Amy Schrier

At age 28, Amy Schrier founded Blue, the Adventure Lifestyle magazine in 1997. She was Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of the magazine from 1997-2003.

Personal

Amy attended Cornell University and lives in New York City.

Career

Schrier also founded MISSION (MISSION.tv). This website has been featured in the Huffington Post. Schrier herself has appeared on a number of television networks which include: CNN, CNNfn, CNBC, MSNBC, and FoxNews. She has visited over 40 countries worldwide.[1]

Volunteer work

Schrier has volunteered in Kenya at a Maasai school and also in a program teaching disadvantaged children how to surf in Bangladesh.[2] She also taught English at a school in Madrid.

Awards and honors

Blue won awards including American Society of Magazine Editors' Top 40 Magazine Covers of the Past 40 years[3] and Life Magazine Best Magazine Photos of the Year, 1999. Blue was called "Not your father's National Geographic" by The New York Times.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Amy Schrier". Amy Schrier. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Amy Schrier". Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "ASME's Top 40 Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years". American Society of Magazine Editors. October 17, 2005. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
  4. ↑ Trip Gabriel (June 29, 1997). "For the Plane to Everest". The New York Times. Retrieved March 8, 2011.


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