| Reason | |
|---|---|
| Editor-in-Chief | Matt Welch |
| Categories | general interest, public policy |
| Frequency | 11 issues annually |
| Circulation | 60,000 |
| First issue | 1968 |
| Company | Reason Foundation |
| Country | |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.reason.com |
| ISSN | 0048-6906 |
Reason is a libertarian monthly magazine from the Reason Foundation. Matt Welch is a Journalist, Blogger, Pundit and a Libertarian. This is a list of magazines by overall circulation. A Magazine 's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on average for each issue The Reason Foundation is an American nonprofit Think tank founded in 1978 that also publishes Reason magazine. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States An International Standard Serial Number ( ISSN) is a unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic Periodical publication. Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the The Reason Foundation is an American nonprofit Think tank founded in 1978 that also publishes Reason magazine.
Reason was founded in 1968 by Lanny Friedlander as a more-or-less monthly mimeographed publication. In 1970 it was purchased by Robert W. Poole, Manuel S. Klausner, and Tibor R. Machan, who set it on a more regular publishing schedule. Tibor Richard Machan PhD (born 18 March 1939) professor emeritus in the department of Philosophy at Auburn University, holds the R As the monthly print magazine of "free minds and free markets", it covers politics, culture, and ideas with a mix of news, analysis, commentary, and reviews.
Matt Welch has been the magazine's editor-in-chief since 2008. Matt Welch is a Journalist, Blogger, Pundit and a Libertarian. Other Reason writers include Jacob Sullum, Jesse Walker, Brian Doherty, Ronald Bailey, Radley Balko, Tim Cavanaugh, Kerry Howley, David Weigel, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Michael C. Jacob Z Sullum (born September 5, 1965) is a syndicated newspaper Columnist and a Senior Editor at Reason magazine Jesse Walker (born September 4, 1970) is managing editor of Reason magazine Brian Doherty ( June 1, 1968 –) is a Senior Editor at Reason magazine Ronald Bailey (born November 23, 1953) is the science editor for ''Reason'' magazine. Radley Balko (born April 19, 1975 in Greenfield Indiana) is an American libertarian writer and speaker Tim Cavanaugh is the Web editor of the Los Angeles Times opinion page Kerry Howley is a senior editor of Reason Magazine. She first came to Reason as an intern after graduating from Georgetown University with a B Moynihan, Damon Root, Greg Beato, Cathy Young, Jonathan Rauch, and cartoonist Peter Bagge. Cathy Young (born Ekaterina Jung, 1963 is a journalist and writer Jonathan Charles Rauch (born April 26, 1960, Phoenix Arizona) is an American Author, Journalist and activist Peter Bagge (pronounced /bag/ as in ' Plastic Bag ' (born December 11, 1957) is a US Comics artist and creator of Buddy Bradley Former editors include Nick Gillespie, Marty Zupan, and Virginia Postrel. Nick Gillespie is the editor of Reasoncom and Reasontv and was the editor in chief of Reason magazine from 2000 to 2007 Marty Zupan is president of the Institute for Humane Studies. Virginia I Postrel (born 14 January 1960) is an American political and cultural Writer of broadly Libertarian
Erik Spiekermann, the inventor of the typeface Meta, headed a redesign of Reason in 2001, aiming for a look that is "cleaner, more modern, making use of the Meta typeface throughout". Erik Spiekermann (born May 30 1947) is a German typographer and designer FF Meta is a humanist Sans-serif Typeface family designed by Erik Spiekermann.
In June 2004, subscribers to Reason magazine received a personalized issue that had their name, and a satellite photo of their home or workplace on the cover. This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite.
The magazine has a circulation of around 60,000 and has twice been named one of the "50 best magazines" by the Chicago Tribune. The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company [1]
In 2008, Reason's web site Reason. com was named a Webby Award Honoree in the magazine category.
Hit & Run is Reason's group blog. A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of It is maintained and written by the staff of the magazine. It was started in 2002. Former Reason Editor-in-Chief Nick Gillespie and Reason Web Editor Tim Cavanaugh, both veterans of Suck.com, modeled the blog in some ways after that website: they brought along several other Suck. Nick Gillespie is the editor of Reasoncom and Reasontv and was the editor in chief of Reason magazine from 2000 to 2007 Tim Cavanaugh is the Web editor of the Los Angeles Times opinion page Suckcom was one of the earliest ad-supported content sites on the Internet. com writers to contribute, fostered a style in the blog matching that former website's sarcastic attitude, and even the name "Hit & Run" was taken from what had been a weekly news roundup column on Suck. com. The Reason editors referred to this co-opting of the former website as the "Suck-ification of Reason. "[2]
In 2005, Hit & Run was named as one of the best political blogs by Playboy. Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy [3]