Career in making magazines?

Question

I dont know what its called but when i saw 13 going on 30 where the girl is in a career where she is in the making of a magazine. Whats the name of that? Do they make a lot of money? And what kind of coarses should i take in college and how many years will it take? What exactly do those people in that industry do? Is it hard?

Answer 1

The name of that magazine was Poise.  

Magazines are a tough business to make money from.  You need to convince people to buy advertising space in the magazine.

To be a magazine editor you need to be a good journalist, proof reader and have a good business sence so you should be studying Journalis, English literature, Business Studies, Marketing etc.  Best to go see a careers advisor at your school.

Different jobs in the magazine industry are: Editor, Journalist, Advertising Sales, Designer, Photographer etc.

Yes it is hard.