Harold Ross
Harold Ross was an American journalist who co-founded The New Yorker in 1925 and edited the magazine until his death in 1951.
Jane Grant: Jane Grant was an American journalist and co-founder of The New Yorker. Ross’s first wife and fellow founder helped launch the magazine.
Aspen, Colorado: Aspen is a city in western Colorado, where Harold Ross was born in 1892. Ross’s birthplace anchors his beginnings far from New York’s publishing world.
The New Yorker: The New Yorker is an American magazine of journalism, criticism, fiction, cartoons, and cultural commentary. It was the publication Ross founded and shaped as editor.
The New Yorker in the 1920s: The New Yorker in the 1920s was a new Manhattan weekly combining humor, society reporting, and literary work. Its early issues show how Ross’s founding ambitions took print form.
Raoul Fleischmann: Raoul Fleischmann was an American publisher and co-founder of The New Yorker. His financial backing and business leadership made the magazine’s launch possible.
World War I: World War I was a global conflict fought from 1914 to 1918. Ross served in the U.S. Army during the war and edited military publications.
Fact-checking: Fact-checking is the process of verifying claims, quotations, names, and details before publication. Ross made exact verification a defining editorial practice at the magazine.
The New Yorker in the 1930s: The New Yorker in the 1930s was an expanding magazine of reporting, criticism, fiction, and cartoons. The decade saw Ross broaden the magazine beyond its initial focus on Manhattan society.
Katherine S. White: Katherine S. White was an American editor who shaped The New Yorker’s fiction and nonfiction departments. She became one of Ross’s most influential editorial colleagues.
Stars and Stripes: Stars and Stripes is an American military newspaper founded during the Civil War and revived in World War I. Ross worked on its World War I edition, gaining experience with a lively magazine format.