Apart from working for newspapers, journalists can also work for magazines ranging from newsmagazines to women, comics, fashion and children's magazines.
In recent years, the content of newspapers becomes more and more similar to that of magazines, narrowing the disparity between the staff structure in these two types of establishments. Magazines also employ reporters, feature writers, sub-editors and editors.
The most significant difference lies on the relatively higher proportion of the editorial positions in the magazine sector. The major reason is that many magazine articles are written by free-lancers.
Magazine Editor
Job Description
Apart from the common editorial duties, the duties of a magazine editor include the following:
Commission feature articles from correspondents
Allocate stories to reporters
Liaise with printers
Keep deadlines
Attend to the budgetary issues