This is how the vida magazine is created
A look behind the scenes – from the editorial meeting to the finished issue.
Behind the scenes
Before a vida magazine arrives hot off the press or digitally , it travels a long way. It starts with ideas and discussions, continues with research and conversations , writing and design , all the way to printing, mailing and online. The most important thing is that behind every issue – as with the trade union – there are committed people and exciting stories.
Take a look behind the scenes with us and find out how the vida magazine is created.
One vida magazine, many steps, many people
Here we show you how the vida magazine is created. Step by step. And with the people behind it. Find out what happens before you open the vida magazine.
Step 1: The editorial meeting
At the beginning there is no finished plan, but an open question: What is on our members' minds right now?
In the editorial meeting , we contribute ideas, collect topics, discuss perspectives, listen to each other. Some ideas arise quietly, others passionately. Not every one makes it into the vida magazine – but every one is taken seriously. Because good topics cannot be forced. They want to be found.
Step 2: The decision
The editor-in-chief makes decisions together with the editorial team.
We ask ourselves: What stories are we telling, and who are we giving a voice to? We make these decisions consciously and together. When we choose topics, it's not about attention at any price, it's about relevance and attitude.
Step 3: The research
Once a topic has been set, the real work begins.
Our editors research, conduct interviews, read, compare, check facts. They talk to people who are affected and to experts who can classify. For us, research means taking your time. Build trust. Look closely.
Step 4: Writing
Research becomes text. Conversations become sentences. Many thoughts become a story.
Writing is not just about what is said – but how. Words can explain, hurt, encourage, or change. That's why we weigh them carefully. Every text should be understandable – and respectful, towards the people we write about – and towards the people who read our magazine – i.e. you.
Step 5: Editing
No text leaves the editorial office without being read, questioned and sharpened. Our motto is: Fine-tune together, get better together.
In editing, we read carefully, question, shorten, sharpen. Sometimes there is discussion, sometimes it is deleted, sometimes it is rethought. Headlines are created, disappear and re-emerged. This is not an end in itself – but the moment in which quality grows.
Step 6: The Layout
Content gets a face.
Editorial and graphic design work closely together – on layouts, images, colours and structures. And that until text and images fit together. Design should provide orientation, strengthen content and create atmosphere.
Step 7: The final check
Before an issue goes to print, it is carefully checked again: every paragraph, every caption, every detail.
It is the moment when excitement and anticipation come together, because now many work steps become an entire magazine, and work becomes anticipation.
Step 8: The grand finale
Now the vida magazine is going on tour.