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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Magazines have always striven to inform and entertain. Modern service journalism was pioneered in part by <a href="/facts/Clay_Felker/tgvT0vxS">Clay Felker</a>, who launched <i><a href="/facts/New_York_(magazine)/aU1yeUCA">New York</a></i> in 1968. Published among lengthy investigative and literary pieces were tips and features on fashion, food, and travel. Service journalism appears in magazines as varied as <i><a href="/facts/Maxim_(magazine)/083gQvCm">Maxim</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/U.S._News_%2526_World_Report/5dUQWa8D">U.S. News & World Report</a></i>, whose slogan "News You Can Use" aptly defines the term. </p> <h2 id="selected-magazines">Selected Magazines</h2> <ul><li><i>Budget Travel</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Better_Homes_and_Gardens_(magazine)/qk0QfWUd">Better Homes and Gardens</a></i></li> <li><a href="https://www.bestproducts.com/"><i>Best Products</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Cosmopolitan_(magazine)/s1ms6BvW">Cosmopolitan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Family_Circle/EcYVxYTp">Family Circle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/FHM/SqIcBHCb">FHM</a></i></li> <li><i>Fill</i></li> <li><a href="https://www.gearpatrol.com/"><i>Gear Patrol</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Glamour_(magazine)/2AIWQoow">Glamour</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Good_Housekeeping/zI7shqXt">Good Housekeeping</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Health_(magazine)/gl3jDK0l">Health</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Marie_Claire/9Eaqp08S">Marie Claire</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Men%2527s_Fitness/sJS6Ys5W">Men's Fitness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Maxim_(magazine)/083gQvCm">Maxim</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Ladies%2527_Home_Journal/HrerHooJ">Ladies' Home Journal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Men%2527s_Health_(magazine)/c15QmD3N">Men's Health</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/More_(magazine)/zMPG5Uks">More</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Redbook/gv8NbxNw">Redbook</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Seventeen_(American_magazine)/NxTQl6Xh">Seventeen</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Self_(magazine)/h38Ns7aa">Self</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Shape_(magazine)/WXspHySW">Shape</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/VIVmag/8kjQVefA">VIVmag</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Women%2527s_Health_(magazine)/50GPPfAB">Women's Health</a></i></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Jessica Lockhart (March 1, 2008) <a href="http://rrj.ca/5-reasons-to-love-service-journalism/">"5 Reasons to Love Service Journalism"</a> <i><a href="/facts/Review_of_Journalism/Ln8oyUgK">Review of Journalism</a></i></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Harrison, Jackie (March 2019). "Public Service Journalism". Oxford Research Encyclopedia. <a href="https://oxfordre.com/communication/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228613-e-867" target="_blank">https://oxfordre.com/communication/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228613-e-867</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>