Service journalism is a term for generally consumer-oriented features and advice, ranging from the serious to the frivolous.
History
Magazines have always striven to inform and entertain. Modern service journalism was pioneered in part by
Clay Felker, who launched ''
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
'' in 1968. Published among lengthy investigative and literary pieces were tips and features on fashion, food, and travel. Service journalism appears in magazines as varied as ''
Maxim'' and ''
U.S. News & World Report'', whose slogan "News You Can Use" aptly defines the term. Public service journalism is a related term but denotes a different meaning of reporting issues that concern citizens and equipping them to form reasoned opinions on matters of shared interest.
Selected Magazines
* ''
Budget Travel
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''
* ''
Better Homes and Gardens''
''Best Products''* ''
Cosmopolitan''
* ''
Family Circle''
* ''
FHM''
* ''Fill''
''Gear Patrol''* ''
Glamour
Glamour may refer to:
Arts
Film
* ''Glamour'' (1931 film), a British film
* ''Glamour'' (1934 film), an American film
* ''Glamour'' (2000 film), a Hungarian film
Writing
* ''Glamour'' (magazine), a magazine for women
* ''The Glamour ...
''
* ''
Good Housekeeping
''Good Housekeeping'' is an American women's magazine featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, and health, as well as literary articles. It is well known for the "Good Hous ...
''
* ''
Health
Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...
''
* ''
Marie Claire
''Marie Claire'' is a French international monthly magazine first published in France in 1937, followed by the United Kingdom in 1941. Since then various editions are published in many countries and languages. The feature editions focus on w ...
''
* ''
Men's Fitness''
* ''
Maxim''
* ''
Ladies' Home Journal
''Ladies' Home Journal'' was an American magazine last published by the Meredith Corporation. It was first published on February 16, 1883, and eventually became one of the leading women's magazines of the 20th century in the United States. In ...
''
* ''
Men's Health''
* ''
More''
* ''
Redbook
''Redbook'' is an American women's magazine that is published by the Hearst Corporation. It is one of the " Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines. It ceased print publication as of January 2019 and now operates an article-compris ...
''
* ''
Seventeen''
* ''
Self
The self is an individual as the object of that individual’s own reflective consciousness. Since the ''self'' is a reference by a subject to the same subject, this reference is necessarily subjective. The sense of having a self—or ''selfhood ...
''
* ''
Shape
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* ''
VIVmag''
* ''
Women's Health''
References
External links
"5 Reasons to Love Service Journalism", ''Ryerson Review of Journalism''
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Types of journalism