What majors should I look at for magazine editing?
I would look into marketing, business management, and any course that can help develop social skills, such as analysis, teaching, counseling, etc. And while financial management skills are certainly important, time and space management skills are far more valuable, in the long run. For example, a compulsive hoarder, who is always on the go, has little recourse, let alone resource, to worry about money. Have you considered being a freelance writer, rather than an editor? Most mag publishers have a panel of “experts” who make mincemeat of the authors’ works. This is not a reputation I would wish on anyone. It’s bad enough, that if you’re a writer, the editors will horribly deface your original work, no matter how perfect or accurate it may be, originally. So back to the original question: I think a wide variety of social studies courses, like philosophy, sociology, psychology, etc, can bolster your insight, and make you a better editor, if that’s what you really want. But first, I would
