Guides
Digital magazine accessibility guide: production practices
This digital magazine accessibility guide covers format choices, structure, images, media, navigation, hands-on testing, and maintaining access information.
Archive
September 2026
Features
Case study: repairing a fictional magazine print failure
Fictional magazine print failure case tracing a paper substitution, wrong spine, show-through, gutter loss, black registration, recovery, and process changes.
Rules
Magazine print production problems with practical fixes
Magazine print production problems, from color shifts to bad binding, get traced to their real cause with practical checks that stop a spoiled issue.
Maintenance
Magazine prepress and print handoff checklist
Magazine prepress checklist for job specifications, pages, images, fonts, color, bleed, PDF export, proof approval, file delivery, and printer confirmation.
Reviews
Magazine paper and printing options: key choices
Magazine paper and printing options shape image reproduction, binding, finishes, and proof decisions; compare the practical trade-offs before specifying a job.
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How to prepare and proof magazine files for a printer
Magazine file preparation method for checking specifications, images, fonts, color, bleed, PDF export, preflight, proofs, corrections, and final handoff.
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Magazine print production guide to proofs and press approval
A magazine print production guide to printer handoff, file checks, proofing, press approval, delivery, and keeping an issue's production record.
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Magazine corrections: fixing a wrong claim about materials
Magazine corrections for a wrong claim about materials: verify the evidence, fix every version, publish a dated notice and prevent the next error.
Features
Case study: clearing a fictional archival photograph for a magazine
A fictional archival photo runs through item identity, rights research, caption correction and a rejected crop before the team swaps in a cleared replacement.
Rules
Photo editing, caption, and image-rights problems with practical fixes
Crop, retouch, caption, credit and licence decisions each leave a trace; here is how picture desks keep those traces attached to the right asset.
Maintenance
Magazine photo clearance checklist for editorial teams
Use this magazine photo clearance checklist to track source records, usage rights, credits, caption checks, accessibility, production, and approvals.
Rules
Freelance Magazine Rates in US Cities Compared: New York, Chicago, Austin
How freelance magazine writing rates differ across New York, Chicago and Austin, and what editorial budgets, rights terms and cost of living do to per-word fees.
Reviews
Photo rights documents compared: copyright, licenses, permissions, and releases
Photo rights documents compared: copyright registration, Creative Commons and stock licenses, permission letters, model and property releases, and access terms.
Rules
Selling magazine back issues: what you may legally resell
Selling magazine back issues in the US: what the first sale doctrine lets you resell, when scans need permission, and how marketplace sales tax applies.
Rules
Selling US Magazine Back Issues to Canadian Readers: Customs, GST/HST and Bilingual Labels
Shipping US magazine back issues to Canada: customs forms CN 22 and CN 23, GST/HST threshold, carrier choices, bilingual labels and Canada Periodical Fund rules.
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How to write and verify magazine photo captions
Photo caption method for identifying subjects, describing action, adding verified context, handling dates and locations, recording credits, rights, and alt text.
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Magazine photo editing: a practical guide from selection to proof
Magazine photo editing runs from the commissioning brief through each retouch to the final proof, and every step leaves a record you can defend.
Features
Case study: redesigning a fictional magazine feature for print and web
A fictional quarterly rebuilds one 12-page feature: six-column grid, reset body type, captions as components, and a web edition that reflows.
Rules
Magazine layout and typography problems with practical fixes
Magazine layout fixes for weak hierarchy, long lines, cramped leading, brittle grids, clipped text, contrast, detached captions, forced fitting, and broken reflow.
Maintenance
Magazine design review checklist for print and digital editions
Magazine design review checklist for hierarchy, grids, type, contrast, images, captions, tables, ads, navigation, reflow, accessibility, print proofs, and release.
Rules
Canada Periodical Fund Eligibility: A Practical Guide for Magazines
Canada Periodical Fund eligibility for magazines: ownership, the 3,500-copy circulation test, Canadian content, the 2026 intake window and records to keep.
Guides
How to Price Canadian Magazine Advertising Rates
Canadian magazine advertising rates run about $450 to $6,500 per page in CAD, set by circulation, audience and format. Here is how to build a rate card.
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Canadian Press Style for Magazines: CP or Chicago?
Canadian Press style for magazines decides spelling, measurements and names, while Chicago leaves those choices open. Here is how the two guides differ on the desk.
Rules
Defamation Law for Magazine Editors: Reporting Safeguards
Defamation law for magazine editors calls for careful sourcing, clear corrections, retained reporting records, and legal review in the production schedule.
Guides
Freelance Magazine Writing Rates: What Should US Magazines Pay?
freelance magazine writing rates across US titles range from online briefs to national features. This guide compares per word and flat fee benchmarks in USD.
Guides
Magazine editorial style guide: a staged plan from ruling sheet to house book
A staged plan for a magazine editorial style guide: the one-page ruling sheet, choosing AP or Chicago as the base, timelines, ownership, and where it stalls.
Reviews
Magazine grid systems compared: manuscript, column, modular, baseline, and compound
Magazine grid systems compared across manuscript, single-column, multicolumn, modular, baseline, hierarchical, and compound structures for print and digital layouts.
Guides
Magazine Media Kit Examples: What to Include to Sell Ad Space
Magazine media kit examples that sell ad space: what US buyers actually want, the questions to ask, and the answers that should end the conversation.
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Magazine Subscription Pricing: What Should Independent Publishers Charge?
Magazine subscription pricing for independent US publishers: what a print or digital title should charge, with USD cost ranges and price points.
Guides
Should You Sell Magazine Back Issues Online?
Sell magazine back issues online through four routes: your own store, a marketplace, a print-on-demand archive, or a wholesale lot. Each fits a different operation.
Rules
USPS Periodicals Mailing Permit: Eligibility and Disclosure
USPS periodicals mailing permit eligibility, disclosure and recordkeeping rules for magazines, plus what happens if a publisher mails without authorization.
Rules
Belfast magazine publishing under IPSO, Ofcom and Northern Ireland rules
Belfast magazine publishing sits under IPSO, Ofcom and Northern Ireland legislation; here is how local titles handle complaints, corrections and compliance.
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How to build a flexible magazine layout system
A magazine layout system is a kit of grids, type roles and exception rules that lets a team place any issue's content fast while keeping every page consistent.
Features
Cardiff magazine publishing, editorial lessons from Welsh titles
Cardiff magazine publishing blends Welsh-language and English titles, with bilingual editing and local commissioning shaping editorial practice.
Rules
3 duties the Equality Act places on UK digital magazine publishers
Equality Act magazine accessibility means three clear duties for UK digital publishers: reasonable adjustments, non-discriminatory content, and accessible design.
Features
Freelance magazine rates in Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow compared
Freelance magazine rates UK cities compared: typical pay per word in Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow, plus cost of living, kill fees and rights terms for editors.
Rules
How IPSO and the Editors' Code apply to magazine editorial decisions in Britain
A guide to how IPSO and the Editors' Code affect magazine editorial decisions, covering accuracy, privacy, corrections, right of reply, and production checks.
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How UK magazine distribution works through Smiths News and Menzies
Smiths News and Menzies move most UK newsstand copies on sale-or-return terms, while direct sales keep the full cover price and the customer data.
Rules
Selling UK magazines into the EU after Brexit, VAT and data rules
UK magazines EU after Brexit face VAT registration, customs codes and data transfer rules, plus a distinct Northern Ireland route for distance sales.
Rules
UK VAT magazine subscriptions: print and digital
UK VAT magazine subscriptions: how HMRC treats qualifying print and digital editions, bundles, registration and the rules for zero-rating.
Guides
Magazine design, layout, and typography: a practical guide
Magazine design, layout, and typography come together through grids, type scales, and proof rounds, and every issue needs its own tested system before press.
Guides
Magazine Fact-Checking: Source, Date and Disclosure Checks
Magazine fact-checking starts with a claim file, dated source records, disclosure checks, named verification tools, and a post-layout correction route.
Features
Case study: fact-checking a fictional magazine data claim
A fictional magazine catches a survey claim that used the wrong denominator, then rewrites the headline, chart and caption to match what the data supports.
Guides
How Magazine Editors Keep a Case Study Record Straight
A case study record for magazine editors: how to log sources, image credits, sponsor disclosures and corrections so any later editor can verify a published claim.
Features
Case study: restructuring a fictional magazine feature
Fictional feature revision case where an editor diagnoses flat chronology, maps evidence, rebuilds sections, checks scenes, cuts repetition, and finds an ending.
Features
Feature commissioning case study: scope change and the law
This feature commissioning case study follows a fictional assignment through a lost site and a scope change, set against New York's Freelance Isn't Free Act.
Features
Case study: planning a fictional city-data magazine issue
A fictional 72-page city-data magazine issue shows how one editor trades a delayed data feature for a backup story, and what that decision costs the team.
Features
Case study: a fictional magazine issue through production
A fictional 64-page quarterly issue follows one story from commissioning brief to proof, showing where late changes are caught and who signs them off.
Rules
Copy editing and fact-checking problems with practical fixes
Nine accuracy failures that slip past a clean proof, from sharpened verbs to late headline changes, and the specific check that catches each one.
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Feature writing and story structure problems with practical fixes
Most feature drafts fail on structure, not sentences. Name what each section does, cut the scenes that repeat, and stop the draft at its real ending.
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Magazine pitching and commissioning problems with practical fixes
Commissioning fixes for topic-only pitches, unpaid reporting, vague approvals, scope creep, missing fees, broad rights, status assumptions, and silence.
Rules
Editorial Calendar Problems: Fix Capacity, Backups and Reviews
Diagnose editorial calendar problems with role-by-week capacity checks, backup readiness levels, clear date meanings, and one tested review change.
Rules
Magazine editorial workflow problems and practical fixes
Editorial workflow fixes for vague briefs, late structural edits, version conflicts, weak fact checks, hidden advertising, risky handoffs, and proof-stage rewrites.
Guides
How to build a magazine flatplan
Learn how to build a magazine flatplan: lock trim size and page count, place fixed pages and booked ads, assign stories, track status and control late moves.
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How to build a magazine workflow for commissioning briefs, editing and handoffs
Learn how to build a magazine workflow: interview staff, inventory content paths, write a commissioning brief, define editorial handoffs and test one issue.
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How to report, build, and verify scenes in a magazine feature
Report a feature scene from a written record of time, place, action, dialogue and viewpoint, then verify every factual sentence before it goes to press.
Reviews
Magazine planning tools compared: editorial calendar, flatplan, backlog and schedule
A working comparison of the editorial calendar, flatplan, backlog and schedule that carry a magazine from idea to printed page and hold each decision.
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How to fact-check an article claim by claim
How to fact-check an article: number each claim, trace consequential lines to primary records, and decide what the evidence supports before publication.
Maintenance
Feature reporting and drafting checklist for magazine teams
Feature reporting and drafting checklist for focus, source range, timelines, scenes, claims, structure, transitions, voice, fairness, fact-checking, and endings.
Guides
Feature writing: a practical guide from reporting to ending
Feature writing guide covering focus, reporting, scenes, context, structure, voice, transitions, evidence, revision, headlines, captions, and endings.
Maintenance
Magazine commissioning checklist for editors and contributors
Magazine commissioning checklist for pitch focus, reader fit, reporting, scope, deliverables, fees, expenses, dates, revisions, rights, and records.
Guides
Magazine copy editing: a practical guide to clean, accurate copy
Magazine copy editing guide covering scope, accuracy questions, clarity, consistency, quotations, numbers, names, style, display copy, queries, and proofs.
Reviews
Magazine editing stages compared: structure, facts, copy, and proof
Magazine editing stages compared across developmental editing, structural revision, fact-checking, copy editing, design review, proofreading, and release.
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Magazine editorial calendars and issue planning: a guide
Magazine editorial calendar guide for issue themes, reader needs, story mix, owners, reporting dates, flatplans, dependencies, contingencies, and review.
Maintenance
Magazine editorial release checklist: what to confirm before an issue ships
Magazine release checklist for scope, evidence, edits, conflicts, rights, captions, advertising labels, design proofs, approvals, publication, and corrections.
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Magazine editorial workflow: a practical guide
Magazine editorial workflow guide covering issue purpose, assignments, reporting, structural edits, fact checks, copy, design, proofs, release, and corrections.
Reviews
Magazine feature structures compared: seven useful story shapes
Magazine feature structures compared across chronology, scene and context, five boxes, hourglass, parallel tracks, question-led inquiry, and modular sections.
Maintenance
Magazine Issue Planning Checklist: Page Budget Math
Use this magazine issue planning checklist to subtract ad pages, front matter, and inserts, test ad creep, and reconcile the editorial page budget.
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Magazine pitching and commissioning: a practical guide
A magazine pitch sells one story an editor can verify, budget and schedule, and a commission confirms that freelance assignment in a written contract.
Reviews
Pitch, contributor brief, assignment letter, and contract compared
Contributor documents compared across pitches, briefs, assignment letters, contracts, statements of work, change records, invoices, and corrections.
Maintenance
Prepublication accuracy checklist: numbers and statistics
Prepublication accuracy checks for numbers: trace each figure to its source, fix units and denominators, read margins of error and recheck headline figures.
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How to write a clear magazine contributor brief
Contributor brief method for defining reader purpose, scope, format, evidence, sources, voice, visuals, deadlines, revisions, fees, expenses, rights, and approvals.