How does one start a career writing pieces for big magazines?!
Question: How does one start a career writing pieces for big magazines!?
i am a pre-med student!. my best friend is thinking about majoring in journalism, she is very much into fashion and wants to write for big magazines but has no clue where to begin!. she is willing to work her way from the bottom!. can someone help her!? it starts where!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
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I'm in the same situation, except I've come up with a plan to work my way up to the top and eventually reach my goal of becoming an editor-in-chief of a top women's magazine!. First of all, if she wants to work with magazines, majoring in journalism is ideal!. I'm majoring in communications with a minor in English!. Second, she should join the newspaper/magazine staff at her school to get a small taste of the journalism world!. If she's somehow unable to do so, find a local magazine and apply to become an intern!. If that doesn't work out, just ask if they need any assistance!. Even if she's making copies or getting coffee for someone, she's still establishing connections and getting a feel for the magazine environment!. The one thing I've been told over and over again, is that making connections is very important in this business!. When you know the right people, you can work your way to the top much faster!. She should also start submitting her writing to local newspapers/magazines!. After getting involved in journalism locally and around campus, she should look into serious internship programs offered at her school!. also, she needs to look into applying for internships at big-name magazines like Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Teen Vogue, etc!. If she gets involved in local newspapers/magazines around school and the city, she will have excellent things to put on her resume!. I don't know where she is attending college, but maybe after her first or second year, consider relocating somewhere where most of the fashion magazine headquarters are (New York)!. I'm attending school in Texas, but am transferring after this year to a college in New York City!. She needs to remember that everyone who works for fashion magazines started somewhere small and climbed up the ladder to their dream job!. A lot of the editor-in-chiefs for fashion magazines worked for magazines like Home and Garden, and Child!. Even though they weren't working in the fashion industry neccesarily, they still worked for a magazine and got their feet out the door from doing so!. Well, good luck, and if she puts her mind to it, she can do it!. Maybe someday we will be working together at Vogue or Elle!. :)Www@Enter-QA@Com