Magazine trade fair unfolds at RRC on March 30

A glimpse at magazine trade fair days gone by.

Have you got issues with your circulation? Do you periodically read periodicals? Are you missing pulp in your diet?

If you answered "yes" to just one of these questions, you should come to the Red River College Creative Communications students' annual magazine trade fair on Friday, March 30 from noon to 4 p.m. in the Exchange District Campus Atrium.

Working in small groups, first-year students have written, designed, and produced some 15 magazines this semester. They'll have samples on hand; some will be compiling a PDF e-mail list, so you can be first to download their periodicals onto your iPad.

The trade fair is a celebration of achievement and excellence in publishing and just, plain completing one of the toughest assignments of this and any semester. Expect a festive atmosphere and lots of free snacks and candies - my favorite snacks and candies of all!

Communication jobs for communicatin' people, week of March 18, 2012

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1. Associate Communications Manager (One-Year Term), Investors Group

2. Communications and Quality Assurance Coordinator, Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association

3. Public Affairs Officer, Government of Alberta

4. Communications Officer, St. Paul's High School

5. Technical Communications Officer, Manitoba Public Insurance

6. Community Investment Specialist, MTS

7. Bilingual Proof Reader, Vita Health

8. Print Production Rep, Derksen Printers

9. Technical Writer, the People Bank Placement Group

10. Volunteer and Customer Assistant, Winnipeg Folk Fest (Summer)

11. Manager of Communications, APTN

12. Strategic Planner and Copywriter, gents agency, Belgium

Communication jobs for communicatin' people, week of March 11, 2012

1. Editor (term), CTV Winnipeg

2. Reporter/Editor (French), CBC

3. Male Host Audition, SMS Concepts

4. Manager of Communications, APTN

5. Research Officer, the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union

6. Sports Editor, Newsroom, The Edmonton Journal (Alberta)

7. and 8. Marketing Manager, Marketing Coordinator, Harbourfront Centre (Ontario)

9. Promotions and Marketing Coordinator, Astral

10. Technical Writer, Unnamed company: Apply Through Placement Agency

11. Advertising Agent, Asset Beam Publishing

12. Team Leader, Events Marketing

13. Technical Communications Officer, MPI

14. Community Cruiser Coordinator (Summer), Tim Hortons

15. Multimedia Journalist, Lac du Bonnet Leader, Interlake Spectator, Beausejour Review

16. Development Officer, St. Boniface Hospital Foundation

17. Prospect and Research Specialist, St. Boniface Hospital Foundation

18. Communications and Quality Assurance Coordinator, Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association

19. Copywriter, Awesome Advertising

Student releases second On the Peg podcast, world rejoices

It's been a great week of great students presenting great projects in front of great instructors looking at their great reflections in great mirrors.

So, let's keep that head of steam going with a new On the Peg podcast from today's IPP host himself, Tristan Field-Jones. 

Tristan is working on this podcast as part of his Independent Professional project, a year-long course in which students develop an original and meaningful project that they propose, complete, and market independently.

You can like On the 'Peg on Facebook; watch for the next episode - shot at the IPPs themselves - coming soon to a pod near you.

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