Aim: To consider how magazine staff are divided in terms of their skill. To identify which skills are needed to do particular publishing jobs in the publishing industry

-PUBLISHING SECTOR IN THE UK

-The publishing industry employs over 195,000 people, representing approximately 36% of the creative media workforce.

-51,000 people employed in the newspaper sector.

-5,500 work in journals and magazines.

-33,000 in the book industry

-12,000 in the other information service activities

-Found in NME's and MOJO's jobs lists in there magazines



What do you think are the responsibilities of a chief editor?

The chief editor directly oversees all other editors, acting as a supervisor, mentor and guide. A chief editor works closely with the opinion page editor, news editor, sports editor, lifestyles editor, graphics editor, online editor, design editors and other top newsroom employees. He promotes and hires new editors and terminates those who fail to meet expectations. At smaller companies, the chief editor may hire and fire all editorial employees, including reporters and photographers. The chief editor also makes daily decisions that affect the entire editorial department. Such decisions include adjusting deadlines under special circumstances, including during elections, and deciding whether to run controversial content, such as images of dead bodies at a crash scene.