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For the Hong Kong teen lifestyle magazine, see Yes! (Hong Kong magazine).
YES!
Winter 2018 cover of YES!
EditorTracy Loeffelholz Dunn
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherChristine Hanna
First issue 1996 (1996-month)
CompanyPositive Futures Network
CountryUnited States
Based inBainbridge Island, Washington
Websitewww.yesmagazine.org
ISSN1089-6651

YES! is a nonprofit, independent publisher of solutions journalism. Yes! was founded by David Korten and Sarah van Gelder; Christine Hanna, founder and former co-director of Seattle Good Business Network[1], is the executive director.[2]

The first issue of the magazine was published in summer 1996.[3] It has ISSN 1089-6651 and LCCN 96-656670 sn 96044464.

Issues of Yes! explore a specific issue in depth, and provide resources so that readers may become involved in that issue. Previous issues have covered solutions to the energy crisis,[4] local economies,[5] and water preservation.[6]

The magazine is printed on recycled paper and archives all its issues online.

Yes! is a member of The Media Consortium, an international network of over 70 independent progressive journalism organizations including Mother Jones, The Nation, Grist, Democracy Now!, and many others.[7]

In 2015, Yes! Magazine was showcased on Neil Young's July tour promoting The Monsanto Years. Young selected five magazines to feature in a "News You Can Trust" tent, including Yes!, The Nation, Mother Jones, Permaculture Magazine, and Earth Island Journal.[8]

Awards

Associate Editor, Zenobia Jeffries, received an excellence award for her column on racial justice in 2017 from the National Association of Black Journalists.[9] YES! won the Utne Reader Alternate Press Award for Best Cultural Coverage in 2001, and was nominated for Best Political Coverage in 2004.[10] In 2013, it won the Utne Media Award for General Excellence.[11]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Balle Fellows". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ "YES! Magazine Staff Page". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ Entry for Issue #1 at YesMagazine.org
  4. ^ "Can we live without oil?". Yes!. Fall 2004. Retrieved 2006-04-19.
  5. ^ "Living economies". Yes!. Fall 2002. Retrieved 2006-04-19.
  6. ^ "Whose water?". Yes!. Winter 2004. Retrieved 2006-06-11.
  7. ^ "Our Members". Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  8. ^ "Earth Island Journal Hits the Road with Neil Young and Promise of the Real". Earth Island Journal. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  9. ^ "Zenobia Jefferies NABJ Award". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ "Winners announced for 2001 UTNE Magazine Alternative Press Awards". Retrieved 2006-06-11.
  11. ^ "2013 Utne Media Awards: The Winners". Retrieved 2015-04-13.


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