Washington, D.C., and New York, N.Y.—M. Scott Havens, President of The Atlantic, announced today that Hayley Romer has been promoted to Vice President and Publisher of The Atlantic. Romer, who joined The Atlantic in May 2012 as Associate Publisher, will oversee the national sales and marketing teams, leading advertising efforts for The Atlantic brand across its print and digital platforms. During Romer’s tenure, The Atlantic has experienced strong,… More »

The feature dispatches, articles, columns, and essays in The Atlantic’s November issue include: The 50 Greatest Inventions Since the Wheel. Why did it take so long to invent the wheelbarrow? Have we hit peak innovation? Which inventions have done the most to shape the nature of modern life? These questions inspired James Fallows and The Atlantic, along with a panel of 12 scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, and historians of technology, to assess the… More »

The feature dispatches, articles, columns, and essays in The Atlantic’s October issue include: The Case Against High-School Sports. The United States routinely spends more tax dollars per high-school athlete than per high-school math student—unlike most countries worldwide. And we wonder why we lag in international rankings? In the cover story, Amanda Ripley takes a look at what happens when schools prioritize academics over athletics. Take Premont… More »

Washington, D.C.—To mark the life, political career, and enduring legacy of John F. Kennedy, The Atlantic has published a special commemorative edition, “JFK: In His Time and Ours,” available on newsstands today, September 11, 2013. New and old, the pieces compiled here reveal the many sources—the glamour, the drama of his era, the shock of his death, the revelations over the years of his private pains and doubts—of President… More »

Washington, D.C.—Debuting today on TheAtlantic.com is the Education channel, a new section that will feature stories of learning and reinvention for the 21st century—from preschool to college to adult ed. Education has been a core subject for The Atlantic and TheAtlantic.com for years, and with the launch of this new channel, writers and editors will have a place to explore a key set of issues on a daily basis, including: public vs. private schools vs.… More »

The feature articles, columns, essays, and original fiction in The Atlantic's September issue include:The Killing Machines Today we find ourselves in legal and moral knots over the drone, a weapon that can find and strike a single target, often a single individual, via remote control. In theory, when used with principled restraint, it is the perfect counterterrorism weapon, contends Mark Bowden, in one of the most comprehensive reports on the drone to date.… More »

Washington, D.C.--As part of The Atlantic's continued digital expansion--and its recognition of the power of visual storytelling--the publication is ramping up investment in its video initiatives, launching several original series and increasing the size of its video team. Live today on the Video channel are new installments of two original series, "Economics in Plain English," featuring senior editor Derek Thompson, and "The User's Guide to Energy" with senior… More »

Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles--The Atlantic and American Public Media's Marketplace today announced a new joint reporting project, "American Futures," that will take their journalists on a cross-country trip to document the dramatic economic, technological, cultural, and social changes under way in small towns and cities across the nation. By adapting the long-standing American tradition of discovering the country through an extended coast-to-coast journey, and… More »

Washington, D.C.--The Atlantic Books, the digital imprint of The Atlantic, today launched the first e-book in a new series of exclusive archival collections. Each offering in the series will spotlight one of the magazine's most-celebrated contributors from its 155-year history. The initial release presents selected Atlantic pieces by Mark Twain, who wrote for the magazine from 1874 to 1880. Future installments will feature the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry… More »

The feature articles, columns, and essays in The Atlantic's annual Ideas issue include: How Junk Food Can End Obesity.Is Michael Pollan wrong? Could the famous food writer, along with other influential advocates of unprocessed, local, farm-fresh foods be delusional in thinking that this "wholesome" way of eating can really solve the America's obesity crisis? In his cover story, David H. Freedman finds that much of the wholesome-food movement is… More »

Washington, D.C.--The Atlantic today launched The Atlantic Weekly, a new digital publication that, each week, will feature a curated selection of some of the very best journalism written for The Atlantic's digital platforms. Published on Friday afternoons, just in time for the weekend, The Atlantic Weekly is available for the iPhone and iPad as a stand-alone app in the iTunes Newsstand. In addition to the week's most memorable stories on politics, culture,… More »

Washington, D.C., and New York, N.Y. (June 10, 2013)--M. Scott Havens, President of The Atlantic, announced today that digital media innovator Andrew Golis will join the company in the newly created role of Entrepreneur in Residence. His first day is July 15.Working closely with The Atlantic's Editorial and Digital Strategy and Operations teams, Golis will support the media brand's expanding video and paid-content initiatives. He will also work with the teams to… More »

The columns, essays, and feature articles in The Atlantic's June 2013 issue include: The Gay Guide to Wedded Bliss. The Supreme Court will be ruling on two major gay-marriage cases before the term ends in June. Those opposed argue that allowing same-sex couples to wed will fundamentally change the institution of marriage forever. But what if the critics are right? What if same-sex marriage does change marriage, but primarily for the better? Compared… More »

Washington, D.C., and New York, N.Y.--Readers visited Atlantic Web sites in record numbers in April, driving traffic to TheAtlantic.com and TheAtlanticWire.com to all-time highs, 16.1 million and 8.5 million unique visitors, respectively. TheAtlanticCities.com, meanwhile, posted a strong second-best-ever performance with 1.1 million uniques. The benchmarks came in a month when major news events--from the Boston Marathon bombings to the Texas fertilizer explosion to… More »

Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y. (May 2, 2013)--The Atlantic won two National Magazine Awards, it was announced tonight by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME). Atlantic senior editor Ta-Nehisi Coates won in the Essays and Criticism category and TheAtlantic.com was selected best Web site."I'm so happy for Ta-Nehisi and the entire team at The Atlantic. It's wonderful to be recognized by our peers for excellence in one of our oldest journalistic forms,… More »

Washington, D.C.--The Atlantic today launched "The Atlantic Books," a new long-form digital imprint for the magazine's expanding ebook initiatives. The debut title, Denial by Jonathan Rauch, is available today. Rauch's memoir is by turns harrowing and funny, a grippingly intimate trek through a maze of self-torment that ends with his unexpected discovery, at the age of 25, that he is gay. The Atlantic Books is the first of several paid product initiatives… More »

Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y.--Google Earth. Massive open online courses. Political transparency. This is the world of top innovators: designing, building, illustrating, and governing for the future. On May 7, 2013, The Atlantic, the Aspen Institute, and the New-York Historical Society will gather the biggest game changers for conversations about thoughtful tech entrepreneurship, sustainable urban design, the brave new world of digital media, and more at the… More »

The columns, essays, original fiction, and feature articles in The Atlantic's May 2013 issue include: What If We Never Run Out of Oil? Together, fracking and a little-known energy source called methane hydrate--flammable ice--may soon usher in an age of widespread energy independence. In many respects, this would be a miracle. It might also unleash an arc of instability stretching from Nigeria to Saudi Arabia to Siberia--and doom any hope of halting climate… More »

Washington, D.C.--Atlantic Media announced today that Brian Mockenhaupt is this year's recipient of the Michael Kelly Award for his story, "The Living and the Dead," published by Byliner.com. The $25,000 award is given annually to a journalist whose work exemplifies a quality that animated Michael Kelly's own career: the fearless pursuit and expression of truth. Kelly, who was the editor of two Atlantic Media publications, The Atlantic and National Journal, was… More »

Washington, D.C.--The Atlantic and Longreads today announced a new, long-term partnership that will bring the best of long-form journalism and short fiction--from magazines, newspapers, books, and the Web--to an expanded audience across The Atlantic's digital platforms. The two organizations will work together to grow Longreads' popular social-reading community and membership model, as well as to explore other new models for supporting long-form storytelling. … More »