How Magazines are Different from Newspapers

By: Sir Khalid Rehman

(This is too basic but pertains to BS Part 3 curriculum of Newspaper and Magazine Production)

Magazine journalism is different from newspaper journalism in many ways. Some of them are:

1. Periodicity: Newspapers are produced daily. Magazines appear weekly, fortnightly, monthly or any other regular interval.
2. Content: Newspapers provide short international, national and local news though op-ed pages contain opinions, editorials and other stuff too. Magazines contain detailed views, opinions, articles and features of a wide variety.  Newspapers usually bring out weekly supplements and magazines which are distributed free with newspapers.
3. Audience: Newspapers have a much wider spectrum of audience than magazines which are aimed at specific audiences such as women, children, students, business community, medical or any other professionals, groups and communities, etc.
4. Size & Appearance: Newspapers are usually broadsheet although tabloids are half the size of a broadsheet. Magazines are usually A4 size; they may be tabloid but never broadsheet. Newspapers are printed on newsprint but magazines use better quality paper--offset, art paper or matte-finish.
5. Title and Layout: Newspapers have an eight-column grid and the page-one has a specific masthead instead of a full-page title like magazines. One page of a newspaper contains several items. Magazines have a full-page pictorial title with important articles highlighted.  Each article may be spread over more than one page.

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