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Title The art of making magazines : on being an editor and other views from the industry / edited by Victor S. Navasky and Evan Cornog.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 179 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Columbia journalism review books
Columbia journalism review books.
Contents Introduction; 1. Talking About Writing for Magazines (Which One Shouldn't Do); 2. Magazine Editing Then and Now; 3. How to Become the Editor-in-Chief of Your Favorite Women's Magazine; 4. Editing a Thought-Leader Magazine; 5. Fact-Checking at The New Yorker; 6. A Magazine Needs Copyeditors Because. . .; 7. How to Talk to the Art Director; 8. Three Weddings and a Funeral; 9. The Simpler the Idea, the Better; 10. The Publisher's Role Crusading Defender of the First Amendment or Advertising Salesman?; 11. Editing Books Versus Editing Magazines; 12. The Reader is King; Acknowledgments.
Summary From finding and cultivating authors to effectively incorporating art and design, from the importance of fact checking and copyediting to the critical relationship between advertising dollars and content, this anthology provides a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the making of a successful and influential magazine. It also engages with the industry's most pressing issues, such as the future of magazines in a digital environment and the increasing pressure of business interests on editorial decisions, acting as both a how-to and a how-to-be guide for a variety of readers. Top editors.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Journalism -- Editing.
Journalism -- Editing.
Periodicals -- Publishing.
Periodicals -- Publishing.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Cornog, Evan.
Navasky, Victor S.
Other Form: Print version: Navasky, Victor. Art of Making Magazines : On Being an Editor and Other Views from the Industry. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012 9780231131377
ISBN 9780231504690 (electronic book)
0231504691 (electronic book)
9780231131360 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780231131377 (paperback)
0231131364
9780231131360
0231131372
9780231131377
Music No. EB00662261 Recorded Books