Tagline

Tagline: The weekly highlights

Layout

Sections:

• Main News (pg 1)
• Local News (pg 2)
• National News (pg 3)
• World news (pg 4)
• Business news (pg 5)
• Entertainment news (pg 6)
• Sports (pg 7 & 8)

-Nat-

Newspaper; Recap

Objective:
- to cater to the publics that are busy during the weekdays
- to provide a complete summary of the news in the world for the week
- Newspaper’s name; Recap.
- Newspaper will contain main news of the week, and also included are big news and happenings around the world in that particular week

Editorial Concept
- To give a full summary on the main news for the week and happenings of the week
- Busy/ working people
- the intended readers could be hard-workers or those that are not favor of reading daily newspapers
- High education level and prefers and exposed to online news instead of the print media.
- The Malay Mail
- Summaries of one week is not enough to cover up all the news and that they do not have full information as it takes lots of space

Naming the Newspaper
- Recap
- Once a week
- Main News , Local News, National News, International News, Business Entertainment, and Sports sections
- A3 size

Sections in Magazine
- There are 7 sections which were listed previously
- A couple of advertisements will be inserted. No one-page ads.

Love,
Jacqkie

i will do the layout & jamie will help me. Denise and Jacqkie are in-charged of searching for news articles and pictures. So far there's litle progress as i have not received most of the information.

-Nat-

Newspaper

Basically for this assignment, we are doing an 8-page color newspaper. Our newspaper will be a weekly newspaper which is distributed every Sunday. It will be a summary of all the major news throughout the week, covering the local news, national news, international news, business news, entertainment news, and sports news.

So far i have 2 names in mind for our newspaper. Haven't really decide which one yet. Here goes the names:

1. Precis
2. Recap

Also have not thought of the tagline...

-Nat-

magazine details

Objectives of this magazine:
-To allow readers to learn more about other countries' culture and places before visiting/ travelling.
-To help readers with travelling guides and references for their travelling purposes. (Dos and Donts/ Maps/ Public Services/ Foods)
-To encourage travelling around the world.
-To learn from people's experience-and use it on the reader's next travel/vacation/visit.
-To take note of whats happening around the world.

Purpose:
-To provide travellers a perfect travel guide.

Target Market:
– Travellers, explorers, who are planning to go on vacation.
- Travellers, young adults, families.

Education level and background of intended reader
- Well educated, knows few aspects about travel and likes to travel.
- has high-income because they can travel around the world.

Competition:
- Travel Guide and Going Places will be the magazine’s competition.
-Online travel sources

Reader's perception:
- Travel magazines are expensive and they cater only to frequent travellers.

Naming the Magazine
Magazine’s name: Travel
Frequency: Once a month
Content: Article on a specific place’s tourist spots, article on a specific place’s culture, an article on a country’s food, dos and donts of travelling around the world, and exciting events around the world.
Physical format: main articles will be filling up the first few pages. There will be full-page advertisements.

i havent done the sections in magazine. please edit of anything wrong or you can just tell me.
Thanks!

Newspaper advertisements

I give up. i shall scan the ads into the computer......

denise

Newspaper advertisements..

oh my goodness! this is crazy!!! i cant find ads!! it's killing me! i can find every other kind of ads except newspaper ads!


Denise

Objectives of the Magazine

Hey everyone!

Sorry for the late update.

Basically our magazine is a travel/ culture magazine. whereby we include one main article on traveling a country- Brazil and culture on a country- Spain.

Objectives of this magazine:

1. To allow readers to learn more about other countries' culture and places before visiting/ travelling.
2. To help readers with travelling guides and references for their travelling purposes. (Dos and Donts/ Maps/ Public Services/ Foods)
3. To encourage travelling around the world.
4. To learn from people's experience-and use it on the reader's next travel/vacation/visit.
5. To take note of whats happening around the world.

This travel/culture magazine also touches on travelling guides-also included maps of places, public services and the local delicacies of the country.

Love,

Jacqkie.

Mag name

here are the names we have so far...

-Journey
-Beyond Travel
-Travellers' Insights
-Explorer
-Window of the World
-The Peephole
-Going the distance
-Beyond Your Home/ Beyond the four walls of your home
-The eye/ The eye of the World
-Zoom
-Open World
-Landing spot
-Enjoy Travel
-Travel & Visits
-Move & Travel
-Visit Places
-Travel & Destinations
-Closer look at Travel
-Your Perfect Travel
-Travel & Culture Magazine

Taglines:
-The definitive source for travel guide
-Discover our world/ Discovering our world
-Explore our world
-A glimpse of the world
-Your Travel Magazine
-The Travel Magazine
-Going the distance

Spain

Wow! Doing research on spain was well worth it. Spain is beautiful!! Jamie, i've sent u the email of my findings ady, ya. :)

cheers,
Denise

Basic Page and Section Structue

well here's the page and section structure for the mag..

Content Page
Cover page (obviously)------ 1
Advertisement-------------- 2
Editor's Note---------------- 3
Content Page--------------- 4
Advertisement-------------- 5
Travel---------------------- 6-8
Culture--------------------- 9-11
Food------------------------12-15
Backpacker's Journal------- 16-17
Exciting Events------------- 18
Do's and Don'ts------------- 19-20
Map and Public Services---- 21-22
Advertisement--------------22-23
End Page------------------- 24

i've already started the layout designing.. pls give me the articles.. time is running short.. holding up ur side of the work will hold up the whole progress of the assgm.. so pls hurry..!

coz my side of the work is time consuming..
-j-

Article 1 Mexico

Restaurants, under swaying palm trees and palm-frond roofs, line the beach at Chacala, Mexico.

Planning your next vacation?
Think Mexico, oh how we all dream of the perfect vacation and usually end up with the exact opposite.

A little planning can get you far, just pick your destination and pack your bags. Mexico is the place to be!Mexico is a land waiting to be explored whether you're looking for beautiful, sun kissed white sand beaches or a look into the history and culture of early indigenous tribal peoples.

Do you want to see places that every American tourist sees in Mexico or do you want to dive deeper into the country and go places where no gringo has been before, it's up to you. Some of the cities in Mexico are sure to take your breath away.

Cancun in the state of Quintana Roo, sits on the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula.


Thousands of Americans visit each year and for good reason. Some of the world's best rated hotels have built five star hotels with lots of amenities. Best thing about these more than 25,000 hotel rooms, they are all competing for American dollars and can serve up some knock-out rates on accommodations!


There's all sorts of things to do in Cancun from golfing, swimming, touring, sight seeing, water sports or just lounging on the beach. Tequila, oh did I mention Tequila? With all the increased tourism, Cancun has some happening night spots for real adventurers.If you visit Cancun, well you can't leave without taking a 12 mile boat ride over to the island of Cozumel. Cozumel is Mexico's largest island, 28 miles long and 10 miles wide. The island of Cozumel is a great place for divers and is known for crystal clear waters.


Do you like snakes, how about Boa's? Some 30 years ago a film crew making a movie on the island had a few boa's. It's believed that the crew left some boa's behind and now the island has thousands of them everywhere. Don't worry, a typical meal for a growing Boa is a small to mid size chicken and they aren't aggressive creatures. Scientists from all over the world come to study the islands Boa community.Another beautiful place is a small city in the state of Guanajuato called Dolores Hidalgo.

A vendor sells shrimp from the back of his pickup truck on a street in Chacala. Mexico.

A historical city most famous for the events surrounding the revolution. A priest from the village of Dolores named Padre Miguel Hidalgo gave a famous speech in the dawn hours of September 16th of 1810, called "Grito de Dolores" that put a mark on this city that can never be wiped away. Another must see jewel of this city is "Parroquia de Nuestra Senora de los Dolores" which translated means, "Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Church".

The first congregation in this inspirational worshiping place was established in 1570. Each year the famous speech of Padre Hidalgo is given in the atrium of the church and you can still see re-enactments of the war for Independence on the 15th of September. Museums and 18th century architecture lines this city and is a favored place among those travelers with a thirst for real adventure.Then again if you are looking even more amazing places in Mexico, don't forget Mexico City. Mexico City is the largest city in the world home to more that eight million people. It's also the oldest city in the western hemisphere where you can walk upon the same land that the ancient Aztecs claimed as their own.

Don't forget the ancient Aztec ceremonial city Tenochtitlan, that was inhabited by only the priests. Mexico is full of history and adventure surrounded by beautiful mountains, crystal clear lakes and framed in white sand beaches.

The tall palms, the quiet, the loop of the beach — the landscape of Chacala, Mexico, banishes worry.

No matter what type of vacation you're in search of Mexico has some of the most exciting vacations around and the prices are incomparable. Currently it's relatively easy to travel to Mexico, all you need is your passport or a photo ID and birth certificate.

However the American government is in the process of changing the way Americans travel to and from Mexico. The government hopes to have a plan in place by the year 2008 that will require those entering the U.S. to have a valid passport. Presently, it's relatively easy to take the trip of your dreams and blow some pesos. Call your travel agent or do some web surfing to find what's right for you. Adios!

Downtown Chacala, Mexico, has just a few streets, most of them unpaved, and a handful of shops selling bright-hued beachwear, toys and curios.

*Note from Jacqkie, the pictures and articles are from two different sources.

Backpacker's Journal One

Backpacker’s Journal

by By Ann Brenoff, Times Staff Writer

Loreto: Mexico's relaxed fit
The city is a deep-tissue massage for the soul. Clean white sand and calm blue sea lull visitors into a hypnotic state. November 12, 2006

IT'S been said that Cabo feeds the flesh and Loreto feeds the spirit.
The two Mexican Baja cities are separated by 250 miles and several light-years — although that may not be the case for long. Thirty years ago, the Mexican government designated five areas for tourism development — Cabo San Lucas, Cancún, Huatulco, Ixtapa and Loreto in Baja California Sur. The first four have flourished as tourist destinations. Development in Loreto is still in its infancy — but hurry, because as we know, babies grow up fast.
Loreto is different, friends who had been here before insisted. Loreto is magic, they said. Loreto has no McDonald's, came the convincing coup de grâce.

My friends, they tell no lies. Loreto, with its calm waters on the Gulf of California, pristine white sand and friendly locals, is the Greek islands the way they used to be — but without the 15-hour plane ride to Athens. There are nonstop 90-minute flights three times a week from Los Angeles, and the flight schedule is expected to increase this winter.

Striving for a non-Cabo experience, Loreto has banned beach-side trinket peddlers and time-share hustlers from the airport. In fact, there's a dearth of time shares. For now.
So it was with a sense of urgency — to show my own "babies" (ages 8 and 5) that Mexico was more than five-star, all-inclusive resorts where everyone spoke English — that I decided to bring the family along on an assignment to Loreto for The Times' Real Estate section (unlike with most travel reviews, the hotel was aware I was a reporter).
What we found on a visit in late August delighted us. And what it did for us, restoratively, was nothing short of magic.

We booked a week's stay at the Inn at Loreto Bay, owned by the Loreto Bay Development Co., whose project I was touring. The hotel is just a five-minute drive from the airport and the center of town.

My daughter was the first to fall under Loreto's spell. Upon locating our room at the end of the horseshoe-shaped complex with its dead-on view of the clear, blue Gulf of California — all 155 rooms at the three-story hotel face the sea — Sophie, 8, immediately proclaimed this "our best family vacation ever!"

My husband, Vic, and son, Simon, soon hopped on her bandwagon. A vacation where swim trunks and T-shirts were all he needed suited my "I-don't-own-a-tie" husband just fine. My son, at 5, loved that he could see hundreds of little fish while he stood ankle deep in the sea — and a virtual aquarium if he ventured in to his knees.

I was a bit harder to sway. Persistent ants in the bathroom, a door-less shower that resulted in a daily flooding of the tile floor (attracting yet more ants), a balcony rail that registered unsafe on my Mommy-o-Meter. But even those concerns melted away by the end of the first day.
It wasn't that things were perfect. It's that there is something about Loreto that makes you not care about the imperfection. And most of the imperfection we found was with the hotel — a wait staff that tried to please but a kitchen that disappointed; a pool kept clean but with missing and loose tiles from deferred maintenance; a pool bar as the only non-buffet option for dinner — and the only option for lunch.

But who cared? Not us. We love the place and are planning to return.
We had chosen the all-inclusive rate of $800 a person, which combined our round-trip airfare on Alaska Airlines, seven nights at the hotel, all meals, Mexican alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, bottled water and unlimited use of non-motorized water-sports equipment — snorkeling gear and kayaks. We rented a car with manual transmission for about $350 for the week, figuring our restless natures would make us want to explore the Baja Peninsula.
But that's before we succumbed to Loreto's spell. We barely budged, except to go into town for a few dinners away from the hotel and to poke around.

We swam in the placid sea; we moved to the poolside chaise longues for lunches; we lumbered back to the shade palapas on the sand for siestas. We waited by the fishing shack to see who brought in the biggest catch of the day; the sport fishermen, who flock here from Southern California, rose each day for a 6 a.m. boat departure and returned by mid-morning having met their daily quota of two Dorado.

We walked along the shoreline, building up an impressive collection of seashells. We floated lazily on our rafts in the calm sea, disturbed only when a school of fish jumped out of the water next to us. We watched the pelicans divebomb for their dinners and the seagulls pick up the remains. We read. We snorkeled. We played Old Maid.

We woke up eight days later and couldn't remember a week that ever flew by faster.
It took the helpful concierge to shame us into taking an actual excursion; she said it would be unconscionable to come to Loreto and miss seeing Coronado Island. I resisted at first. A beach is a beach is a beach, right?

Wrong. Coronado is simply magnificent. It, and the other small islands around it, are part of Loreto Bay National Marine Park, accessible only by small private boats known as pangas.
Whale season isn't until winter and early spring, but Loreto Bay is home to 29 marine mammal species — said to be the most in all of Mexico. There are 15 species of whales, 17 species of marine birds and five species of turtles that frequent the area.

To the children's delight, our speedboat captain, Ramon, circled the island and brought us close to baby sea lions sunning themselves on the rocks before he deposited us on a breath-stealing pristine white sandy beach in a little alcove. The water was turquoise green and crystal clear. Snorkeling from the beach was a cinch, with each step yielding bigger and more colorful sea life. But "step" was the operative word as Sophie, preferring to swim unencumbered by fins, narrowly missed stepping on a large crab.

While we played, Ramon napped under a palapa, joined by two other captains. Other than their passengers — a family from Italy and honeymooning New Zealanders — the beach was all ours.
The advantage of having our own captain was we could decide when we wanted to leave, and after about four hours, we had all had enough. The kids were so exhausted, they both fell asleep sitting up on the wave-bumping ride home, oblivious to the dousing they were getting from the sea spray.

We booked our island excursion through the hotel, paying about $50 a person, including for the children. (The concierge said children were generally charged half-price if the boat had four full-paying passengers.) Ramon supplied the lunch — ham-and-cheese sandwiches, cold drinks and bags of snacks. We chose the convenience of having the boat come to us instead of driving into town and shopping for our own food, but had we been less lazy, there were captains at the Loreto marina willing to take the four of us for about $100.
Again spurred by the concierge, we booked another "must-do" family activity: an hourlong horseback ride on the beach for $30 a person. But on the morning of the ride, the concierge called our room apologetically to say the stable had canceled without explanation. Perhaps the horses had succumbed to Loreto's magic as well.

Among the artifacts
THE city of Loreto is an interesting place to explore on foot. In the central plaza is El Museo de las Misiones (the Missions Museum), a small spot that, for the $3 admission, is a fine place to meander for half an hour or so. It details the history of Baja California's development, with much credit going to the Jesuits. Signs are in Spanish and English.

And while the kids enjoyed the artifacts — especially the weaponry — their appreciation of the museum was not as great as their appreciation of the Thrifty ice cream at the store across the street, which offered the best air conditioner we found in Loreto.

Down the street from the museum is El Caballo Blanco (the White Horse), a used-books store run by Beto and Janine Perez, an American couple who retired to Loreto 18 months ago. The shop is a gathering spot for a growing expat community. Americans, said Janine — a retired teacher, mom to eight and former Fulbright scholar — come from the end of October through mid-May, when the temperatures are milder. The Americans who do venture here in the summer are the fishermen, who "buy beer, not books," Janine said.

Janine also offered excellent restaurant suggestions. She directed us to Mediterraneo, a high-end seaside dinner spot that serves a killer paella. Listed on the menu as "$42 for two," it amply fed three of us. Simon had pizza with fresh tomatoes and some piping-hot homemade minestrone soup — my version of getting him to eat vegetables. Non-Baja wines are pricey, and the one we ordered pushed our bill to $85, but eating outdoors under ceiling fans and watching the full moon reflect on the ocean made it worth the price.

Another of Janine's suggestions brought us to lunch at Santa Lucia, where we enjoyed grilled chicken on freshly baked baguettes. They were a bargain at $6, made even more so when we followed our waiter's advice and shared one among all four of us; yes, they were that large.
But the August heat trumped the best efforts of the sea breezes and ceiling fans. The children became restless and eager to return to our hotel pool and beach.

When we got back to the hotel, we found that the Thursday plane had replaced the quiet fishermen with a group of much rowdier ones. More interested in the all-inclusive open bar and wearing T-shirts that made me glad my son doesn't yet read, these guys were loud, crude and obnoxious.

A complaint to management yielded profuse apologies but little improvement. The manager insisted that loud, drunken guests were atypical and unwelcome. I believed him, but that may just have been Loreto talking.

*Note from me, I will find more pics on this Journal. It has few, but i forgot to save.

Mag Title..

Hey.. I'm so super sorry it took me so long till i finally put up something... i couldn't get in.. :)

Anyway, about the title, i thought of some, though none really strikes my attention, or makes me go
'AHA!! That's it!' I dreamed of a really good title that i was so proud of last nite, but unfortunately, i cant recall what it was this morn!! *geram*
Well,cant be helped. I'll continue thinking of more, but here's what i have so far...

-Explorer Magazine
-Window of the World
-The Peephole
-Going the distance
-Beyond Your Home/ Beynd the four walls of your home....(kinda rough kan?)
-The eye/ The eye of the World
-Zoom
-Open World
-Landing spot



That's all for now...

Denise.

Magazine's names

Magazine's names
Hey guys, honestly i havent look for any information/ articles/ pictures for the mag. Will look for it after i'm done with PR Assignment or during IDP classes k. But here are some suggestions on the mag's name. I cant think of anything fun or catchy as i think we need to put the word Travel in it. Because it is something like a Travel Guide right?

-Enjoy Travel
-Travel & Visits
-Move & Travel
-Visit Places
-Your Travel Magazine
-Travel & Destinations
-The Travel Magazine
-Closer look at Travel
-Your Perfect Travel
-Travel & Culture Magazine

http://www.realtraveladventures.com/ <<> check this out for Backpacker's Journal.


Love,
Jacqkie

updates

So far, this is what we've discussed...

We'll be having 4 sections, namely Travel, Culture, Guide, & Backpacker's journal.
The countries we will cover are Spain, Mexico, and Brazil.

There'll be 1 article under Travel and 1 article under Culture. As for Guide, we will include informations such as food specialties, maps, public services, and the Do's and Don'ts. There'll be 1 article for Backpacker's journal.

It'll most probably be a 24-page magazine.

changes in roles

me n nat have decided that there'll b a change of roles.. i suggested tat nat be the leader.

tat means she'll be doing the organizing and all so she'll also do the basic decision-making (final say on the what is to be executed) after evry discussion we have. its better this way coz i have no confidence in this whole role thingy. anyway she makes a way better one. :)

as for me i'll just do the checking on datelines n so on. just see the progress of the wrk lo.

so is tat ok with u all? if thr anything u guys wanna say, just post them ok?

-j-

I'll help jamie with the layout and the final work.

We really need to meet up and decide the content of our magazine.



-nat

rough sketch

its ok jackqie. we understand. but nvmd since i've got a feeling tat we are all SO lost i'll just write the rough sketch of wat our group is doing.

firstly and foremostly our group is doing a travel-culture mag.
we have ruled out the idea of doing a seasonal mag. coz it "life span" is too short. so i'm suggesting tat we stick to a certain region.

For ex.: Europe.

then pick just about 5-10 countries to write on. at the same time picking those cultures in those countries which are more well-known (1 culture or tradition) n 1 which is also not so known to travelling tourist.

i don't knw who's doing what. but frm our dicussion we decided tat

denise and jackqie: the blog (but othrs feel free to write),
natalie: info..

n sigh......

i: obviously get the layout.. (NOT FAIR!).

and EVRY1 does the info searching n pics. just as i said in the e-mail.

wel.. for now i guess evry just post ur suggestions for the region and countries. frm thr i'll try to draw a conclusion. ok? coz we really need to get startin'!

ok tat's all.. i really don't knw how to end a blog.. coz i don't write blogs. so bye? i think?

P.S.: i'm NOT the leader

tourist spot

Hey guys, i'm so sorry didn't updated the blog yet. I'll be updating more soon. anyway, i'm still searching for things to put. i thing we should put on stuffs like tourists spots around the world. how's that?
we put the pics and how to go there and everything?

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dtourists%2Bspots%2Bin%2BCambodia%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dyfp-t-447%26fp_ip%3DMY%26x%3Dwrt&w=450&h=337&imgurl=www.tripping.be%2Ffiles%2Fphotos%2FIMG_2346.JPG&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripping.be%2Fcambodja.html&size=104.9kB&name=IMG_2346.JPG&p=tourists+spots+in+Cambodia&amp;type=jpeg&no=1&tt=1&oid=773c00c725daefda&ei=UTF-8

click there. i think it's something like this.