A Different View

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A Different View is the monthly political magazine of the International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS). A Different View was launched in November 2005 and is published on the first day of each month.

1 Focus
2 Syndication
3 Publication
4 Editorial History
5 See also
6 External Links

[edit] Focus

A Different View deals with a wide range of topics including social, cultural, economic and political affairs. It allows students from around the globe the chance to attract attention to the issues that their country faces through the publication of original op-ed articles.

Articles published in A Different View are generally between 500 to 1500 words in length. As well as articles submitted by students the magazine publishes three regular monthly features:

PoliBlog: A collection of links and commentary on political affairs gathered by the editorial staff and structured around a central theme from that month's international news.
IAPSS and Me: An interview with a member of the IAPSS staff. Previous interviews have been conducted with the IAPSS Chaiperson, Regional Coordinators and Editorial Board members of the Association's academic journal, Politkon.
A Thousand Words: This photo feature traditionally closes the magazine each month and is composed of pictures submitted by IAPSS members worldwide.

Generally the magazine does not set a particular theme for contributors to comment upon. However, in 2006 two 'Special Issue' editions of A Different View were published which collected articles around a central theme. The Special Issue themes were 'The Global North and South' (September 2006) and 'Year in Review' (December 2006). It is anticipated that the 'Year in Review' theme will become a regular December feature of the magazine.

[edit] Syndication

Articles publsihed in A Different View are syndicated internationally via the World Student Press Agency. The close cooperation between A Different View and WSPA is a win-win strategy for both organizations and especially for the students who have the chance to make a name for themselves in the field of journalism.

[edit] Publication

The magazine is published online each month on the IAPSS website in PDF format. It is distributed to internal IAPSS mailing lists and to the 10,000 IAPSS members worlwide via a link in the monthly IAPSS newsletter.

[edit] Editorial History

The founding editor of A Different View was Giselle Quintenla. The magazine was re-launched in July 2006 under new editor Dylan Kissane who passed on the editorship to Thomas Bobinger in late 2006. While nominally under the control of the Editor, the final decision on the content of the magazine rests with the IAPSS Executive Committee and the officer or volunteer responsible for IAPSS public relations.