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A week or weeks after...

...articles may appear in general or subject-focused popular magazines.

MAGAZINES

Audience: General public and knowledgeable layperson.
Coverage: Popular topics, current affairs.
Written By: Professional journalists, not necessarily specialists in the field, poets and writers of fiction, essayists.
Timelines: Very current coverage (one week to several months).
Length: 250 - 5,000 words.
Content: As with newspapers, a strong emphasis on reporting: who, what, where, when and why; general discussion; editorial opinion; graphics; photographs; advertisements; usually no bibliography or list of sources.
Slant: Articles may reflect the editorial bias/slant of the magazine.

Sample topics...

Sample topic 1: The election of Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa on May 9, 1994.

General magazine: article about what will happen after Nelson Mandela's election --
"A Long Journey Begins with a Dance Step." U.S. News & World Report 16 May 1994: 39-42.

Sample topic 2: Zen Buddhist meditation in contemporary American culture.

Subject-focused magazine: profile article about a former American Buddhist monk, now Columbia University scholar/professor, Robert Thurman --
Mooney, Carolyn J. "The Path of Enlightenment Leads to a High Profile for a Scholar of Buddhism." Chronicle of Higher Education 25 Feb. 2000: B2.

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