Magazines

A little while ago, my class learned about magazines. One of the important points that we touched on was the innovations of the magazine. It was really interesting to me how many things the magazine changed, such as how magazines opened the door for photojournalism. Photos are such a big part of media today, so it's strange to imagine a world where there were hardly any. There are people who dedicate their careers to photojournalism, people who aspire to be photojournalists, even a Pulitzer prize for photojournalism, and none of that would have been possible without the magazine. I never really knew where photojournalism came from, I had assumed that it just kind of happened. Now that I know, it makes sense to me that magazines, were the pioneers of photojournalism in a way. Another innovation of the magazine that was interesting to me was how magazines were the first media to have a national audience. There are many things that come along with having a national audience that I never really thought of, such as national advertising, which helped smaller businesses take off. Magazines actually impacted the economy in ways that I didn't think would have happened.