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Discontent - Political issues in the independent world
There are still few well-made political journals in the independent world. Discontent is an exciting new release from 2021 that focuses on current events and turmoil in the Middle East.
Frab's Journal
Interview with Purpurri: collage artist and magazine collector
Paper, scissors and glue: these are roughly the working tools of a collage artist. We interviewed one who made a poster for Frab's (free to download) full of visual stimuli to get inspired and create their own collage.
Perfect, the new Katie Grand magazine
Perfect is not just another magazine and it is not a classic fashion magazine, it presents itself as a big book that makes its multi-channel approach its real strength. Editor-in-chief Katie Grand presents it like this: "What we strove to do with Perfect was to take the magazine format and elevate it from a disposable paper product to a desirable object that satisfies all the senses."
Ideas for the Manifesto of a new editorial distribution
We want to put together all the rumors that they are tired and would like to put an end to the vicious circle of the consignment. Can you help us create a network for the publishing of tomorrow?
Sirene Journal in our April Secret Mag Club
For the Secret Mag Club of April 2021 we have selected issue 12 of Sirene Journal, an Italian magazine which tells the philosophy of the sea, the feelings and passion of those who experience this natural element in its purest and least touristy form.
Guide to building a magazine: the structure
This guide is designed for those who would like to carry out their own editorial project and ask themselves: how are the contents of a magazine structured? What elements should I enter? We went through a few magazines and extrapolated the practical elements that we advise you to keep in mind when you approach the structuring of a magazine.
Slow living inspiration? Here are the magazines not to be missed
One of the characteristics of independent magazines is time: they are slow publications, with long and sometimes irregular cadences, but above all they need time and slowness to be read and really appreciated.
We often find this slowness also in the contents, which invite you to embrace a conscious life. We have selected five inspiring independent magazines that invite us to slow down, offering us ideas and good reasons for a more conscious lifestyle.
Are We Europe in our March Secret Mag Club
In the Secret Mag Club of March 2021 we have chosen to talk about Europe and journalism with the magazine Are We Europe. A political journalism magazine that chooses to tell Europe in a different way from the one we know, rigorously deepening the stories and reasons of its people and its peoples.
Emanuela Martini tells us about her Cineforum
Founded in 1962, Cineforum in 2020 changes its skin: format, graphics and periodicity are revisited, remaining faithful to the original in the contents. Among its pages presentations and reviews alternate with controversy and discussions on dozens of films, analysis of film trends and authorial trends in this sector.
On the occasion of the release of the first issue we interviewed Emanuela Martini, editor of the magazine.
Mulieris magazine: feminism and art between the pages of a magazine
Mulieris Magazine is a somewhat uncomfortable magazine, but one that screams truth on every page. Yes, because we discover, reading it, that the world of art is still crossed today by profound gender disparities, a reflection of a society in which if you are a woman you still risk being considered a second-class human being. We interviewed the all-female team hiding behind its pages.
Why do we need Positive News?
"Bad news are good news. Good news is no news. No news is bad news ". For the uninitiated, this is the first thing they teach you in any journalism course, but there is a different way to tell news, good or bad, and it's called constructive journalism. We explain how this new approach to information at the basis of magazines such as Positive News works
Barcode Guide in Magazines: ISBN, ISSN or No Code?
Guide to ISSN and ISBN codes: what they are, why they are needed, how to use them and how to get them. If you are planning a magazine or an editorial publication it is good to know these codes and why they can be an added value for your project. In this guide we try to explain to you why we always recommend that you wear them.