Potential Project Questions

With the help of this class and many existential crises recently, I've decided I want to pursue a career in magazine publishing rather than book publishing. Since this course has been very heavy on book publishing (not that that's a bad thing), I think I definitely want to look into magazine publishing for my project. Here are some questions I'm considering:

• How does magazine publishing work in a general sense?
• How does magazine publishing differ from book publishing?
• How does an editorial assistant position at a book publishing house differ from that at a magazine?
• What are the major changes between modern publishing and publishing in the 20th (and earlier) century?
• What direction is the industry going in for the future? We've seen the affects technology and the internet has had in regards to digital publishing. How will this continue?
• What is the state of the industry? Struggling? Negative or optimistic?
• What exactly does an entry level position look like? Maybe a more comprehensive study than we've seen so far.