The California Sunday Magazine
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| Editor in Chief | Douglas McGray |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| First issue | 5 October 2014 |
| Final issue | April 2020(print) October 2020(online) |
| Company | Pop-Up Magazine Productions |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | San Francisco |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| OCLC | 919092479 |
The California Sunday Magazinewas alongformSunday magazinefeaturing stories about the Western United States, Latin America, and Asia. In June 2021 it won aPulitzer Prize,eight months after the magazine ceased publication. The prize was awarded in feature writing for a story on refugees and potential immigrants crossing theDarién Gapby freelance writerNadja Drost.[1]
History[edit]
The California Sunday Magazinewas founded in October 2014 by Douglas McGray and Chas Edwards. The first issue was delivered to 400,000 households as an insert with the Sunday editions of theLos Angeles Times,theNew York Times,theSacramento Bee,theSan Francisco Chronicle,and theSan Diego Union-Tribune.[2][3]
In 2016, the magazine won the National Magazine Award for overall excellence in print magazine photography.[4]Other finalists includedNational Geographic,New York,Vanity Fair,andThe Wall Street Journal.
In 2018,California Sundaywas acquired byEmerson Collective.[5]California Sundaymoved to publishing online-only in June 2020. Emerson Collective spun off Pop-Up Magazine Productions in August 2020.California Sundaysuspended all publication in October 2020.[6]
Pop-Up Magazine[edit]
California Sunday, Inc. also produces a live show calledPop-Up Magazine.McGray said: “We started a media company. We approached it like a story production company. Some of the things we’d make would be live experiences, live stories, and some of the things we’d make would be stories for you to read at home.”[7]
References[edit]
- ^Hare, Kristen (12 June 2021)."California Sunday Magazine closed last year. It just won a Pulitzer".Poynter.Retrieved15 June2021.
- ^Baisotti, Tony (21 October 2014)."The California Sunday Magazine sets out to win the West".Columbia Journalism Review.Retrieved2 May2016.
- ^Layne, Ken (29 January 2014)."California Is Finally Getting a Real Weekly Magazine".Gawker.Archived fromthe originalon 31 March 2016.Retrieved2 May2016.
- ^Ellie awards 2016 winners announced
- ^Swisher, Kara (2018-11-27)."Laurene Powell Jobs's Emerson Collective bought Pop-Up Magazine Productions".Recode.Retrieved2018-11-28.
- ^Robertson, Katie (2020-10-07)."California Sunday Suspends Publication After Emerson Collective Pulls Out".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2023-01-31.
- ^"Pop-Up Magazine Is A Here-Today, Gone-Tomorrow Experiment In Storytelling".The Huffington Post.Retrieved13 April2016.
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