Insight (Adventist magazine)

Insight was a weekly magazine aimed at Seventh-day Adventist young people, published from 1970-2017 by Review and Herald.[1] It has been described as one of the "most important" Adventist magazines.[2]

Insight
EditorOmar Miranda
CategoriesChristian - Seventh-day Adventist
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherReview and Herald
Year founded1970 (1872 as The Youth's Instructor)
CountryUnited States
Based inHagerstown, Maryland
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.insightmagazine.org
ISSN0020-1944

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 Sabbath schools.[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 is in Hagerstown, Maryland.[6]

Editors of the Youth's Instructor

...

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

... Editors of Insight magazine Editor, 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 contributors to the Youth's Instructor

See also

References

  1. 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 Gary Land, p324
  4. Dictionary, p241
  5. 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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