Jonathan Shannon

407 — *Time Out New York*‘s Carolyn Stanley, Jonathan Shannon, and Amy Plitt (6th-8th from left) with M.S. in Publishing students

Visitors to a weekly magazine near the close of the next issue might encounter high stress, with editors and art directors running around making last-minute changes. Covers fall through. Ads come and go. Tension rises. But a group of NYU SCPS M.S. in Publishing: Digital and Print Media graduate students visiting Time Out New York (TONY) were instead welcomed to a remarkably calm office. The spacious loft was decorated with great Time Out covers. The office even has its own photography studio complete with mannequins for in-house photo shoots of fashion, food, and the occasional star. “We get some pretty cool celebrities [once in a while],” said Assistant Managing Editor Carolyn Stanley, who gave us a tour of the office. She also briefed us on the 18-year old publication that provides a comprehensive guide to the best things to do in the Big Apple: 60 editions worldwide, 47 issues a year for Time Out New York, and 35 editorial staff members. [Read more…] about Time Out New York: Pitches and Possibilities

Editor-in-Chief Michael Freidson with students (1) — Time Out New York Editor Freidson with M.S. in Publishing students

The Students of the M.S. in Publishing program at NYU-SCPS ventured this week to the place that helps turn events into hot parties and couch potatoes into busy bodies: Time Out New York (TONY).

Michael Freidson, editor-in-chief of Time Out New York, welcomed us in an industrial-chic conference room with whiteboards covered in notes about cover and story ideas. Freidson, in beaten denim jeans and a sharp powder blue dress shirt, began with the history of the weekly print magazine. Englishman Tony Elliott created Time Out in his bedroom in London in 1968 because, said Freidson, “there wasn’t a resource that could digest all of the events going on in London at the time.”