THE VILLAGE VOICE
— The legendary New York news weekly. In 2017 and 2018, the Voice was recognized by the New York Press Club and Society of Publication Designers for its digital and visual journalism and reporting on the city, culture, politics, and power.
The cover of the final print edition of September 20, 2017. View every cover from February 1, 2017, through September 20, 2017, here.
The cover of the March 8-13, 2017, issue. View every cover from February 1, 2017, through September 20, 2017, here.
The cover of the July 12-18, 2017, issue. View every cover from February 1, 2017, through September 20, 2017, here.
The cover of the February 1-7, 2017, issue. View every cover from February 1, 2017, through September 20, 2017, here.
The cover of the February 15-21, 2017, issue. View every cover from February 1, 2017, through September 20, 2017, here.
The cover of the February 8-14, 2017, issue. View every cover from February 1, 2017, through September 20, 2017, here.
The cover of the April 26-May 2, 2017, issue. View every cover from February 1, 2017, through September 20, 2017, here.
"Smoke & Mirrors," published May 3, 2017. A photo essay on Trump Tower and its surrounding area in the weeks after the inauguration. Photographs by Andrew Lichtenstein. View it here.
"Escape to New York," published May 9, 2017. An exploration of what it's really like to be a refugee and the psychological and emotional after-effects of torture. By Sulome Anderson, with portraits by Devin Yalkin. Read it here.
"The Most Powerful Democrat in Queens Must Finally Compete," published June 19, 2017. A very early profile of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old congressional candidate from Queens who beat longtime incumbent Joe Crowley in the 2018 Democratic primary. By Ross Barkan. Read it here.
"The Kids Are Not Alright," published February 20, 2018. How the survivors of the Parkland shooting are ushering in a new age for gun control. By Jake Offenhartz. Read it here.
"Scenes From a Bloody Weekend," published August 15, 2017. A report from Charlottesville. By David Swanson. Read it here.
"Almost Every Woman I Know Has Been a Victim of Sexual Assault," published October 12, 2017. On the silencing of Rose McGowan and the rise of #metoo. By Kelsey McKinney. Read it here.
"So You Wanna Be a K-Pop Star?" published August 23, 2017. A journey into the world of K-pop, where the pursuit of teen idol–dom is a high-gloss, neon-lit version of The Hunger Games. By Alina Simone. Read it here.
"The Lawsuit That Could Just Maybe Derail Trump," published December 7, 2017. A former Apprentice contestant who has accused the president of sexual assault is suing him for defamation. By Lara Zarum. Read it here.
In 2017, villagevoice.com underwent a full-scale relaunch and redesign in collaboration with the digital agency Postlight. Read about it here.
The new villagevoice.com took inspiration from an unreleased print redesign of The Village Voice, completed in early 2017 with Luke Hayman of the design firm Pentagram, featuring a revised logo and a return to the larger newsprint format of the Voice of the 1970s and 1980s.
"The Making of a 21st-century Pop Heroine," published April 11, 2017. How newly minted pop star Maggie Rodgers went from NYU to centerstage. By Lizzy Goodman. Read it here.
"Aurora James is Taking an Unconventional Approach to Sustainable Fashion," published on February 8, 2017. By Alice Hines. Photography by Cheryl Dunn . Read it here.
On June 20, 2017, The Village Voice hosted the first-ever Pride Awards, celebrating individuals who have helped advance the cause of LGBTQ rights. Honorees included journalist Masha Gessen, activist Gavin Grimm, equality advocate Edie Windsor, and organizer DeRay Mckesson. The event, which was hosted by Alan Cumming, was sponsored by Netflix and TD Bank. View a video summary here.
"America is Listening," published August 23, 2017. How a group of former Obama staffers is helping to lead a podcast revolution. By Molly Bennet. Photography by Jeff Newton. Read it here.
"The Sofia Touch," published June 28, 2017. The director on remaking The Beguiled. By Bilge Ebiri. Photography by Olivia Bee. Read it here.
"The Cult of Rei," published May 9, 2017. The radical creator behind Comme des Garçons has her day at the Met. By Jennifer Krasinski. Photography by Fabien Baron. Read it here.
"The Trouble With Middle-Aged Men Writing About Teenage Girls," published November 24, 2017. Louis C.K. and Matthew Weiner have one approach, while Greta Gerwig and Pamela Adlon have another. Guess who gets it right. By Lara Zarum. Read it here.
"After Open Casket," published March 12, 2018. On the furor surrounding Dana Schutz's painting of Emmett Till at The Whitney. By Siddhartha Mitter. Read it here.
"How Six NYC Activists Changed History With 'Silence = Death,'" published June 20, 2017. Reuniting and reconnecting with the group of AIDS activists behind the "Silence = Death" campaign. By Theodore Kerr. Photography by Brad Trent. Read it here.
"Original Fire," published February 13, 2017. On the new revival of Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song" and the tragic legacy of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. By Michael Feingold. Read it here.
"The Trains Are Slower Because... They Slowed the Trains Down," published March 13, 2018. Internal MTA documents obtained by the Voice reveal a root cause of the constant subway delays in New York may not be overcrowding. By Aaron Gordon. Read it here. See the Fox 5 report on the Voice story here and read a follow-up piece (with graphics) in The New York Times here.
"New Law Hasn't Stopped Anti-abortion 'Pregnancy Centers' From Misleading Women," published September 13, 2017. By Lauren Evans. Read it here.
"Club Life," published June 6, 2017. Exploring the inner workings, mixed messages, competing philosophies, and grand ambitions of New York's new spate of women's clubs and co-working spaces. By Molly Bennet. Read it here.
"Keeper of Secrets," published September 20, 2017. On Thomas Lannon, chief archivist at the New York Public Library, and the ethics of archiving in the age of Google. By James Somers. Read it here.
"Saving Queens' Secret Wetlands," published June 27, 2017. On the battle to save the 160-year-old Ridgewood Reservoir, the last vestige of Brooklyn’s old waterworks. By Ryan Goldberg. Read it here.
"So Why is Staten Island a Part of New York, Anyway?" published April 6, 2018. The answer does not involve a boat race. By Josh Fruhlinger. Read it here.
"You're Probably Reading This On an Electronic Device," published September 20, 2017. On the final print edition of The Village Voice. By Stephen Mooallem. Read it here.
"The Village People," published September 20, 2017. From the final print edition: a portfolio of more than 150 editors, writers, critics, photographers, designers, salespeople, and other folk who have worked for the Voice over the past 62 years. Photography by Celeste Sloman. View it here.
"The Village," published September 20, 2017. From the final print edition: a portfolio of images of the Village, both figuratively and literally, as seen through the eyes of the Voice. Photography by Fred W. McDarrah, Sylvia Plachy, James Hamilton, Amy Arbus, Catherine McGann, and Robin Holland. View it here.
"Graphic Content," published September 20, 2017. From the final print edition: nine Voice artists past and present on New York and the politics of now. Artwork by Steve Brodner, Ward Sutton, Stephen Kroninger, Stan Mack, Philip Burke, Drew Friedman, Chris Sickels, Lauren Weinstein, and Mark Alan Stamaty. View it here.
