Cafme takes NYC

On Wednesday, March 20, 15 of us jetted off to New York City! We stayed in the awesome App State Lofts, right by Madison Square Park. We had some free time to explore the city Wednesday before meeting back up for a Southern dinner at Brother Jimmy's.

We were up bright and early the next day to start our magazine tours. First up was People Magazine in the Time Inc. building. We were lucky enough to sit in on their staff meeting and then chatted with Editorial Manager Andy Abrahams and Deputy Managing Editor Peter Castro. We also visited their iPad simulator room and got a demo of the People Magazine app.

That afternoon we headed to Glamour to meet up with Andrea Bartz, senior editor, who gave us some great advice about everything magazine and NYC-related.

 The next day was filled with more tours as we chatted with the Men's Health Social Media Editor Chris Rackliffe about the role of social media in the magazine world and what he does on a day-to-day basis. Associate editor Clint Carter joined us later to talk about the editorial aspect of Men's Health.
Our last stop was at Every Day with Rachael Ray, where executive editor and UNC alumna, Dana Bowen, talked to us along with Senior Food Editor Nina Elder and Editorial Assistant Morgan Gibson. After getting a ton of great advice from those three lovely ladies, we went downstairs to see their test kitchen. We got a chance to learn more about how food magazines work and even try some yummy cookies!

That night most of us headed back to Chapel Hill, but I already can't wait for next year's trip!