2. WITNESS STATEMENT
On the side are my witness statement, these were completed during I presented my pitch for
my magazine. Looking over this I can see that there is possible improvements that I could
make so that I might be able to do better when presenting it. Further to this, it goes over my
strengths and weaknesses of my pitch.
3. FEEDBACK
From looking over my witness statement, I got feedback from
my teacher, this had good parts and bad parts from my
pitch explaining what I needed to add to improve it. For
example, all of the things that I had completed and the ‘what
went well’ were all in green and areas that I needed to
improve on were highlighted in yellow. To make sure that I
have all green, this would meant that I would have to go
back over my work and possibly add more detail for example.
An example of this is that I didn't’t go into detail on how I
will be marketing my magazine, so to overcome this I would
go with the idea of using certain social media platforms such
as Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Using these
would allow people to stay up to date with new knowledge
on the magazine and the content. The reason to why I have
chosen these media platforms is because of the amount of
people that are using these apps on a daily basis.
4. SURVEY MONKEY
Looking at the screenshots of my survey monkey questions
and answers above, in the first question you can see, all the
people that answered my question rated my pitch around
60/100, responding to “how did I do with presenting my
pitch?”.
For my question 2, “were my front covers relevant with
my chosen genres?”, for this everyone who responded
voted “yes”, that the front covers that I had created were
relevant to the musical genres that I had chosen for them.
This shows me that the front covers that had been designed
and edited correctly for their purpose of being used for the
Pop/Hip-hop genre.
5. SURVEY MONKEY
CONTINUED
For question 3, “anything I could improve on my
pitch?”, for this question I gave the option of writing their
own personal comment as this would give me the chance
to receive in depth feedback where I can actually get an
idea of what I should improve on. One of the points that I
was given as feedback was that I should have made notes
so that I wouldn’t have struggled on what I should have
said instead of having to pause and think.
Secondly, on question 4, the question that I had asked was
“Is there anything that I could change on my Front
Covers?”. The 2 responses that I received were that I
could have improved/changed were the theme and the
main image.
6. SURVEY MONKEY CONTINUED
Question 5, for this question I asked “what do you
think about my front cover designs?” and the
type of answer for this was a scale of 1-10, the
average answer I received was 7 out of 10.
Secondly, for question 6, I asked “Do you agree
with my final choice of magazine”. The answer for
this question was 100% people who answered this
voted ‘yes’.
7. PITCH IMPROVEMENTS
For me to improve my pitch, I would have had to included all of my Photoshop work, further
to this I should have included the parts to my pitch that I was missing. One thing that I should
have added was my back pages that I made in Photoshop for my magazine.
Secondly, another thing that I could have done to improve my pitch was to go into more
detail on parts such as the theories and distribution, why I chose ASDA for example. If I was to
do this it would make my pitch a lot more appealing as it would have more detail on
everything which would make it a lot easier to understand.
Lastly, the biggest thing that I could have done to improve my pitch was make some notes
and revise. This would have been a great thing to do for my pitch as it would mean that I
know what I, saying instead of constantly trying to think.
8. CORRECTIONS TO DOUBLE PAGE
SPREAD
For this correction I was recommended that I keep the colour scheme the
same when looking at the front cover. This was a very simple change to
my double page spread, I did it by press command T and then clicking on
the text boss and then changing the colour to yellow which goes along
with my front cover.
9. PRODUCTION PLAN
Week beginning
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Find a location for
an office
Buy equipment Recruit staff Set up equipment
and furniture in
the office
Meet all
employees and go
through what
needs to be done
Completed by
June 4th June 5th June 6th June 7th June 8th
Week beginning
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Get writers and
journalists to
gather
information for
the magazine.
Organize a
meeting for
design ideas
Set a date to
when the
magazine will be
released
Manage the
schedule for the
magazine
Editorial and
budget decisions
need to made
Completed by
June 11th June 12th June 13th June 14th June 15th
When looking at a production process I followed a professional one off
the internet closely.
10. PRODUCTION PLAN CONTINUED
Week beginning
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Editorial and
budget decisions
need to made
Decide the
content which will
be in the
magazine
Decide the
content which will
be in the
magazine
Edit the magazine Edit the magazine
Completed by
June 18th June 19th June 20th June 21st June 22nd
Week beginning
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Edit the magazine Layout the pages
for the magazine
Layout the pages
for the magazine
Proofreading Proofreading
Completed by
June 25th June 26th June 27th June 28th June 29th
I will be making around 15,000 copies for my magazine. The reason for this is
because of the high demand for the exclusives that my magazines can provide.
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11. PRODUCTION PLAN CONTINUED – LAUNCH DATE
June 30th is a good day to launch the magazine as it is the end of
the month and most people would have been paid therefore will
have money to buy the magazine.
Week beginning
Monday
LAUNCH
MAGAZINE
Completed by
June 30th
12. ETHICAL & LEGAL ISSUES.
The IPSO(independent press standards organization), has set rules known as the editors
code of practice, in which the editor of a magazine, newspaper or any other form of media,
has to follow a particular rule set followed by this organization. Initially it was the PCC (Press
Complaints Commission) that dealt with these rules and set specific standards that editors
would have to follow, and now this has been taken over by the IPSO.
They focus on a long list of categories such as Accuracy, Privacy, Harassment, Intrusion into
grief or shock, Reporting Suicide, Children, Children in sex cases, Hospitals, Reporting of
crime, Clandestine devices and subterfuge, Victims of sexual assault, Discrimination,
Financial journalism, Confidential sources, Witness payments in criminal trials and Payment
to criminals. These are all the categories that are included in the editor’s Code of Practice.
14. DATA PROTECTION ACT (1998)
The Date Protection Act 1998 is an act put in place by the untied kingdom parliament, this defines the ways in which information about living people may be legally used and
handled. Its main purpose is to make sure that certain individuals are protected against misuses or abuse of information about them.
People that use data means that they would have to follow the strict rules that come with it, this is known as ‘data protection principles’. These are the things that they must
ensure the information is:
• Used fairly and lawfully
• Used for limited, specifically stated purposes
• Used in a way that is adequate, relevant and not excessive
• Accurate
• Kept for no longer than is absolutely necessary
• Handled according to people’s data protection rights
• Kept safe and secure
• Not transferred outside the European Economic Area without
• adequate protection
If the information is more sensitive and needs the stricter rules such as:
• Ethnic background
• Political opinions
• Religious beliefs
• Health
• Sexual health
• Criminal records
https://www.gov.uk/data-protection
15. EDITOR’S CODE OF PRACTICE
Accuracy
Looking at this section, the press are made sure to take care and not to publish
inaccurate, misleading or distorted information or images, including headlines not
supported by the text. Also, the press, while free to edit and campaign, they must
distinguish the clear difference between comment, conjecture and the facts.
Privacy
Every person is entitled to respect their privacy and family life etc. further to this, for
people taking pictures, it is not acceptable to take a photograph individuals, without
their consent, this means that when they are in public or in private places their privacy
needs to be respected.
Harassment
Journalists must not engage in intimidation, harassment or persistent pursuit. It isn’t
allowed for journalists to consistently ask questions, calling, following or photographing
people once asked to stop.
Instruction into grief or shock
In cases involving personal grief or shock, enquiries and approaches must be made with
sympathy and discretion and publication handled sensitively. These provisions should
not restrict the right to report legal proceedings.
Reporting suicide
When reporting on a subject such as suicide, to prevent simulative acts then care and
caution must be taken to avoid excessive detail of the method used, while taking into
account the media’s right to report legal proceedings.
Children
Everyone should be allowed to complete their time at school with intrusion.
Without school authorities then they are not allowed to photograph or approach the
https://www.ipso.co.uk/editors-code-of-practice/
Children in sex cases
In any kind of press report of a case involving a sexual offence against a minor –
They must not be identified, however the adult is allowed to be identified, a word
such as “incest” must not be used where there is a child victim might be identified.
Hospitals
Journalists must identify themselves and obtain permission from a responsible
executive before entering non-public areas of hospitals or similar institutions to
pursue enquiries.
The restrictions on intruding into privacy are particularly relevant to enquiries about
individuals in hospitals or similar institutions.
Reporting of crime
when reporting a crime, relatives or friends of persons convicted of committing a
crime should not have their identity shared if they do not give consent of such
things, unless they are relevant in context. The reason for this is because if there is a
minor involved in the case who can be a witness or the victim of the said crime, this
must not restrict the right to report legal proceedings.
Clandestine devices and subterfuge
The press must not seek to obtain or publish material acquired by using hidden
cameras or clandestine listening devices; or by intercepting private or mobile
telephone calls, messages or emails; or by the unauthorised removal of documents
or photographs; or by accessing digitally-held information without consent.
Victims of sexual assault
The press must not identify or publish material likely to lead to the identification of a
victim of sexual assault unless there is adequate justification and they are legally free
to do so.
Discrimination
Details of an individual's race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation,
physical or mental illness or disability must be avoided unless genuinely relevant to
the story.
16. EDITORS CODE OF PRACTICE CONTINUED
Financial journalism
Even where the law isn't prohibited, journalists must not use for their own profit financial information they receive in
advance of its general publication, or should they pass any kind of information to others that shouldn’t have the
information.
Confidential sources
Journalists have a moral obligation to protect confidential sources of information
Witness payments in criminal trials
No payment or offer of payment to a witness – or any person who may reasonably be expected to be called as a witness –
should be made in any case once proceedings are active as defined by the Contempt of Court Act 1981. This prohibition
lasts until the suspect has been freed unconditionally by police without charge or bail or the proceedings are otherwise
discontinued; or has entered a guilty plea to the court; or, in the event of a not guilty plea, the court has announced its
verdict. Any payment or offer of payment made to a person later cited to give evidence in proceedings must be disclosed
to the prosecution and defence. The witness must be advised of this requirement.
Payment to criminals
Payment or offers of payment for stories, pictures or information, which seek to exploit a particular crime or to glorify or
glamorise crime in general, must not be made directly or via agents to convicted or confessed criminals or to their
associates. Editors invoking the public interest to justify payment or offers would need to demonstrate that there was good
reason to believe the public interest would be served. If, despite payment, no public interest emerged, then the material
should not be published.
17. RISK ASSESSMENT
What I needed in my photo shoot for my magazine:
• Camera – this was so that I would be able to take a picture of my model (Frankie McBrien).
• Mobile phone – so I would be able to contact my model to tell him the details of the photo
shoot.
• Checklist – to make sure that I had everything for the shoot.
• I had to confirm ownership of the room that we were using for the pictures, this was so that
people wouldn't’t enter when we were taking pictures.
• I had to explain my intentions for using the room so that we would be able to access it.
• As the model, Frankie did have a dress code for the Photo shoot.
• Neighbour disturbance – we had to make sure that we weren't disturbing others as we had to
make sure that we were being considerate of our surroundings.
• Depending on how long we were going to be there just incase we had toilets within a good
distance if anyone needed a break.
• Take photo – as the director I had to be the one who was taking the picture
• Additional contributors – I had help from Miss Stevens. This was so that I was able to get some
important advice where I would be able to get better photos.
