Comm455/History of Journalism

Is it just me or does it seem as if majority of magazines sold today focus solely on the body, fashion and mindset of a woman? Whether it is the newest edition of Vogue, Elle, Harper’s, or the Cosmopolitan, they all seem to mainly focus on the female sex. It wasn’t until the creation of […]

“Sometimes I would buy Vogue instead of dinner. I felt it fed me more.” –Carrie Bradshaw (Sex and the City) Arthur Baldwin Turnure, the creator of Vogue, would have been pleased to witness the success that has evolved from his magazine. In 1892, Turnure constructed the influential fashion and lifestyle magazine in hopes of capturing […]

Since William Randolph Hearst named himself “Proprietor” of the San Francisco Examiner in 1887, the Hearst Company had held a long reputation as a publishing machine always in search of the next “big thing.” In 2014, the company has grown to be the home of over 300 magazine titles, with 21 of those in the US […]

Sports Illustrated.  One of the most popular magazines among readers in the United States. It has been a hit since the first issue came out on August 16, 1954. There were 148 pages in the first issue containing advertisements, small stories, feature stories, and even pictures and full stats of baseball players during that time. The sports that […]

I find it difficult to explain the slow death of print media to my older family members.  I try to explain that my generation receives news primarily through social media and the web instead of print.  They simply cannot imagine living in a world without newspapers.  Like Dean Censer, they are also weary of the […]

You’re standing in line at the grocery store waiting to check out, go home, and eat dinner.  If you’re like me, you cannot help but scan the headlines and judge the celebrities featured on the weekly magazine covers that frame the checkout isle.  Why not skim through the pages of People, Us Weekly, or Time […]