| Editor | Omar Miranda (last) |
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| Categories | Christian - Seventh-day Adventist |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Review and Herald |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Hagerstown, Maryland |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0020-1944 |
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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][dead link] It was described as one of the "most important" Adventist magazines.[2]
History and profile[edit]
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 was in Hagerstown, Maryland.[6]
Editors of The Youth's Instructor (selected)[edit]
- 1852: James White
- 1869–1871: Goodloe Harper Bell[7]
- 1923–1952: Lora E. Clement (who lived from 1890 to 1958)[5]
- 1952-1970: Walter Crandall
Editors of Insight (selected)[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Edmund C. Jaeger, renowned naturalist and author (121 articles from 1908 to 1922)[8]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b About Us. Accessed 2014-10-10. See also Circle entry
- ^ Seeking a Sanctuary by Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart, p113
- ^ Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventists by Gary Land, p324
- ^ a b Dictionary, p241
- ^ a b Dictionary, p65
- ^ Stephen Blake Mettee; Michelle Doland; Doris Hall (December 1, 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 December 2, 2015.
- ^ Dictionary, p40
- ^ 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 Archived January 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Archives:
- The Youth's Instructor from Adventist Archives (DjVu and PDF formats)
- Cover story archives, from 2006 onwards