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Afar’s Laura Simkin Speaks at EWIP Luncheon

Event: Afar Media: Launching a Print Publication in the Digital Age
Date: Friday, June 8, 2012
Location: Blu Restaurant—Yerba Buena (private dining room)
747 Market Street @4th Street
Inside the Sports Club/LA (4th floor)

About this Event: Laura SimkinsThe public is invited to learn about Afar, an award-winning publication. The featured speaker isLaura Simkins, general manager and VP of operations at Afar Media. The luncheon from noon till 2 pm is co-organized by EWIP and WFMA features a Q&A session with Kate Byrne of EWIP. Register by June 7th: pay $35. Tickets at the door: $45. RSVP Here.

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Launch a Print Magazine in the Digital Age!

Afar magazineWhat were these publishing neophytes thinking? In 2009, the audacious co-founders of Afar Media launched a print magazine featuring information they wished they had during their own travels. They could not find what they were looking for on newsstands, so, they reasoned, there must be others like them who would value a publication that helped travelers (armchair and otherwise) connect with people and learn about other cultures as experiential travelers. Despite the obsession in the publishing world with all things digital, three years into their dream project, Greg Sullivan and Joseph Diaz, and their exceptionally talented publishing team have defied the odds with a successful, unique, and beautiful print magazine, Afar.

Afar Media: Launching a Print Publication in the Digital Age
Friday, June 8, 2012
Noon – 2:00 pm
Featured speaker, Laura Simkins, Afar Media
Moderator, Kate Byrne, EWIP
Hosted by: EWIP and WFMA

Twitter Hashtag: #ewipJun8

To RSVP

Laura SimkinsEWIP and WFMA members and colleagues in media and tech are invited to learn about this award-winning publication from Laura Simkins, general manager and VP operations at Afar Media, a multi-platform travel media brand that cultivates the passions of experiential travelers. Laura has more than 17 years of experience in media and publishing, specifically in the areas of finance, audience development, research, digital, and events strategy for a range of properties. After successful tenures at established brands including Health and Mother Jones, she ultimately embraced her affinity for launches as a founding member of the teams who created AFAR and Dwell Media. Laura is the featured speaker at the June 8th luncheon co-organized by EWIP and WFMA. The event features a Q&A session moderated by Kate Byrne of EWIP.

Blu Restaurant—Yerba Buena (private dining room)
747 Market Street @4th Street
Inside the Sports Club/LA (4th floor)
Register by June 7th: $35
At the door: $45
RSVP Here
or contact Carol Rives at carol@prepress.com for more information.


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Publishing Course – Yale Style

Yale University’s summer publishing course for senior-level professionals brings together an international audience and industry experts. The special week-long course, one for book publishing on July 22-27th, and another week for magazine and digital publishing on July 15-20th, encourages participants to get away from daily routines and immerse themselves in a course with a global perspective on the strategies and innovations needed today. Yale’s mission: to provide participants of the publishing courses with knowledge and skills that will enable them to be more effective leaders.

You are bound to make some great contacts, too. EWIP members receive $250 discount off the tuition. When applying, enter code YPC12EWP on your application.

 

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A Step in the Right Direction from Vogue Magazine

Props are due to Vogue magazine, if not to parent company Conde Nast. According to the Associated Press, Vogue will no longer work with children younger than 16, or women with eating disorders.

So too young and too thin is out.

This applies to all the editions of Vogue published in the U.S. and worldwide. It’s an important step–although only a step. Sixteen is still very young; and for a mother of girls it is shocking to hear of children as young as fourteen modeling adult clothes.

Also, Conde Nast has no plans to adopt these guidelines across the company–which means that its other fashion magazines will continue to hire children and dangerously thin women.