Blue (tourism magazine)

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Blue (ISSN 1093-7560) was an adventure travel magazine published six times year, founded in 1997^[1] by Amy Schrier, with David Carson as the original design consultant.^[2] Its focus was on global adventure travel,^[3] and described itself as "a journal for the new traveler".^[4] It was published in New York City from 1997 until 2003. The New York Times characterized it as "not your father's National Geographic."^[5] The Christian Science Monitor described the magazine's "social agenda" as being part of its identity.^[6]

At age 28, Amy Schrier founded Blue in 1997. She was publisher and editor-in-chief of the magazine from 1997 to 2003.

The cover of its first issue was included in a list of the Top 40 magazine covers of the last 40 years by the American Society of Magazine Editors.^[7] The photo that was used had been submitted for an earlier magazine, Beach Culture.^[8]

Photographer Gary Fabiano's work for a story on refugee camps in Kosovo,^[9] was listed in 1999's Life magazine's Best Magazine Photos of the Year special issue,^{[citation needed]} and was a runner-up in the 2000 Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography in the category of News (Photo Essay).

Folio: Magazine awarded Blue with first place in the Best Travel Editorial category in 2001, and second place in the Best Overall Designed Magazine category in 2002.

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