problem 1: prepare brief definitions or descriptions of the given ten words or expressions:

a) Teeline
b) Web offset
c) Screamer
d) Scaling
e) Ghostpreparer
f) Clips
g) Agony column
h) Blurb
i) Justification
j) Pull-out

problem 2: Most of today’s journalists will have to contemplate operating as a freelance. What are the major features of the role of a freelance?

problem 3: Regulation and voluntary codes of conduct are much significant for the magazine journalist. Describe why they are so significant, with particular reference to one of the major codes of conduct.

problem 4: describe the main editorial elements of a popular mainstream mass circulation magazine and their significance to the success of that magazine.

problem 5: What are readership surveys, what can they show and why are they so significant for magazine proprietors, editors and journalists?

problem 6: Set out at least five golden rules for the journalist when writing for a magazine. Describe your answer with suitable illustrations.

problem 7: Being an editor is creative. Describe the role of the editor of a magazine.

problem 8: What are the two main functions of the picture desk? describe in detail how the desk carries out each of such functions.