And people who work in the magazine industry are passionate about their work. Working in the magazine publishing industry can be an exciting, fulfilling, and sometimes very lucrative career. Experts predict that the magazine industry will continue to grow, particularly in the area of specialized general interest and industry, trade, and business publications.
News magazines make up another of the categories of special-interest consumer magazines.
The trend in the industry is toward more specialized and away from general-interest magazines. The center of the consumer magazine business is New York City, but the growth of regional and city magazines as well as the trend toward specialization means that magazine offices are located in all parts of the country. The writing for these magazines is usually left to industry experts, but English majors can still find jobs in the editorial department, if their editing skills are strong, or in other departments like advertising sales or circulation. Return to the top of this document Types of Positions English majors could find meaningful employment in many of the different departments required to publish a magazine. Magazines need to be written, designed graphically, sold to the public or qualified audience, sold to advertisers, and physically produced and distributed.