


The Atlantic Hires Vivian Salama as Staff Writer

The Atlantic’s August Issue: ‘Eighty Years on the Edge,’ Examining Eight Decades of Life in the Atomic Age
With essays by Jeffrey Goldberg, Tom Nichols, Ross Andersen, Noah Hawley, and Andrew Aoyama

The Atlantic Announces Staff Writers Quinta Jurecic, Toluse Olorunnipa, and Nancy Youssef

Introducing The Atlantic Games: A digital parlor of puzzles and play
New destination for games includes brand-new puzzles Fluxis and Stacks, alongside Bracket City, Caleb’s Inferno, and the Crossword

The Atlantic Festival, September 18–20 in New York City, Announces First Speakers and Tickets on Sale
Festival to feature Mark Cuban, Clara Wu Tsai, Ken Burns, Lt. General H. R. McMaster, Monica Lewinsky

The Atlantic’s July Cover Story: Elizabeth Bruenig’s ‘Witness,’ on Sin and Redemption in America’s Death Chambers
Bruenig’s story is accompanied by a series of original paintings by The Atlantic’s creative director, Peter Mendelsund, including the striking cover image.

The Atlantic Launches ‘The Writer’s Way,’ in Which Leading Writers, Novelists, and Poets Explore Cities Across the World Through the Eyes of Their Favorite Authors

The Atlantic announces Gitesh Gohel as Chief Product Officer
Gohel heads product and design at The Washington Post, and built conversation platform Speakeasy

The Atlantic Hires Alexandra Petri as Staff Writer

Jamie Thompson and Josh Tyrangiel Joining The Atlantic as Staff Writers
Thompson won 2025 National Magazine Award for Atlantic cover story, “To Stop a Shooter”

The Atlantic Hires Missy Ryan as Staff Writer

The Atlantic Hires Jenna Johnson and Dan Zak as Senior Editors, and Tyler Austin Harper as Staff Writer

Introducing Bracket City: The Atlantic’s New Word Game

The Atlantic Publishes ‘The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),’ Recognizing the Most Consequential Poetry Collections of the Past 25 Years
Also Announced: Atlantic Editions, imprint of The Atlantic and Zando, will publish The Singing Word, a significant collection of poems originally published in The Atlantic since its founding in 1857

The Atlantic Hires Nick Miroff and Isaac Stanley-Becker as Staff Writers, and Alex Hoyt as Senior Editor

The Atlantic Festival Expands to New York City this September
Plus: “On the Future: An Atlantic Festival Event,” happening in Washington, D.C., in April

The Atlantic’s March Cover Story: Yoni Appelbaum’s ‘Stuck in Place,’ on Why Americans Stopped Moving Houses—And Why That’s a Very Big Problem

Griff Witte Joining The Atlantic as a Managing Editor

The Atlantic Hires Caity Weaver as Staff Writer; Jonathan Lemire and Alex Reisner to Join as Contributing Writers