Analyze Jet and Life (1,000-1,200 words):
First, choose a month and year that you wish to study. Your choice may be no earlier than November 1951 and no later than December 1972.
Second, read through the issues of Jet and Life for that month.
(They are available online through Google Books.)
Then write an essay that compares and contrasts these two magazines. Consider how the magazines appealed to different audiences, how the same events may have been reported differently or ignored by one or the other magazine, or how advertisements enticed readers.