leads to answers that are well thought out and longer than a simple yes or no. An example could be if you were to ask “What are your plans for college?”. This question can not be answered with just a yes or no therefore it is open-ended. Below are a few more examples: Before starting an interview, make sure that you record (with permission), and you can jot down notes of what is being said and answer questions. Jotting down notes is more of a backup plan just in case what you are using to record dies or stops working mid- interview. Recording is needed so that you can go back to the interview if you do not remember what was said. It is also a good idea to listen for things that are said that can be quoted if you want to quote. Quoting is almos...

It is important to write captions because they provide context for a picture and give the reader a who, what, when, where, and why. Captions can go even deeper within the picture by saying how what's happening is happening and leaving the reader with a quote. When writing captions they can either be Basic  or Expanded.       Basic captions tell…      - Who (Up to five people with their first ad last names)      - What       - Where       - When       Basic Captions have…      - An Action Lead-In      - Basic Information Basic Captions need to be in PRESENT TENSE and ONE sentence long. Here is an example: Smiling for the picture is 3-year-old Jasmine Calixte, Kiera Calixte’s dog who is always bringing her joy is sitting patiently while Kiera takes her picture in their backyard to start the year 2022. Expanded captions dig deeper and expand coverage by...

Copy is written material in contents like magazines, books, and advertising. Without it, looking at those contents would make things difficult. Copy is very important because it provides readers with information that is needed to understand the whole picture. It is written to help fulfill the role of the publication as a whole. When there is no copy, the content is open to interpretation for the reader meaning they will interpret it however they want to. Below is an example of a page from a book with and then without copy. Try looking at the first picture and guessing what it means, then look at the picture with copy to see what is actually going on.                            

Soon after creating my magazine cover, in mid-November, I worked on my table of contents. Many examples of tables of content from famous magazines were provided for me to help me create my own. Here are a few of them… These examples helped me realize that several things needed to be included in my table of contents which was… - A Title - Publishing Information  - Photos - Captions - Margins - Design Elements - White Space - Spacing (Macro, Conventional, and Micro) - Folio