WEND Magazine

I spent a few great years as Editorial Director and head writer at WEND, a niche media company. We partnered with professional (and sometimes renowned) explorers, journalists, authors, photographers, and sponsored athletes to produce feature stories and photojournalism from the edge of the world.

WEND was comprised of a nationally circulated quarterly print journal (80-100 pages; distributors included REI, Barnes & Noble, and Whole Foods), a popular blog, a weekly email to subscribers, an engaged organic social following, and a digital version of the magazine. Our advertisers included Patagonia, New Belgium Brewing, KEEN, and The North Face to give you a sense of our audience. And we often featured stories by their athletes, among other contributors.

WEND sadly no longer exists but you can read an ‘obituary’ about it that was published on WorldHum as well as in Folio Magazine (via this Wayback Machine link). You can also use that same tool to see WEND’s blog.