The project’s aim is for students to reduce their fear of writing and develop an appreciation of their texts. Their texts are published in a journal to ensure that this does not go unnoticed. Three to four such journals are published each semester, each devoted to a different topic. Larger classes are divided into smaller editorial groups of four to six students. Each group works on a given number of pages. On a rotating basis, one group at a time is responsible for the title page.

• The students write a text on a chosen topic, from which they – in group work – then develop an article for the magazine.

• Each editorial group develops ideas on how to deal with the respective topic.

• All participants individually write texts on the subject, which are discussed within the group, improved, illustrated, given a layout, edited again, and finally published.

Samuel Herzog, lecturer at HKB – Bern Academy of the Arts
MA in art history (University of Bern), MA in Art in public spheres (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts), journalist

Prior Knowledge and Preparation
The lecturer arranges the setting for the lessons and the journal’s publication.

Accessibility:
Assistance for Learners
Students can use classroom language or together agree upon another language.

Additional Tools

• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• WordPress, https://wordpress.com
• possibly camera or smartphone camera
• possibly printing possibility