I have been invisable here of late as I have so many projects on the go. My magazine Q has taken off here in London, Canada.
Each month I will have an overall theme...October's is Faith and we'll be dealing with several different belief systems. (we also have lighter stuff; and we have in Oct a debate on both sides of the gay marriage issue).
But I've had a painting created for my cover for October which features Jehovah's Witnesses. It is awesome. It will be non-offensive to Witnesses. Our cover story highlights the blood issue and the case in Calgary but the cover story's theme has to do with Issues of Conscience. To that end the second part of the cover story deals with another denomation's issue with photos on driver's licences. Quite interesting case actually.
My magazine will not take a stand on the blood issue...we are presenting both sides of the story with quotes from both the father in the case and his lawyer and representatives of the Watchtower society.
Both sides appreciated the thoroughness of my writer and our desire to remain neutral. How much media coverage do you see that doesn't take a particular spin on an issue? Having access to much of the info on this case, I can tell you that a writer could spin this story in a bezillion directions.
my magazine (15,000 copies) is distributed to 500 locations in London, certain locations in St. Thomas, Kitchener, Stratford and Toronto - Second Cup; Zeldas; 501, Woodys.
our web site is http://www.qmagazine.ca