Runner Analyst: By Carolina

I integrated technologies into this project in a variety of ways. When creating my magazine, I used software, hardware, and online information to help research and format my magazine. I used the program In Design to create my magazine, which includes my title page, table of contents, and my two page article. This program helped me to create my magazine with advanced software that helped it look professional. I was able to insert photos that I had taken at scheduled photo shoots to put into my magazine as background pictures, or pictures featured in my article. In Design also helps me to format my article, including a title and featured pictures within it.  I also used a program called Microsoft Publisher. I used this program to make up the flat plan for my magazine, which plans out what each page in my article will contain.  My camera, and Nikon D 3200, was used to take pictures that I used throughout my magazine. Aside from these programs and equipment,  I also used an abundance of on

My production skills developed majorly throughout this project. One of the things that I developed throughout the course of creating this magazine was my skills using editing programs. In Design is a program I used regularly to create my title page, table of contents, and my two page article. In Design was useful because it allowed me to insert pictures that I could use in the background of articles or feature in  articles. I used In Design on my title page and table of contents to create professional looking magazine titles and labels, such as headings, sub headings, side notes, and page articles in numbers. My production skills developed in writing as well. Writing and revising my article multiple times helped to create a professional sounding interview that also developed my writing skills. Finally, my production skills developed majorly in online research. A large part of my project was looking up magazines similar to mine and seeing how they format their magazines, the distributio

How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text? In order to engage audiences, my magazine would use social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, which have had increasing popularity among teenagers and millennials. A large majority or my target audience would be engaged with social media sites that could use advertising to promote my product. The social media platform Twitter is used by teenagers across the world, and is used by many companies and producers to advertise and promote products. The trending page feature of Twitter is used to show what is raging among social networking, and could promote my product. Hashtags, favorites, and re-tweets are used to spread trends. Creating a Twitter account to promote my product is an ideal way to engage audiences.

How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues? My magazine challenges conventions in a variety of ways. To begin with, my magazine represents high school level track and cross-country, different from most sports magazines. Many sports magazines that I studied, such as Sports lllustrated, cover a large range of professional sports. My magazine focuses strictly on running, and is based on a high school level to attract readers of that social group. Not only does my magazine challenge conventions in the idea of its content, but also in design. My cover page image features the subject of my main article, but shows a picture of him from the back. Most magazine covers, as observed in magazines such as Sports Illustrated or ESPN Magazine feature modeled pictures of an athlete or team from the front. The cover picture of my magazine's title page demonstrates the emphasis on the runner winning the race and shows the challenge of conve

After making multiple edits to my title page, table of contents, and written article, I finished my magazine for 3rd quarter submission. A lot of the editing I was doing to my magazine made it easier to read and more eye catching. This is the result:

ESPN the Magazine is a sports magazine that covers major professional sports.  The main sports covered include  Major League Baseball ,  National Basketball Association ,  National Football League ,  National Hockey League ,  college basketball , and  college football . The magazine typically takes a more lighthearted and humorous approach to sporting news compared with competitors such as  Sports Illustrated  and, previously, the  Sporting News . The traditional distribution model for this magazine was through subscriptions. In 2015, the subscriptions of ESPN Magazine mad for 99.7% of its distribution. Because this method proved so useful for this sports magazine, I would use it for my distribution as well. ESPN publishes 24 times a year and is mostly mailed to a subscriber base of over 1.6 million people, with some sales racks as well. The sales racks may provide some income for people who prefer to receive the magazine whenever they please, rather than getting it twice a month. The

The Sports Illustrated website displays a variety of categories and utilities. The website lists nearly all leagues of sports and events. At the top it also offers videos, photos, podcasts, vaults, shopping, purchasing tickets, and a place to subscribe to the printed addition of Sports Illustrated. To the left of the website, there is more information about subscriptions, advertising with the magazine, and contact information. The website has access to some features not included in the magazine, such as videos. These videos include interviews and sports clips. However, there are features in the printed edition of the magazine that are not included on the website. Certain written features are placed in the magazine that do not appear on the website. Paying for a subscription gives readers more access to information from Sports Illustrated than the website. The website also includes advertisements like the printed addition. With my own magazine, I could do a similar marketing ideas. I co

Magazines have a variety of ways that they distribute their product. Distribution is defined as  the way in which something is shared out among a group or spread over an area. As for magazines, it refers to how the readers acquire their magazines. Most magazine are distributed through subscriptions, where users pay a fee to have the magazine sent to them a certain amount of times a year. Most magazines send out issues monthly, every two months, or only a few times a year. This accounts for more than 95% of sales for most magazines, such as Sports Illustrated and ESPN Magazine. Some magazines also have online issues. These online issues are either available for purchase or have limited editions online. Also, magazines may be sold in stands as well. These are sold to people who may buy a magazine just once in a while, but don't want to purchase a subscription. These are the different methods for distributions of magazines.

Sports Illustrated Kids is the same magazine franchise as Sports Illustrated, an American sports media magazine. Sports Illustrated Kids uses vocabulary based more off of younger kids and applies more humor to its magazine. The magazine's secondary purpose is to market sports to children. Monthly features include comics, humorous captions of athletics photos, child reporters, and player interviews. The magazine's recurring mascot  is  Buzz Beamer , a buzz-cut blond-haired Caucasian boy always in dark glasses.  He stars in most of the comics in which he plays a variety of sports and also appears in several flash cartoons on the official website. Buzz is created and drawn by award-winning cartoonist Bill Hinds  Other works have been published under the magazine title including video games, a television show, and books. The December edition of the magazine features the Sports Kid of the Year.  Each issue features a poster that can be torn out of the issue. The Sports Illustrated