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Magazine Project Research

Magazine 4: Florida Sportsman

The cover of this magazine utilizes colors from the cover photo so they compliment one another. The font for the title is simple and uses only two colors, yellow and white. Words that are on top of the cover photo have a shadow behind them to give them more depth, which makes them seem more realistic and fit more with the photo. The cover includes the title of he magazine and the edition, along with the three features. Majority of the articles relate to marine sports, mainly fishing. However, there was an interesting article about Hurricane Harvey, which struck Texas and caused a tremendous amount of flooding, it is the one of the first featured articles in the magazine. There was also an articles titled "Sportsman's Kitchen" which gives a home cooking recipe which is irrelevant when it comes to fishing, and appears near the end. The advertisements in this magazine all relate to boats and fishing. They occur throughout the entire magazine. The cover photo shows two people bringing their big catch onto their boat. In the table of contents, there are photos of some of the features which also appear on the articles themselves. The circulation number of this magazine is 78,062 every month. They have yet to be nominated for any awards.

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