The author changed their magazine's masthead from an "R" to a "Q" to make it look more like the well-known Q magazine and seem more professional. They felt the original masthead looked too adult-like and didn't fit the typical magazine structure. The new masthead with the "Q" is simpler, more easily recognizable as the magazine's brand, and significantly improves the professional look of the magazine overall.

1. I decided to change the masthead to suit it more towards “Q” magazine, as
you can with the masthead before (as seen above) and the new masthead in
the right hand corner it looks more professional and suitable for my
magazine. The simplicity of “R” makes the magazine brand easily
recognisable similarly with “Q” magazine. I decided to change the masthead
because it look quite adult like and it didn’t seem to fit the typical magazine
structure of existing material. I also think the change of a masthead has
made a significant improvement to my magazine itself as it looks much more
professional.

2. As you can see the original masthead looks good because it is different to the typical masthead, I think the
masthead that has been changed really suits the style and structure of my magazine making it professional