New Yorker 100

In 1925, Harold Ross, The New Yorkerâ€™s founding editor, envisioned a magazine of wit, reporting, fiction, art, and criticismâ€”â€œa reflection in word and picture of metropolitan life.â€ A century later, The New Yorker is still known for its capacity to surprise, delight, and inform with accuracy and depth. Please join us in celebrating a hundred years of the magazine, and enjoy special centenary issues, curated archival collections, exhibits and events, and more.

â€”David Remnick, editor

May 12 & 19, 2025

New York:
A Centenary Issue

Ian Frazier on sharing the city with pigeons, Eric Lach on Andrew Cuomoâ€™s comeback and the race for mayor, and Louisa Thomas on Juan Soto and the Metsâ€™ ascendance. Plus: Lena Dunham on leaving, Zach Helfand on parking, Jordan Salama on the undocumented workers of the outer boroughs, and more.

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February 17 & 24, 2025

The 100th
Anniversary Issue

Jill Lepore on the letters of New Yorker editors and writers, Adam Gopnik on Ernest Hemingway and Lillian Ross, and David Remnick on the magazine from 1925 to today. Plus: Lawrence Wright on the bond between women on death row in Texas and an order of nuns, Kathryn Schulz on learning to love the spider, Dhruv Khullar on interplanetary travel, and more.

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In the Beginning

Editors and writers who shaped The New Yorker during its first decade and beyond.

Founding Editor

Harold Ross

Ross, a high-school dropout born in Colorado, was the unlikely visionary behind a new fifteen-cent â€œcomic paperâ€ that sought to cater to sophisticated Manhattan readers. During his tenure, from 1925 until 1951, The New Yorker established itself as a leading source of cultural criticism, humor, and reporting.

Co-Founder

Jane Grant

Grant, who is often overlooked in histories of the magazine, was the first woman reporter in the New York Timesâ€™ city room. She met Ross in Europe during the First World War, and the pair later married and started The New Yorker. Together, they recruited the magazineâ€™s primary financial backer, Raoul Fleischmann.

Art Editor

Rea Irvin

Irvin, originally from San Francisco, designed the signature font of The New Yorkerâ€™s title and the top-hatted dandy Eustace Tilley, the figure on the dÃ©but cover. Irvin was also crucial to the development of the magazineâ€™s cartoons, whose single-line captions marked a minor revolution in illustrated humor.

Fiction Editor

Katharine S. White

White joined The New Yorker six months after its first issue, and had a sweeping influence on the magazine. In three and a half decades on the staff, White refined the publicationâ€™s comic sensibilities, cultivated women writers, and pressed for the inclusion of serious poetry.

Critic and Humorist

Dorothy Parker

â€œI could bite my tongue out,â€ Parker wrote with faux regret in a withering book review in 1928. Readers were glad she didnâ€™t. When Parker began contributing, a year earlier, The New Yorker was struggling to find readers; her humor pieces and witty criticism increased the magazineâ€™s influence and appeal.

Reporter

A. J. Liebling

In twenty-eight years at the magazine, Liebling, a reporter of prolific output, wrote about boxing and cuisine, newspapers and rogues. His dispatches from Europe during and after the Second World Warâ€”including a three-part series on D Dayâ€”reflected the magazineâ€™s growing ambition and attunement to global events.

Cartoonist and Humorist

James Thurber

The New Yorker rejected twenty submissions from Thurber before publishing his first piece, in 1927. He later contributed stories such as â€œThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty,â€ and became celebrated for his comic drawingsâ€”occasionally done on the walls of The New Yorkerâ€™s offices.

Foreign Correspondent

Janet Flanner

Recruited by Jane Grant, Flanner wrote the magazineâ€™s Letter from Paris, under the name GenÃªt, from 1925 to 1975. Her 1943 series â€œThe Escape of Mrs. Jeffries,â€ about the flight of an American expat from Nazi-occupied Paris, pioneered techniques in narrative journalism that would distinguish the magazine for decades to come.

Managing Editor and Poet

E. B. White

White, the author of â€œStuart Littleâ€ and â€œCharlotteâ€™s Web,â€ joined the staff in 1926. The husband of Katharine S. White and an office mate of James Thurber, White wrote the caption for one of the first New Yorker cartoons to become a public sensation, and developed the magazineâ€™s Notes and Comment section, the precursor of todayâ€™s Comment.

Takes

Writers, editors, and friends of the magazine revisit significant works from the archive. Read the series Â»

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Carrie Brownstein on Richard Avedon

The space between Avedonâ€™s lens and the musician Cat Power is slippery, inaccessible. Youâ€™re not sure you were invited.

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Steve Martin on Marshall Brickman

Brickmanâ€™s Broadway parody showed that satire can be friendly and cheerful, and that anything is a suitable target.

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Margaret Atwood on Mavis Gallant

â€œOrphansâ€™ Progressâ€ told the story of two girls taken from their dysfunctional mother. It was strong, clear-eyed, meticulously detailed, and ambiguous.

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Dhruv Khullar on Oliver Sacks

Wonder and observation propelled not only Sacksâ€™s writing but his doctoring. He wanted to chronicle even when he couldnâ€™t cure.

Dive In

Explore timeless collections of influential New Yorker stories.

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Tell us what The New Yorker means to you.

At this milestone in The New Yorkerâ€™s history, weâ€™re collecting our readersâ€™ stories of life with the magazine. Perhaps you grew up with issues on your coffee table, or you tape up covers and cartoons, or you can pinpoint a piece that changed you. Share your favorite moments with the magazine at themail@newyorker.com.

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Master Classes

New Yorker writers and editors share insights on making the magazine.

The Art of the New Yorker Cover

FranÃ§oise Mouly, The New Yorkerâ€™s art editor, presents a seminar on how the magazineâ€™s famous covers are crafted each week, joined by the cover artists Sarula Bao and Adrian Tomine.

Subscriber exclusive

The Art of the Crossword

The crossword constructors Natan Last and Robyn Weintraub join the magazineâ€™s Puzzles & Games editor, Liz Maynes-Aminzade, to teach us how to craft the perfect puzzle.

Subscriber exclusive

The Art of Film Criticism

The New Yorker film critics Richard Brody and Justin Chang talk with the senior editor Leo Carey about their processes for reviewing movies and their paths to becoming critics.

Subscriber exclusive

A weekly game, inspired by the magazineâ€™s hundred-year archive of cartoons, challenges you to place six cartoons in chronological order according to when they were originally published.

Play Game

Donâ€™t miss our crosswords, quizzes, and other brainteasers. Browse all games Â»

Events

Events around New York celebrating a hundred years of The New Yorker.

February 22, 2025 - February 21, 2026

The New York Public Library presents â€œA Century of The New Yorkerâ€

The main branch, on Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street, hosts a landmark exhibition of New Yorker history, drawing from the libraryâ€™s rich collections and featuring original manuscripts, drafts, correspondence, art works, and more.

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March 26 - October 26, 2025
The New York Transit Museum presents â€œCommentary on the Commute: A Century of The New Yorkerâ€™s Transportation Cartoonsâ€
An exhibit at the museumâ€™s Grand Central gallery highlights the peculiarities of public transportationâ€”and the humor to be found in itâ€”through the eyes of fifty-seven New Yorker artists. Learn more Â»
March 28 - May 30, 2025
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation presents â€œThe New Yorkerâ€™s Parks Covers: A Centennial Strollâ€
At the Arsenal Gallery, in Central Park, an exhibit highlights the role of parks in the rhythm of city life, as seen in a century of New Yorker covers. Learn more Â»
October 24 - October 26, 2025
Save the date: The 2025 New Yorker Festival
The Festival returns this fall, with its signature mix of conversations about politics, literature, film, music, and popular culture, hosted by the magazineâ€™s writers and editors. Learn more Â»

Anniversary Merchandise

Limited-edition apparel, books, and more, plus evergreen favorites.

The Centenary Tote Bag

The New Yorker Chess Set

The New Yorker anthology books of Fiction and Poetry

A Century of Fiction and Poetry

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Anniversary Issue Covers

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Onward and upward.

From its beginning, The New Yorker has been devoted to depth, rigor, craft, and accuracy. In the face of great challenges to journalism today, we remain committed to our founding values and to our readers.

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New York: A Centenary Issue

The 100thAnniversary Issue

In the Beginning

Harold Ross

Jane Grant

Rea Irvin

Katharine S. White

Dorothy Parker

A. J. Liebling

James Thurber

Janet Flanner

E. B. White

Takes

Carrie Brownstein on Richard Avedon

Steve Martin on Marshall Brickman

Margaret Atwood on Mavis Gallant

Dhruv Khullar on Oliver Sacks

Dive In

New Yorker Essentials

True Crime

The Sporting Scene

Persons of Interest

Fiction

Kitchen Chronicles

Cartoons

Critics on the Classics

City Life

Before the Big Screen

Tell us what The New Yorker means to you.

Master Classes

The Art of the New Yorker Cover

The Art of the Crossword

The Art of Film Criticism

Events

The New York Public Library presents â€œA Century of The New Yorkerâ€

The New York Transit Museum presents â€œCommentary on the Commute: A Century of The New Yorkerâ€™s Transportation Cartoonsâ€

The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation presents â€œThe New Yorkerâ€™s Parks Covers: A Centennial Strollâ€

Save the date: The 2025 New Yorker Festival

Anniversary Merchandise

The Centenary Tote Bag

The New Yorker Chess Set

A Century of Fiction and Poetry

Anniversary Issue Covers

Get The New Yorkerâ€™s daily newsletter

New York:
A Centenary Issue

The 100th
Anniversary Issue

The New York Public Library presents â€œA Century of The New Yorkerâ€

The New York Transit Museum presents â€œCommentary on the Commute: A Century of The New Yorkerâ€™s Transportation Cartoonsâ€

The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation presents â€œThe New Yorkerâ€™s Parks Covers: A Centennial Strollâ€