Would you read this magazine...?

[izzziebel]

I'm doing this for a school project type thing. A magazine made up of blogs/articles/photos written and taken by regular people. Anyone could submit to it via a website and everything would be considered. There would probably be different sections like food, travel, going out, music etc broken up by longer articles. No 'proper' journalists or photographers would be a part of creating the magazine.

If you saw this magazine in a shop would you be tempted to buy it at all? Is it the kind of thing you would enjoy reading? WOULD you pay money for it or would you only bother if it was free?

For this project I need to know if it would actually appeal to anyone and what type of person it appeals to (so if you could tell me your age as well that'd be great). I've asked quite a few people already but I need to get far more opinions for graphs etc and asking on here I can hopefully get a lot more.

Also please be as honest as possible. I don't mind you being harsh!

Thanks for your help

[momteamlv]

I'm 30 so it would depend on the demographic your trying to reach. If it was all 20-something's contributing than I probably wouldn't read it. It was varied in age and experience then I probably would. I like reading about what "average" people think of things such as restaurants, fashion, etc...not just what the experts say about it.

Also, average people often have knowledge of underground type things, struggling artists, etc...that experts might just pass over.

I would read it and if does sound interesting, but only if there was a wide range of topics and the contributors' ages varied.