Aimup - Print media

Print media

The Print Media includes:

Books
Newspapers
Magazines
Journals

There are various jobs available in the print media:

Editors:

Gather and choose material
Check it for errors
Decide where it will appear in the publication.

Writers/Journalists:

Write articles or columns
Report or comments on current events.

Not all writing in a newspaper is factual and based on the news. Experts in a field can be commissioned to write articles for a book or a newspaper. Sometimes writers are asked to give their 'view on life' in a magazine or newspaper column based on their experience - various politicians and sports personalities have become regular columnists for newspapers and magazines.

Proofreaders read through the text line-by-line, looking for grammatical errors (sentences that do not make sense, spelling and punctuation) and typographical (printing) errors.

Illustrators are artists who provide pictures for books.

Designers lay out the pages of the text and illustrations.

Photographers are often commissioned to take photographs that illustrate stories in books, newspapers and magazines. If a newspaper story relies heavily on photography to tell the story this is called photojournalism.