Despite the recession, creating your own niche or B2B magazines is still a popular profession for journalists.

1. Beat Reporting J0 313 beat Beat beat BEAT BEAT beat

3. 1897 Magazines in Canada: (CARD) Of these: B2B/Niche magazines…. account for about 775 of them

4. MAG FACTS: 86% of Canadians read magazines 90% + teenagers and under-24 read magazines

7. What are the top 5 most successful Canadian consumer magazines in 2010?

10. Other top 50 finishers --

11. B2B/Niche magazines…339 new ones launched in Canada last 5 years

16. Are you killing trees or Are you changing the face of your topic? --Michael Brooke, Concrete Wave magazine

17. Consider your magazine as a community: Start a Facebook page Join existing online groups/develop contacts there

19. Make sure no one else is doing this niche- Research!!! Chapters. Online.

20. Now that you have a beat…what the @#$% are you going to do with it?

22. Check Blackboard. All the documents and links That you need are there. Under Course Information And Course Documents

23. The Groups: You submit the names today Your Editors? You’ll find out next week.

24. How to write your proposal: Check Black Board. Also.. Read the ADDENDUM