New England Monthly
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New England Monthly was a magazine
published in Haydenville, Massachusetts from 1984 to 1990. Founded by Robert Nylen (publisher) and Daniel Okrent
(editor), it won the National Magazine Award
for General Excellence in both 1986 and 1987, and was a finalist for many other National Magazine Awards (in categories including reporting, personal service, and design) in its brief existence. Purchased from its original investors by Telemedia
, a Canadian publishing company, it ceased publication in September 1990, during the recession
which hit the region
.
Several New England Monthly staff members and contributors went on to achieve notable success after the magazine's demise. These include staff writer Jonathan Harr
, author of A Civil Action
; executive editor Joseph Nocera
, who writes a weekly business column for the New York Times; Annie Proulx, the magazine's gardening columnist, who later won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for her fiction; architecture critic Michael Kimmelman, who became art critic of the New York Times; and contributor Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
, author of the prize-winning Random Family. Publisher Nylen became a widely admired publishing consultant; editor Okrent was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history for his book Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center, and from 2003 to 2005 was the first public editor of the Times.
Noted writer and editor Richard Todd, who was associated with the magazine from its launch, succeeded Okrent as editor in late 1989 and assumed Nylen's role as publisher in the spring of 1990. The magazine suspended publication in September of that year.
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
published in Haydenville, Massachusetts from 1984 to 1990. Founded by Robert Nylen (publisher) and Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrent is an American writer and editor. He is best known for having served as the first public editor of The New York Times newspaper, for inventing Rotisserie League Baseball, and for writing several books, most recently Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.-Education and...
(editor), it won the National Magazine Award
National Magazine Award
The National Magazine Awards are a series of US awards that honor excellence in the magazine industry. They are administered by the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City...
for General Excellence in both 1986 and 1987, and was a finalist for many other National Magazine Awards (in categories including reporting, personal service, and design) in its brief existence. Purchased from its original investors by Telemedia
Telemedia
Telemedia was a Canadian media company, which had holdings in radio, television and magazine publishing.The company was launched in 1968 by Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien.Telemedia was held privately until it became publicly traded in the late 1980s....
, a Canadian publishing company, it ceased publication in September 1990, during the recession
Recession
In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction, a general slowdown in economic activity. During recessions, many macroeconomic indicators vary in a similar way...
which hit the region
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
.
Several New England Monthly staff members and contributors went on to achieve notable success after the magazine's demise. These include staff writer Jonathan Harr
Jonathan Harr
Jonathan Harr is an American writer, best known for A Civil Action.Harr was born in Beloit, Wisconsin. He lives and works in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he has taught nonfiction writing at Smith College. He is a former staff writer at New England Monthly and has written for The New Yorker...
, author of A Civil Action
A Civil Action
A Civil Action is a 1998 American drama film starring John Travolta and Robert Duvall, based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Harr...
; executive editor Joseph Nocera
Joseph Nocera
Joseph "Joe" Nocera is an American business journalist and author. He became a business columnist for The New York Times in April 2005. In March 2011, Nocera became a regular opinion columnist for The Times' Op-Ed page, writing on Tuesdays and Saturdays...
, who writes a weekly business column for the New York Times; Annie Proulx, the magazine's gardening columnist, who later won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for her fiction; architecture critic Michael Kimmelman, who became art critic of the New York Times; and contributor Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc is an American journalist whose works focus on the marginalized members of society: adolescents living in poverty, prostitutes, women in prison, etc. She is best known for her 2003 non-fiction book Random Family...
, author of the prize-winning Random Family. Publisher Nylen became a widely admired publishing consultant; editor Okrent was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history for his book Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center, and from 2003 to 2005 was the first public editor of the Times.
Noted writer and editor Richard Todd, who was associated with the magazine from its launch, succeeded Okrent as editor in late 1989 and assumed Nylen's role as publisher in the spring of 1990. The magazine suspended publication in September of that year.