Newspaper Articles Vs. Magazines

While listening to Rem Rieder speak today about American Journalism Review, the magazine that he edits and is the vice president of, one thing he spoke about really caught my attention.

When Rieder spoke about the difference between writing for news articles and for magazines, I got very excited because I think it would be very interesting to write for a magazine. I think this because writing news articles is too stiff and limiting for me. I feel as though I am restricted in what I can say, since I cannot give opinions, the work must be written in a very specific manner, and honestly sometimes the stories you have to write about are just not very interesting.

I think that writing for a magazine would be lots of fun, especially when looking at the magazine that Amanda Nachman has created.

Nachman is the founder of College Magazine, a very interesting magazine about college life and related aspects. When I was reading through those magazines, I could not put them down. They were funny, interesting and very easy to relate to.

I really appreciated today's speakers because after listening to them talk. I think I have found a style of journalism that really clicks with me.

I would be interested to hear the classes' thoughts and how you all feel about news articles vs. magazine articles? Do you feel as though the structure and straight forwardness of the news article helps you and gives you comfort, or does the more freelance and opinionated style of writing for a magazine article excite you?