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'Creative and Gutsy': David Haskell Sets the Vision for New York Magazine

Adweek's Publishing Editor of the Year keeps an eye toward ambitious reporting and subscriptions

Digital subscriptions have become a key priority for Haskell.DeSean McClinton-Holland / New York Magazine

October 24, 2021

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As the editor at the helm of New York Magazine, a source of cultural accounting for a city whose influence shapes the world in its image, David Haskell has yet to enjoy a slow news day this year.

Since last October, Haskell has presided over coverage that has explored the most divisive presidential election in modern history, an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the despair of a pandemic winter, an outburst of fractious financial tools, a contentious