The Atlantic, September 2026
200 x 265 mm, 108 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 September 2026 edition is a cover story by staff writer Tyler Austin Harper, delving into the ‘hypocrisy of elite academia’ and why he chose to give up his dream tenure at the prestigious Maine liberal arts college Bates College. Plus, a quarter of a century on from 9/11, Graeme Woods asks: ‘Did Al-Qaeda succeed?’
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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