Much like our readers, we here at InTheFray have resolved to become even better in the year ahead. Please take a moment to fill out this survey and help us keep our resolutions to publish a print edition and make ITF more reader-friendly in 2004. |
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By Laura Nathan and Bryant Castro de Serrato
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Monday, January 12, 2004 |
The black-eyed peas, streamers, and horns have all been put away. But we here at InTheFray continue to celebrate the advent of 2004 with reflections on our past and aspirations for the year ahead.
This month, we publish our annual BEST OF InTheFray. From Adam Lovingood’s commentary on the terrible irony of Lawrence v. Texas to Alejandro Durán’s photographs of workers and children along a Central American road, the stories featured here were chosen by readers and editors as the best of the year, and truly represent some of ITF’s finest work to date.
We know that New Year’s resolutions can be difficult to keep, but we at InTheFray are genuinely committed to improvement in the year ahead. Beginning this month, we are revamping our site’s blog, PULSE. The new PULSE will be updated several times every week by our staff, and it now allows readers to submit their own entries (replacing the Readers’ Forum on our site). In February, we will introduce a new channel, which will feature two regular columnists and an editorial cartoonist. And with more stories on music, food, film, and travel and a special issue on cross-category lovin’ on the horizon, readers have plenty of great content to look forward to in the coming months.
But that isn’t all. In 2004, we are also going to make a major push to expand our readership, make our website more user-friendly, and turn InTheFray into a print publication.
To this end, we will be conducting a major fundraising campaign during the next few months. Before we can do this, though, we need your input on what you like about InTheFray and how we can improve the magazine. Please help us — and yourself, dear reader — by taking a moment to fill out this completely anonymous survey.
We know that surveys aren’t always fun. But because we need your valuable input, we’ve made this one as painless as possible. Simply use the pull-down menus, fill in the blanks, and click “Submit” when you’re finished. The entire process should take you no more than one minute.
Thank you for your time and for helping us make InTheFray even better in 2004. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to email us at fundraising@inthefray.com.
Happy New Year!
Laura Nathan
Managing Editor
Austin, Texas
Bryant Castro de Serrato
Marketing Director
New York
THE BEST OF InTheFray 2003
The battle after Seattle
BEST OF IDENTIFY (tie). Four years after the landmark 1999 protests in Seattle, times are tougher for the global justice movement. But activists are adapting by broadening their ranks, shifting their tactics, and envisioning an alternative world.
Written by Victor Tan Chen
Photographed by Dustin Ross
Published December 29, 2003
Bollywood Ending? Not Yet.
BEST OF IDENTIFY (tie). What digital video could mean in the world's largest democracy.
Written and photographed by Nicole Leistikow
Published April 10, 2003
A is for ambivalent
BEST OF IMAGINE (tie). The rise, fall, and pending resurrection of an Asian American magazine
Written by William S. Lin
Illustrated by Marvin Allegro
Published February 10, 2003
Burning Man lights a fire
BEST OF IMAGINE (tie). The Nevada desert art event doesn’t just produce art, it produces citizens
Written by Katherine K. Chen
Photographed by Heather Gallagher and George Post
Published December 22, 2003
The other side of Lawrence
BEST OF INTERACT. A Supreme Court victory may turn out to be the gay community’s death knell
Written by Adam Lovingood
Published September 29, 2003
The new ‘crisis’ of democracy
BEST OF INTERACT (runner-up). The world today is witnessing an unprecedented level of popular protest — but watch out, the Empire is striking back. A conversation with Noam Chomsky
Published October 27, 2003
Por los ojos
BEST OF IMAGE. Down a road in Central America, eyeing each other
Photographed by Alejandro Durán
Published June 12, 2003
Fear totalitarianism
BEST OF IMAGE (runner-up). Dodging rubber bullets at the Miami FTAA ministerial
Photographed by Tom Hayden, Diane Lent, Toussaint Losier, Andy Stern, and Victor Tan Chen. Art direction by Maalik Ausar Obasi
Published December 26, 2003"
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