Forge Press - Lifestyle Section

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Prior to applying for an editorial position at Forge, I had a number of reviews published on Film, Theatre, and Live Music; and had taken a significant interest in Student Media which I wished to pursue further. My first year working on the paper was as Lifestyle Editor, a position I undertook to gain experience in regularly producing copy and working as part of the Newspaper Committee.

For this, I was not appointed a consistent co-editor, and so produced 2 double-page spreads every fortnight.

I enjoyed working with in this position due to the scope of topics that can fall under the Lifestyle category, and over my tenure regularly asked for contributors to send in any of their own ideas that they wanted to develop further for the section, whilst also regularly sending out content briefs and creating new regular sections such as 'Recipe corner', 'Lifestyle Loves' and 'Tattoo corner'.

This role required:

- Consistent and effective communication with section co-editors to generate engrossing ideas for content to distribute to contributors both online and through regular meetings, maintaining thematic and design consistency, and establishing deadlines.

- Retaining structural integrity and voice when copy editing contributor-submitted pieces, overseeing an original, polished and informative end-product in accordance with a style guide and media law.

- Regularly presenting ideas in fortnightly committee EGM meetings, effectively making decisions as a team and compiling ideas in an environment open to constructive critique, influence, and collaboration. Through feeding ideas of my own and developing the ideas of others, a strong editorial lead with section support was established.

- Using my working knowledge of the Adobe InDesign and the newspaper design at large from a technical, creative and accessible standpoint to aid in a successful redesign.

Issue 96 - First Lifestyle Section as Section Editor / Issue 97 - Redesigned Lifestyle Section with Feature

Issue 98 - Section with 'Lifestyle Loves' column / Issue 99 - Section with 'Nostalgia' Feature

Issue 100 - Section with Tattoo Corner, Sex Feature, Simpsons Bootleg Feature / Issue 101 - Section with Tattoo Corner and Tattoo Article

Issue 102 - Section with Christmas Food Gifts Feature and Journal Article / Issue 103 - Section with Valentines Advice Feature and Neapolitan Pizza Review

Issue 104- (Shorter Issue) Frying Pan Pizza Recipe / Issue 105 - Vegan Chilli Recipe, Tattoo Corner, Veganism Article and Lifestyle Loves Section

Issue 106 (Final Issue as Lifestyle Editor) - Veganism Article and Interval Pizza Showdown