To consider how magazine staff are divided in temrs of their skills.

The publishing sector in the UK



 

• The publishing industry employs over 19500 people, representing approximately 36% of the creative media workforce.
• 51,000 people employed in the newspaper sector
• 50,500 work in journals and magazines
• 33,000 in the book industry
• 12,000 in other information service activities

                           

 

 

1. What differences in jobs can you see in two magazines? The difference in the jobs that you can see on the magazine is that they use alternative names for the employees for example, Editor's PA and Deputy editor. Another difference is the two magazines have different layouts for groups of employees, for example UNCUT have a separate section for every group of employs, for example Display advertising, creative media, however NME do not separate these groups they are all under Advertising.

 

2. What does the wording in these job titles mean to you? The wording in these job titles mean to me that I can identify the role of the employee and how high in command they are. for example there is a Editor who is first in command, then the Deputy editor who is second in command.

 

3. What does it show about the publication? This shows that the publication is run by a large team consisting of

 

 

What do you the responsibilities of a Chief Editor?

 

• Manages staff
• Sets and enforcers policies
•  Determines coverage
• Delegating
• Making overall decisions/ overriding decisions

 Role of chief editor

 

• Is the 'public face' of the story, representing the magazine in statements in all platforms of publication
• Attend functions, events, award ceremonies
• Occasional column writing/editorial piece
• decide on 'narrative or theme for each edition of the magazine for all staff ti adhere to
• Leads meetings
• Budget control
• Publish an 'editorial calendar t highlight themes in appropriate months
• Strategic planning (overall direction of product)
• Overall decision of any change to deadlines test
• Manages careers of present and new staff motivating team
• legal decisions (following pcc guidelines )
• Lease with published marketing depts, media sales team, PR agencies
• Build up contacts and connections