Insight (Adventist magazine)

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Insight
EditorOmar Miranda (last)
CategoriesChristian - Seventh-day Adventist
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherReview and Herald
Year founded1970
CountryUnited States
Based inHagerstown, Maryland
LanguageEnglish
ISSN0020-1944
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Insight , successor to The Youth's Instructor, was a weekly magazine designed for Seventh-day Adventist young people, published from 1970-2017 by Review and Herald.[1] It was described as one of the "most important" Adventist magazines.[2]

History and profile[]

The predecessor magazine, known as The Youth's Instructor, was established in 1852 by James White, husband of Ellen G. White.[3] It was distributed primarily through the .[4]

Under the editorship of Lora E. Clement in the early-mid 1900s, the circulation increased from about 25,000 to 50,000.[5]

The Youth's Instructor was replaced by Insight in 1970.[4] The headquarters of Insight was in Hagerstown, Maryland.[6]

Editors of The Youth's Instructor (selected)[]

  • 1923–1952: Lora E. Clement (who lived from 1890 to 1958)[5]
  • 1952-1970: Walter Crandall

Editors of Insight (selected)[]

  • F. Donald Yost (associate editors: Pat Horning, Chuck Scriven)
  • Roland Hegsted, acting editor
  • Mike Jones
  • 1986: Chris Blake
  • 1993: Lori Peckham
  • 2009: Dwain Esmond
  • 2013: Omar Miranda[1]

Notable contributor to The Youth's Instructor[]

  • Edmund C. Jaeger, renowned naturalist and author (121 articles from 1908 to 1922)[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b About Us. Accessed 2014-10-10. See also Circle entry
  2. ^ Seeking a Sanctuary by Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart, p113
  3. ^ Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventists by , p324
  4. ^ a b Dictionary, p241
  5. ^ a b Dictionary, p65
  6. ^ Stephen Blake Mettee; Michelle Doland; Doris Hall (1 December 2006). American Directory of Writer's Guidelines: More Than 1,700 Magazine Editors and Book Publishers Explain What They Are Looking for from Freelancers. Quill Driver Books. p. 334. ISBN 978-1-884956-58-4. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  7. ^ Dictionary, p40
  8. ^ Ryckman, Raymond E.; Zackrison, James L. (1998). Son of the Living Desert - Edmund C. Jaeger, 1887-1983: Ecologist, Educator, Environmentalist, Biologist, and Philanthropist. Loma Linda, California: R.E. Ryckman. pp. 451–454. ISBN 978-0-9663563-0-4. OCLC 39497413. LCC QH31.J33 R97 1998 University of California, Riverside, Science Library

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