Would These Editors Hire You?

Writing for the Web, social media and digital skills in general are a given these days for any magazine editor. Here, the author presents insight from Betty Wong, editor-in-chief of Fitness, and Dan Shannon, publisher of Durham Magazine and Chapel Hill Magazine, on what it takes to break into and succeed as a magazine editor today. Wong wants editors who are as excited about creating content for the digital properties at Fitness as they are about getting a byline in the magazine. It takes a broader way of thinking to be able to package content not only for print but to also translate and rethink it for the Web site, Facebook, or the tablet experience. According to Shannon, one type that doesn't get past the first interview: Editors that are clearly going to do things only their way, and that's almost always the old way.