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==Cover gallery==
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| [[File:TheWeek_15thAnniversaryCover.jpg|thumb|upright|15th anniversary cover, 1997]]
| [[File:TheWeek_Health_AwardCover.jpg|thumb|upright|Wan-IFRA gold for cover design, 2010]]
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Revision as of 06:06, 22 October 2011

THE WEEK
Masthead designed by Dr Mario R. Garcia[1]
Managing EditorPhilip Mathew
CategoriesNewsmagazine
FrequencyWeekly
CirculationAbove 2,00,000
PublisherJacob Mathew
First issueDecember 26, 1982[2]
CompanyThe Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
WebsiteThe Week

THE WEEK is an Indian weekly newsmagazine published by The Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd[3]. The magazine is published from Kochi and is currently printed in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kottayam. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations[4], it is the largest selling English newsmagazine in India. THE WEEK's competitors, India Today and Outlook, have opted out of the ABC audit.


History

Chief Editors

File:KM Mathew AutoBiography.jpg
Cover of K.M. Mathew's autobiography Ettamathe Mothiram (The Eighth Ring). He was the founder chief editor of THE WEEK.
File:VKB Nair.jpg
V.K.B. Nair

THE WEEK was launched by The Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd in December, 1982, and has had two chief editors, before the designation was discontinued.

  • K.M. Mathew (Padma Bhushan,1998) [5], the founder chief editor, remained in office until December 25, 1988. Popularly known as Mathukuttychayan, he was chairman of the Press Trust of India, president of the Indian Newspaper Society and chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. He died on August 1, 2010. The obit which appeared in The Times of India said, "The highly acclaimed English news magazine-The Week-was his brainchild."[6]
  • K.M. Mathew's eldest son, Mammen Mathew,[7],(Padma Shri, 2005)[8], took over on January 1, 1989, and continued until December 9, 2007. He is currently chief editor of the Malayala Manorama daily, the group's flagship publication.

Currently, THE WEEK does not have a chief editor. K.M. Mathew's second son, Philip Mathew, managing editor since January 1, 1989, is the highest-ranked editor.

Publishers

  • The incumbent managing editor of THE WEEK, Philip Mathew, was the first publisher of the magazine. He held the post until December 1988.
  • Jacob Mathew, K.M. Mathew's third son, took over as publisher of the magazine on January 1, 1989. Currently president of WAN-IFRA, he is the second Asian and the first Indian to hold the post[9].

Editors

The magazine has had two editors, after which the designation was discontinued.

Editor-in-Charge

Currently, the editor-in-charge is responsible for selection of news under The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867. The incumbent editor-in-charge, T R Gopaalakrishnan, took over on December 18, 1988.

Design and style

The magazine was initially designed in-house, and was periodically redesigned. A major content overhaul was led by Peter Lim, author and former editor-in-chief of The Straits Times/Singapore Press Holdings. He authored the book Chronicle of Singapore: Fifty Years of Headline News[11].

The two major redesigns were led by:

Based in Sydney, Australia, Ong[14] [15]was formerly Picture & Graphics Editor of The Straits Times. He is principal consultant at Checkout Australia, and was regional director for the Society of News Design. Garcia owns the premier newspaper design firm, Garcia Media[16]. Both of them also helped redesign the Malayala Manorama.

THE WEEK does not have published stylebook, but generally follows the down style for capitalisation[17]. Its dateline carries the pull date, not the date of issue.

Columnists

THE WEEK has six regular guest columns:

In addition to the guests, there are two staff columns.

  • Power Point by K.S. Sachidananda Murthy[18], the resident editor in New Delhi.
  • PMO Beat by R. Prasannan, chief of New Delhi bureau.

Former Columnists

Former columnists of the magazine include Priyanka Chopra, Khushwant Singh, P.C. Alexander, R.N. Malhotra, former foreign secretary A.P. Venkateswaran, Harsha Bhogle, NDTV 24x7 managing editor Sreenivasan Jain, Manjula Padmanabhan, Santosh Desai [19] and Antara Dev Sen [20], among others.

Supplements and Standalones

Two supplements go free with THE WEEK:

  • Health, a fortnightly on health and fitness.
  • Wallet, a monthly guide to personal finance and investment.

The standalone magazines are:

  • THE MAN[21]: A monthly lifestyle magazine, THE MAN is published from New Delhi and is edited by K. Sunil Thomas.
  • J&W: An annual guide to jewellery and watches, it is published from New Delhi and is edited by Neha S. Bajpai.

THE WEEK Hay Festival

Oxford mathematician Marcus Du Sautoy (in purple shirt) at THE WEEK Hay Festival 2010

Hay Kerala 2010

THE WEEK was the title sponsor[22], of the inaugural Hay Festival[23] in India. Held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, from November 12 to 14, 2010, the festival was held at Kanakakunnu Palace, the former summer retreat of the Travancore royal family.

Writers and speakers for the event included Mani Shankar Aiyar, Rosie Boycott, Gillian Clarke, William Dalrymple, Tishani Doshi, Sonia Faleiro, Sebastian Faulks, Nik Gowing, Manu Joseph, N.S. Madhavan, Jaishree Misra, Vivek Narayanan, Michelle Paver, Basharat Peer, Hannah Rothschild, K. Satchidanandan, Marcus du Sautoy, Simon Schama, Vikram Seth, C.P. Surendran, Miguel Syjuco, Shashi Tharoor, Amrita Tripathi, Pavan Varma and Paul Zacharia.

The event closed with a concert by Bob Geldof, where Sting made a surprise appearance.

Hay Kerala 2011

The second edition of THE WEEK Hay Festival is scheduled from November 17 to 19, 2011.

Awards

Year Awardee Award Agency Story
2000 Jayant Mammen Mathew & Maria Abraham SAJA Journalism Award South Asian Journalists Association Rural reporting
2002 Deepak Tiwari The Sarojini Naidu Prize The Hunger Project Women in panchayati raj
2007 THE WEEK Media Excellence Award Amity Business reporting
2007 Dnyanesh V. Jathar Excellence in Journalism Award Ramnath Goenka Founation AIDS orphans
2008 Bidisha Ghosal The Statesman Award for Rural Reporting The Statesman Ltd Sexual exploitation of widows in Vidarbha
2009 Bidisha Ghosal IPI-India Award (Shared) International Press Institute[24], India Chapter Sexual exploitation of widows in Vidarbha
2009 Kavitha Muralidharan PII-ICRC Award Press Institute of India & International Committee of the Red Cross Abductions by Sri Lankan Army
2010 Mathew T. George Excellence in Journalism (International) Union Catholique Internationale de la Presse[25] Robertsonian translocation among Bhopal gas tragedy victims
2010 Syed Nazakat Finalist for Daniel Pearl International Award Daniel Pearl Foundation[26] Multiple investigative stories
2010 THE WEEK Gold (Magazine cover design) WAN-IFRA[27] Cover for Health
2010 THE WEEK Gold (Special issue) WAN-IFRA On 25 years after Indira Gandhi
2011 Bhanu Prakash Chandra Gold (Feature photography) WAN-IFRA Biking through the Himalayas
File:TheWeek 1stCover.jpg
First cover, December 1982
File:TheWeek MarioMirandaCover.jpg
Cover designed by Mario Miranda, 1983
File:TheWeek 15thAnniversaryCover.jpg
15th anniversary cover, 1997
File:TheWeek Health AwardCover.jpg
Wan-IFRA gold for cover design, 2010

Trivia

  • In 2001, Special Cover Designer Ajay Pingle entered the Limca Book of Records for designing the most number of covers for an Indian newsmagazine.

References

  1. ^ http://garciamedia.com/about/bio/dr_mario_r_garcia
  2. ^ http://english.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/common/footer/footerHtmls.jsp?tabIDForMMEnglish=1&tabId=1&contentHtml=About%20Us&BV_ID=@@@
  3. ^ http://www.g2mi.com/company_description.php?id=490&name=Malayala-Manorama
  4. ^ http://www.auditbureau.org/
  5. ^ http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=380
  6. ^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-01/india/28282220_1_k-m-mathew-puthenpally-malayala-manorama
  7. ^ http://thomsonreuters.com/about/trust_principles/trustee_directors/mammen_mathew/
  8. ^ http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php?start=470
  9. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/10/stories/2011041055231300.htm
  10. ^ http://hindu.com/2003/01/26/stories/2003012605060100.htm
  11. ^ http://www.kinokuniya.com.sg/whatson_events_chronicleofsg.html
  12. ^ http://www.trends-in-newsrooms.org/articles.php?id=34
  13. ^ http://garciamedia.com/about/bio/dr_mario_r_garcia
  14. ^ http://www.ifra.com/WebSite/IFRAEvent.nsf/wuis/D45987F2BAFDF38E482570B60012CF39?OpenDocument&CS&
  15. ^ http://peterong.com/blog/
  16. ^ http://garciamedia.com/
  17. ^ http://books.google.co.in/books?id=fnhkJ_CjTQIC&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&dq=down+style+capitalization&source=bl&ots=7_Sg8cWtL1&sig=_8MXa69RsktYVLL2luzJEjC4E0o&hl=en&ei=GtufTtaHIeeNiAegnsnsBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=down%20style%20capitalization&f=false
  18. ^ http://www.pressclubmumbai.com/index.php?id=100&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=5&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=71&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=159&cHash=9d351f21f8
  19. ^ http://santoshdesai.com/about/
  20. ^ http://www.littlemag.com/about/about.html
  21. ^ http://etheman.manoramaonline.com/eMagazine/EpaperClient/EpaperClient.aspx
  22. ^ http://www.hayfestival.com/kerala/en-index.aspx?skinid=20&currencysetting=GBP&localesetting=en-GB&resetfilters=true
  23. ^ http://www.hayfestival.com/portal/index.aspx?skinid=1&localesetting=en-GB
  24. ^ http://www.freemedia.at/
  25. ^ http://www.ucip.ch/
  26. ^ http://www.danielpearl.org/
  27. ^ http://www.wan-ifra.org/
  28. ^ http://www.kochituskerskerala.com/

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