The New Islander
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The New Islander is an American
magazine
of literature
, politics
, cultural commentary, and personal expression, based in New York City
and published by New Islander Media Inc. Founded by young writers and editors
from the United States
and United Kingdom
, the magazine principally targets the intellectually diverse regional societies that make up both countries, placing particular emphasis on "New York, London, New England and the Midwest." The magazine is most well known for publishing works of writing that are nostalgic in nature, and welcomes "those who are not afraid to boldly and most personally express the unique events and occurrences, both expected and unexpected, of their lives."
The magazine's format is not that of a newsmagazine
, but that of a lifestyle/literary publication
, publishing not just fiction and poetry but also essays on news-related events, stories, and phenomenon
, in addition to pieces of political opinion and cultural commentary.
First published in 2009.
Paul Young, originally as a New York-based literary magazine
. Brianne Corcoran, an editor
at The Harvard Crimson
http://thecrimson.com , was hired as the publication's first Managing Editor
. The publication has announced it will be relaunching in the Autumn of 2011.
has been praised for being "nostalgic and simple, yet still rich and sophisticated." Content wise, the founding editors push for a conservative publication that is not of new ideas, but of traditional, old ideas that are "turned over and over-turned again." An emphasis on the historical and the past is a common theme that's found throughout the magazine's content, perhaps to challenge the growing trend relating to the rapid rise in influence and popularity of online multimedia forms, social networking sites, and modern technology in general. Since its launch, the magazine has published stories covering topics ranging from the recent 2010 Haiti earthquake
to the past attack on the USS Liberty incident
, which occurred in 1967.
As exclaimed in an editor's statement, the theme most central to the magazine's mission is its publishing of works that are very personal in context, somewhat traditional in topic, and considerably raw by nature.
Among some of the magazine's more personal pieces is a young man's recollection of the lessons learned while growing up in a Hispanic immigrant household, a young woman's reflection on an internship experience at the National Immigrant Justice Center, a young man's first-hand account of a Muslim
protest in the streets of Paris
, and an intoxicated student's unstable stream of consciousness.
In terms of reporting, the magazine primarily covers stories that have been overlooked or under-covered by mainstream news
outlets such as The New York Times
. In addition, the magazine tends to be critical of newer forms of technology
that concern multimedia
forms and the World Wide Web
such as Twitter
and mobile phones.
Since its first days as a public media identity, the magazine has resonated with students and graduates of universities and colleges within the Ivy League
, as well as other elite institutions of higher learning. A majority of the works published in the magazine, both by outside contributor and hired staff writer, come from such individuals. Nonetheless, the magazine has published, at times, satire and commentary criticizing the lifestyle and culture found within such very institutions.
On November 20, 2009, the magazine published a satire of Harvard and Yale's historic football Game, written by a Yale student who goes by the byline, Wesley Quinn. The following year, a senior staff writer based at Princeton University
wrote a piece criticizing the university for failing to retain its once notably prominent school spirit, particularly during Football season.
The magazine has, at times, been considered a younger alternative to The New Yorker
, though the founding editors have been known to poke fun at The New Yorker's
"fastidious" nature, saying:
Northeastern culture, particularly the lifestyle of those residing in New England
states, is an additional, prominent theme that can be found throughout the magazine's layout.
, serves as the Editor at Large
, while Tiffany Li, a graduate of Phillips Academy
who currently attends Stanford University
, serves as the Editorial Director. In addition to the editorial board, The New Islander has a hired team of staff writers representing such universities as Yale
, Harvard, Princeton University
, Stanford, Oxford University, Columbia University
and New York University
.
, and BBC News
also make up the magazine's regular contributor base.
, Dartmouth College
, Princeton University
, Oxford University, Amherst College
, Columbia University
, New York University
, Cambridge University, University of Southern California
, Northwestern University
, Stanford University
, University of St. Andrews, London School of Economics
, and the University College London
, to name a few.
. In the magazine's opening political mission statement, two of the magazine's founding editors, Paul Young and Brianne Corcoran, hinted at the publication's respect for—and allegiance to -- William F. Buckley, Jr.
as well as his conservative political ideology
.
They wrote:
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
magazine
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...
of literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
, cultural commentary, and personal expression, based in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and published by New Islander Media Inc. Founded by young writers and editors
Editor
The term editor may refer to:As a person who does editing:* Editor in chief, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies* Copy editing, making formatting changes and other improvements to text...
from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, the magazine principally targets the intellectually diverse regional societies that make up both countries, placing particular emphasis on "New York, London, New England and the Midwest." The magazine is most well known for publishing works of writing that are nostalgic in nature, and welcomes "those who are not afraid to boldly and most personally express the unique events and occurrences, both expected and unexpected, of their lives."
The magazine's format is not that of a newsmagazine
Newsmagazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published piece of paper, magazine or a radio or television program, usually weekly, featuring articles or segments on current events...
, but that of a lifestyle/literary publication
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
, publishing not just fiction and poetry but also essays on news-related events, stories, and phenomenon
Phenomenon
A phenomenon , plural phenomena, is any observable occurrence. Phenomena are often, but not always, understood as 'appearances' or 'experiences'...
, in addition to pieces of political opinion and cultural commentary.
First published in 2009.
History
The New Islander debuted in beta on November 1, 2009, advertising itself as a new brand of American magazine.Editors
It was founded by current Editor in ChiefEditor in chief
An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...
Paul Young, originally as a New York-based literary magazine
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
. Brianne Corcoran, an editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
at The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard Crimson, the daily student newspaper of Harvard University, was founded in 1873. It is the only daily newspaper in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is run entirely by Harvard College undergraduates...
http://thecrimson.com , was hired as the publication's first Managing Editor
Managing editor
A managing editor is a senior member of a publication's management team.In the United States, a managing editor oversees and coordinates the publication's editorial activities...
. The publication has announced it will be relaunching in the Autumn of 2011.
Style and Content
The New Islander's websiteWebsite
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
has been praised for being "nostalgic and simple, yet still rich and sophisticated." Content wise, the founding editors push for a conservative publication that is not of new ideas, but of traditional, old ideas that are "turned over and over-turned again." An emphasis on the historical and the past is a common theme that's found throughout the magazine's content, perhaps to challenge the growing trend relating to the rapid rise in influence and popularity of online multimedia forms, social networking sites, and modern technology in general. Since its launch, the magazine has published stories covering topics ranging from the recent 2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...
to the past attack on the USS Liberty incident
USS Liberty incident
The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship, , by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy torpedo boats, on June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War. The combined air and sea attack killed 34 crew members , wounded 170 crew members, and...
, which occurred in 1967.
As exclaimed in an editor's statement, the theme most central to the magazine's mission is its publishing of works that are very personal in context, somewhat traditional in topic, and considerably raw by nature.
Among some of the magazine's more personal pieces is a young man's recollection of the lessons learned while growing up in a Hispanic immigrant household, a young woman's reflection on an internship experience at the National Immigrant Justice Center, a young man's first-hand account of a Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
protest in the streets of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and an intoxicated student's unstable stream of consciousness.
In terms of reporting, the magazine primarily covers stories that have been overlooked or under-covered by mainstream news
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
outlets such as The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. In addition, the magazine tends to be critical of newer forms of technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
that concern multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
forms and the World Wide Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
such as Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
and mobile phones.
Since its first days as a public media identity, the magazine has resonated with students and graduates of universities and colleges within the Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
, as well as other elite institutions of higher learning. A majority of the works published in the magazine, both by outside contributor and hired staff writer, come from such individuals. Nonetheless, the magazine has published, at times, satire and commentary criticizing the lifestyle and culture found within such very institutions.
On November 20, 2009, the magazine published a satire of Harvard and Yale's historic football Game, written by a Yale student who goes by the byline, Wesley Quinn. The following year, a senior staff writer based at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
wrote a piece criticizing the university for failing to retain its once notably prominent school spirit, particularly during Football season.
The magazine has, at times, been considered a younger alternative to The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, though the founding editors have been known to poke fun at The New Yorker's
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
"fastidious" nature, saying:
Northeastern culture, particularly the lifestyle of those residing in New England
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...
states, is an additional, prominent theme that can be found throughout the magazine's layout.
Staff
The magazine has a diverse staff of student editors from several leading university institutions in the United States. Eleni Marmarelis, currently a student at Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
, serves as the Editor at Large
Editor at large
An Editor-at-Large is a journalist who contributes content to a publication.Unlike an editor who works on a publication from day-to-day and is hands on, an editor-at-large will contribute content on a regular or semi-regular basis and will have less of a say on a specific field such as layout,...
, while Tiffany Li, a graduate of Phillips Academy
Phillips Academy
Phillips Academy is a selective, co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate year...
who currently attends Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, serves as the Editorial Director. In addition to the editorial board, The New Islander has a hired team of staff writers representing such universities as Yale
YALE
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, Harvard, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, Stanford, Oxford University, Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
.
Contributors
Professional writers who have written for such publications as the New York Times, Huffington Post, NPRNPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
, and BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
also make up the magazine's regular contributor base.
Audience
According to The New Islander's publishing company, the online version of the magazine reaches students from more than 100 universities and colleges throughout the United States and United Kingdom. 85% of online visitors are ages 18–28, while some of the most heavily represented university institutions include Harvard, YaleYALE
RapidMiner, formerly YALE , is an environment for machine learning, data mining, text mining, predictive analytics, and business analytics. It is used for research, education, training, rapid prototyping, application development, and industrial applications...
, Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, Oxford University, Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
, Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, Cambridge University, University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, University of St. Andrews, London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, and the University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
, to name a few.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Since its launch, the magazine has been known to dedicate articles to the late William F. Buckley, Jr.William F. Buckley, Jr.
William Frank Buckley, Jr. was an American conservative author and commentator. He founded the political magazine National Review in 1955, hosted 1,429 episodes of the television show Firing Line from 1966 until 1999, and was a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. His writing was noted for...
. In the magazine's opening political mission statement, two of the magazine's founding editors, Paul Young and Brianne Corcoran, hinted at the publication's respect for—and allegiance to -- William F. Buckley, Jr.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
William Frank Buckley, Jr. was an American conservative author and commentator. He founded the political magazine National Review in 1955, hosted 1,429 episodes of the television show Firing Line from 1966 until 1999, and was a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. His writing was noted for...
as well as his conservative political ideology
Ideology
An ideology is a set of ideas that constitutes one's goals, expectations, and actions. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things , as in common sense and several philosophical tendencies , or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to...
.
They wrote: