Description
With all the economic challenges facing magazines, we sometimes forget how how important they are to the culture. But how do magazines work? In these fascinating essays, we learn the intricacies of the magazine from some of the finest editors, art directors, fact-checkers, publishers and writers in the business.Evan Cornog and Victor Navasky have produced a book that reminds us of the fun,drama and excitement of magazines. -- Robert S. Boynton, author of The New New Journalism, and director of the Literary Reportage concentration at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.
About the Author
Victor S. Navasky, editor of The Nation from 1978, became editorial director and publisher in 1995 and is now its publisher emeritus. He is the George Delacorte Professor of Magazine Journalism at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where he directs the Delacorte Center of Magazines and chairs the Columbia Journalism Review. He is the author of Kennedy Justice; Naming Names, which won a National Book Award; and A Matter of Opinion, which won the George Polk Book Award. Evan Cornog is dean of the School of Communication at Hofstra University and a former publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review. He is the author of three books of political history and served as press secretary to New York Mayor Edward I. Koch. He has worked on the editorial staffs of The New Yorker and Wigwag Magazines and has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The American Scholar, and Columbia Journalism Review.
Reviews
This delightfully eclectic collection is full of exceptional gems, of value to anyone interested in magazines, journalism, and good editing and writing. -- Tom Goldstein, Former dean, journalism schools at Columbia and Berkeley Bold, brash, and on target... This is a book not to be missed by working editors and journalists, print newbies and magazine junkies. Publishers Weekly A useful, even timely collection... Kirkus Reviews These 12 essays will appeal to professionals as well as sophisticated readers interested in the nuts and bolts of how magazines are put together. Library Journal ...a diverse collection of intelligent and inspiring reads that would seem to be a must for anyone interested in the inner-workings of editorial offices. de Cinema de Cuir
Book Information
ISBN 9780231131377
Author Victor Navasky
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Columbia University Press
Publisher Columbia University Press