I am going to spend this lesson looking at the things which make up a front cover, for example, the mast head, the barcode, the date and issue number, possibly a web link, a big bold main picture, and lots of information about what is inside. It is important that i look at these things, so i can try and find things that i like to include on my magazine front cover. 

As yo can see i have found on the internet, a page showing a variety of different mastheads. None of these particularly attract me, but they are all good examples. The new york times one, is an example of a very common style of masthead, in newspapers.