Zines are scrapbook-style mini-magazines that are focused on a single issue. We initially started using it on our Post-Digital Civility initiative with Hamline University and the Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy.  Zines are a fairly straight-forward and interesting genre that we decided to work into our employee handbook as well (It also serves a nice introduction to the genre for our interns and employees). Note that this particular zine is a mixture of computer-generated work and scans of a physical page. Both methods of zine creation are acceptable, as long as the information included is clear and legible.

Zines are just one of many genres the IDH uses to connect with the world on important issues: we believe experience and mastery of multiple genres is needed in an ever-evolving and constantly-changing environment. While working with the IDH, you'll be learning how to make zines, tweets, 'grams, posts, articles, podcasts, legal briefs, and more. Different parts of Employee Handbook will use different genres.