ABOUT ASHLEY SPENCER
Ashley Spencer is the features editor of J-14 Magazine, America’s top selling teen entertainment publication. She regularly conducts celebrity interviews, researches and writes fashion, beauty, and news copy, develops video content for the web, and blogs up-to-the-minute news on J14.com. Before working at J-14, Ashley honed her research and editorial skills with work experiences at both local and national organizations, including Florida’s INsite Magazine, CosmoGirl magazine, The Orlando Sentinel, and the United States Embassy in Vienna.
Review the attached articles, as well as the post below. Familiarize yourself with J14.com. How would you characterize the site and magazine’s audience—who is the “public” Ashley is writing for? What are the rhetorical goals of her pieces? What particular challenges might arise when writing for a teen audience, in terms of ethos and persona?
Post 1: http://www.j-14.com/2011/02/j-14-exclusive-alex-pettyfer-in-talks-for-hunger-games-role.html
You will compose three questions for Ashley, and email them to me by the end of class.
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