Magazines

The Authors: David E. Sumner is Professor of Journalism and head of the nationally recognized magazine program at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where he has taught since 1990. He is the co-author of Feature and Magazine Writing: Action, Angle and Anecdotes (2005) and the author of Graduate Programs in Journalism and Mass Communication (1996). Shirrel Rhoades has held executive positions with Reader's Digest, Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook, Harper's, Scholastic, and Marvel Entertainment. He taught magazine management for seventeen years at New York University's Center for Publishing, and he continues to consult in the magazine industry.