Media inquiries: Veronique Rodman
vrodman@aei.org; 202.862.4870

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2008

The first issue of The American magazine under the leadership of new editor-in-chief Nick Schulz was released today.

A former senior editor of The American, Schulz helped launch the magazine and its online counterpart in 2006 and has written its "Techno-Ideas" column. He has also been published widely in newspapers and magazines around the country, including the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Slate.

A former editor of the web-based TCS Daily, Schulz is a 1994 graduate of Vanderbilt University. He worked straight out of college for Empower America and entered the media world in 1997 by joining the production company New River Media. While there, he produced several PBS documentaries and programs, among them, the PBS series Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg. From 2000 to 2002, Schulz was the politics editor of FoxNews.com.

Business magazines today "have gone tiny," said James K. Glassman, the founding editor of The American. Glassman pointed to a 2003 article in Harper's, which lamented that "presented with a subject matter as expansive as American business, our magazines and newspapers collectively fret over market indicators, minor transactions. They make lists." The American aims to be a different kind of magazine. While many publications "preach," says Glassman, The American "shows and explains."

Focusing primarily on the worlds of business, entrepreneurship, and economics, it also covers the unusual in foreign policy, technology, media, social policy, and culture (including music, travel, food, sports, and fashion).

The May/June 2008 issue of The American includes such regular features as "Data Points," the latest numbers on a specific issue; "American Scene," a multifaceted new look at the connections between daily life and academic research; the "Young Economist" column, which features the work of innovative young researchers under forty; and "The American Interview," a conversation with an interesting corporate leader. In-depth articles range from "How to Succeed in Life . . . By Really Trying" about the economics of happiness and wealth, to "Field of Dreams" about the importance of youth sports.

For more information about The American magazine or how to contact Nick Schulz, please e-mail Veronique Rodman at vrodman@aei.org or call 202.862.4870.

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