Resurgence: How Magazines’ September Issues Take Aim at Digital’s Threat

Every year, magazine readers await the September Issue—a pinnacle of fashion trend forecasts, glamorous editorials, and exclusive cover stories. But is the decline of the print industry a threat to a time-honored tradition? In a multi-part series, producer KATHRYN JONES explores the state of lifestyle periodicals. We start with the historical perspective of O.J. WILLIAMS, magazine veteran in editorial, casting, and production; and JONATHAN MICHAEL SQUARE, visual arts professor and fashion historian. The two summon the impact of fashion media’s finest as a case for the preservation of cult classic magazines and their iconic work. --------- The opinions heard in this episode belong to the individuals who made them and not to NYABJ. Music by HoliznaRAPS. For more information on the New York Association of Black Journalists, please visit our website at www.nyabj.org.