What is the average salary for a magazine journalist?
Now, if someone obtains a bachelor’s degree in a college like NYU or Columbia, and receives a master’s degree in journalism from NYU or Columbia, how much money would they make? And if the magazine were to be a big magazine in New York such as Nylon, how much money do you think the journalist would make?
it depends first of all whether there is any involvement of a guild or union. if you are a staff writer you usually have a personal contract.
if you freelance there are some guidelines but remuneration depends on your name. moreover, it depends on where the magazine is located, what its advertising income is, etc.
and you have to make a distinction between reporters, feature writers and columnists. not every magazine does, but there are many that do. a staff writer may do grunt work at a top magazine or may actually write less-than feature-length articles at a smaller one. feature writers would write lengthier copy of a reportorial nature and columnists – well, we all know them.
it depends also on supply. if you are the only person who can read kurdish and you are working for vogue – it only matters in you go to northern iraq/southern turkey for a fashion shoot. however if you are employed at a political/news magazine it might be useful, and if a famous kurdish author/politician etc has just released his memoirs you don’t have to wait for the translation before it gets reviewed and you will get a bonus.
no, it is not cut and dried.