Features of a school magazine

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As we moved away from analysing front covers of different magazines, we were introduced to our next task, the preliminary task. Firstly we had to look at the key features in a school magazine, what stood out and made it clear to the audience it was suited to students. Here is a list of main conventions of a school magazine:

Examples of student work

•School related images

•Logo

•The volume issue

•Headlines

•Contents page

•Text

•School colours or a set colour scheme

•Personal stories or experiences

•Events coming up

•Articles or reports on recent events

•Pictures of things that have been happening in the school

•Informal, humorous language, appropriate for a younger audience

•Pictures: words ratio is fairly equal

•Word play

•Editors message

•Jokes

•Seasonal adjustments

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Regular features 

By looking more closely at the required features of a school magazine, I have looked in greater depth at the main conventions of a music magazine. I was able to signpost the similarities and differences between those of a school magazine and a music magazine.
Typically all magazines do have some similar conventions however those magazines in varied genres do require different elements.