I wrote to a few magazines to get a little better insight into getting published and this is the information return. This isn't coming from the lips of Terry Richardson or vogue but hopefully it will help anyone just beginning.
The magazines that responded out of all I question were;
a.)http://www.ocalastyle.com/
b.)http://elizamagazine.com/
c.)http://www.styleologymag.com/
A.)
When hiring photographers for your magazine what resources do you use; such as agencies, websites, word of mouth etc?
They usually approach us via email or phone.
In a photographers case what is your requirement for hiring a photographer to work with your mag