The Good Life Magazine

The Good Life Magazine is a biannual student-run magazine that publishes high-quality, solutions-based journalism. The Good Life Magazine works to uncover the beauty of the Syracuse community while exploring difficult and complex topics in every issue.

Editor-In-Chief

For the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 issues, I was Editor-in-Chief of The Good Life Magazine. In this position, I oversaw all staff in every team including writers, editors, art, fashion, social media & PR, and graphic design teams. As EIC, I developed the issue theme, handled the budgeting and reregistration of the organization, creatively planned the photoshoot, and managed the master InDesign document of the magazine for eventual print.

As EIC, every individual article was copy-edited, line-edited, fact-checked, and proofread by myself and my fellow editors. This process continues until the graphics team begins design for the pages of the magazine, which also undergoes a long process of drafts and edits until completion of the magazine. Throughout these processes, I served as the central communicator between teams, using email and Slack to connect my staff and keep every member of the process up to date and on deadline.

The Good Life Magazine: Fall 2023 – my first issue as Editor-in-Chief.

Theme: Dark Academia

The Good Life Fall 2023 Dark Academia Photoshoot

This photoshoot features the combined effort of a photographer, fashion director, our executive team, and models. With my background and focus on text-centric, editing-based work, creatively planning and culminating this shoot and the final product photographs was entirely out of my comfort zone. The shoot brought my creative ideas to life, following my chosen theme for the magazine – Dark Academia – and my developing eye for art into the printed final product.

See the entirely of the Fall 2023 Issue here. See page 1 for my “Letter from the Editor”.

The Good Life Magazine: Spring 2024 – my second and final issue as Editor-in-Chief, produced from abroad in London, UK.

Theme: Goddess of Spring

My article was featured in “Snippets of Abroad by Our Editors”. This article is an experiential piece highlighting my experiences and the beauties and struggles of living abroad in London.

See the entirety of the Spring 2024 Issue here. See page 1 for my “Letter from the Editor,” and page 16 for my article, “London, UK”.

Other bylined articles in The Good Life Magazine from Fall 2021 – Spring 2023:

All articles in The Good Life Magazine undergo an in-depth editing process, producing three deadlined drafts, high-quality and versatile sources, and review from all editing team members.

“Styrofoam Out, Conservation In”, published in the Fall 2021 issue of The Good Life Magazine.
“Brotherhood & Sisterhood”, published in the Spring 2022 issue of The Good Life Magazine.
“The Reality of Constant Cold Fronts,” published in the Spring 2023 issue of The Good Life Magazine.

“OrangeSeeds SU,” published in the Fall 2022 issue of The Good Life Magazine.