Haifeng Magazine 海风

The HaiFeng Magazine was founded by UC Berkeley students in 2004 as a nonprofit publishing group first known as The Tea House Magazine.  The goals of our magazine team are to provide Berkeley Chinese students with a platform to voice their opinions on issues relating to Chinese students overseas, and to create a stage for writers, Chinese or Non-Chinese students who are interested in Chinese literature, to exhibit their talents in Chinese literature.

Starting Fall 06, the magazine was renamed HaiFeng.  As our first new issue was published in early October 2006, HaiFeng Magazine has officially become the magazine for Chinese oversea students across the globe, with readers from most of major universities around the world.  While retaining its base in Berkeley, HaiFeng Magazine aims to bring critical issues in the oversea Chinese student community to readers’ attention and thus initiates debate and discussion within the Chinese student community; in addition, HaiFeng also seeks to promote inter-campus communications to introduce different campus cultures to our readers.

The HaiFeng Magazine DeCal course seeks to carry out the mission of our magazine team, and provides class participants the opportunity to learn about magazine production process including editing, design, marketing, etc.  Each student will participate in one of the three committees (Editorial, Design, and Production); all students as a team will produce two full issues of HaiFeng Magazine over the course of the semester.

ATTENDENCE POLICY

Students will be allowed a maximum of TWO unexcused absences. In addition, TWO unexcused tardies will be considered an unexcused absence.  More than two unexcused absences will result in a failing grade regardless of completed assignments or participation. If there is a foreseeable reason for an absence, please notify your facilitator at last 24 hours in advance.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

In order to pass the course, students will be required to fulfill the following minimum requirements:

1. Participation in one committee. All class participants are required to participate in one of the three committees of the Hai Feng Magazine, and actively involved in group discussion or workshops.

1. Completion of Group Projects. Each committee will be assigned three projects corresponding to the two issues of Hai Feng we will produce over the course of the semester. Students will be allowed class time to plan and work on the projects. Course facilitators will lead the groups and be available for any questions that arise.

1. Submission of at least three out of four possible assignments.  All students enrolled in the course will submit articles for the publication of Hai Feng and possibly one review of the magazine.

SYLLABUS

Week 1 – Introduction of Hai Feng magazine/ Course overview / Enrollment policies / Committee signups

Week 2 – Editorial Workshop / Basic design Workshop

Week 3 – Business Workshop/ Issue 1 group work session

Week 4 – 1^st article due / Issue 1 group work session

Week 5 – Magazine funding and distribution workshop

Week 6 – 2^nd article due / Issue 2 planning session / Issue 2 group work session

Week 7 – Issue 2 group work session

Week 8 – Issue review

Week 9 – 3^rd article due / Issue 2 group work session

Week 10 – Presentation on modern literary works and representative magazines / Article appreciation

Week 11 – Issue 2 group work session

Week 12 – Guest Speaker

Week 13 – End-of-semester evaluation / Magazine fair: “my favorite magazine / article / page design”