Candid Austin Teen Magazine is the first magazine

Magazine

Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 published, written, and run solely by teenagers for college-bound teenagers in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

. The fourth issue of Candid was released Fall 2008. Candid is a 28-page
full-color publication free to all residents of the Austin area^{http://www.candidaustinteen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=65}.

History

Candid was created in May 2006 by Lisa Gu, Amber Makhani, Helen Wang, and Kae Wang. Working through summer break, the four high school students assembled the first issue of the magazine. With the help of Mandy Grewal and other students, editors sold advertisements and conducted fundraisers to cover the $5,000 cost of printing 5,000 copies^{http://www.candidaustinteen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=65}.

For its second and subsequent issues, Candid expanded staff to include reporters, school representatives, graphics designers, and advertising representatives^{http://www.candidaustinteen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=101}.

Staff description

Reporters write stories about Austin or college-related issues that affect teenagers. School representatives coordinate interviews and distribute the final products. Advertising representatives sell advertisements to cover the cost of printing the magazine. Graphics designers design advertisements. Editor

Editing

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...

s design the page layouts, edit and place the stories, tweak the advertisements, contact publishers, contact press, and fill in any leftover gaps. Candid allows all teenagers living in the Austin area to apply for a position on staff via an online application^{http://www.candidaustinteen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=63}.

Distribution

To adjust to changing media outlets and budget necessities, Candid Teen Austin changed in its 5th issue to an online magazine. Once complete, the magazine will be available at issuu.com.

For previous print editions, school representatives brought stacks of the free magazine to the teachers in Austin-area schools who requested copies. The schools that distributed the first issue of Candid included: Anderson High School, Cedar Park High School, Connally High School, Hendrickson High School, LBJ High School

LBJ High School

Lyndon Baines Johnson Early College High School in northeast Austin, Texas is a high school built in 1974 that later came to house one of Austin's two magnet high schools, the Science Academy...

, Leander High School

Leander High School

Leander is a secondary school in Leander, Texas and part of the Leander Independent School District. It was established in 1899.The school has a freshmen enrollment of 600 students and is accredited by the Texas Education Agency...

, McNeil High School

McNeil High School

McNeil High School is a public secondary school in Austin, Texas, USA, serving freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The school is part of the Round Rock Independent School District , with admission primarily based on the locations of students' homes in the district. Two middle schools feed...

, Pflugerville High School, Round Rock High School

Round Rock High School

Round Rock High School is a 5A high school within the Round Rock Independent School District in Round Rock, Texas. During the late 1990s, it was the largest high school in Central Texas.Five middle schools feed into this school:*Chisholm Trail Middle School...

, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Stony Point High School

Stony Point High School

Stony Point High School is a high school in the Round Rock Independent School District in Round Rock, Texas, USA. It is the second newest of the five high schools in RRISD. The principal is Albert Hernandez, who previously worked as the principal of the Stony Point Ninth Grade Center. The Ninth...

, Westwood High School, and Westlake High School

Westlake High School (Texas)

Westlake High School is a high school in West Lake Hills, Texas in the Eanes Independent School District. In 2011, it was ranked 72nd on Newsweek Magazine's list of America's top High Schools....

^{http://www.candidaustinteen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=68}.

Addition copies were available at the Round Rock Public Library, select Austin Public Library branches, and select Amy's Ice Cream

Amy's Ice Creams

Amy's Ice Creams is a privately-owned chain of ice cream shops in Texas with headquarters in Austin. The Austin Chronicle described Amy's as a "quintessentially Austin institution" which "dominates the local ice cream scene." Amy's ice cream is owned by Amy Simmons.-History:Known colloquially as...

 shops. The first issue was also found at BookPeople

BookPeople

BookPeople is an independent bookstore in Austin, Texas, and the largest bookstore in the state of Texas. It was founded in 1970 and has been voted the best bookstore by the Austin Chronicle every year since 1995...

, select CoCo's Cafes and could be requested via mail

Mail

Mail, or post, is a system for transporting letters and other tangible objects: written documents, typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages are delivered to destinations around the world. Anything sent through the postal system is called mail or post.In principle, a postal service...

^{http://www.candidaustinteen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=68}.

Press coverage

The production of the first issue of Candid was featured by The Austin American-Statesman,
News 8 Austin

News 8 Austin

YNN Austin is a 24-hour local cable news television channel based in Austin, Texas, owned by Time Warner Cable. Launched on September 13, 1999 as News 8 Austin it is available only to subscribers of Time Warner Cable's Central Texas Division, which includes Austin, San Marcos, Round Rock, Temple,...

^{http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/?SecID=278&ArID=168099}, KVUE

KVUE

KVUE, virtual channel 24 , is the local Austin, Texas-based ABC affiliate, owned by Belo Corporation. Its transmitter is located in West Lake Hills, just west of Downtown...

 News, The Round Rock Leader, The Daily Texan

The Daily Texan

The Daily Texan is the student newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin. It is entirely student-run and independent from the university. It is one of the largest college newspapers in the United States with a daily circulation of roughly 30,000 during the fall and spring semesters and bills...

^{http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2006/07/26/TopStories/Austin.Teens.Create.Magazine-2134304.shtml}, and many other media sources.

External links

• Candid Austin Teen Magazine: For Teens By Teens