The Atlantic, August 2026
200 x 265 mm, 100 pages
Washington, US
Monthly
Founded in 1857
Editor-in-chief: Jeffrey Goldberg
Creative director: Peter Mendelsund
The Atlantic covers a broad range of culturally relevant current affairs, from politics and business to art and the economy. Expect intelligent, engaging deep-dives and creative covers.
Leading this August 2026 edition is a 12-page cover story by Rose Horowitch, documenting a sharp decline in US literacy as the world enters a ‘postliterate era’ dominated by short-form digital consumption.
On the Journal:
At Work With Peter Mendelsund, creative director: ‘I’m sincerely hoping that my ignorance of the magazine medium might allow me (and my partner in crime, Oliver Munday, also a book person), to make something truly unusual. And perhaps, it will help us to make a readerly magazine, which is what I imagine is called for here. I’m hoping.’
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