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Alex Hoyt
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Senior Editor, The Atlantic
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Biography
I'm one of the articles editors at GQ Magazine. Before that I was the editor in chief of The National, Amtrak's travel and culture magazine, and a senior editor at Rhapsody, the first- and business-class in-flight magazine of United Airlines. My work has appeared in The Atlantic, National Geographic, and The New York Times Magazine.
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By Alex Hoyt Verified| National Geographic Verified The son of nomadic sheep farmers and a member of Turkey’s ethnic Kurdish minority, Hamdi Ulukaya was the first in his family to go to college, enrolling at Ankara University. It was the early nineties, a time of heightened tensions between government forces and Kurdish separatists, and Ulukaya founded a newspaper in which he called out the human rights abuses faced by his fellow Kurds. One day, he recalls, he was taken into police custody.
By Alex Hoyt Verified| National Geographic Verified A pioneer of big-mountain snowboarding, Jeremy Jones watched as helicopters made remote backcountry runs suddenly reachable, enabling access to lines that had once been unfathomably remote. “We would get dropped in the mountains and link up these runs where you hike and ride and hike and ride,” he says. “I was like, Oh my God, this is where I need to be.” But he had misgivings about the means of ascent. “I knew, when I got in a helicopter, I was taking up resources,” he says.
By Alex Hoyt Verified| National Geographic Verified When Tayshan Hayden-Smith was growing up with his three siblings in London public housing, he dreamed of playing for Arsenal, the famous football club, and the family’s small garden became his pitch. He honed his skills dribbling between his mother’s rosebushes and lavender plants, his shots careening off her avocado tree. “It was like the garden versus football,” he recalls.
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The Atlantic
The Atlantic is a respected American journal of news, literature, and opinion, founded in 1857 by notable literary figures such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Based in Washington, D.C., it is one of the oldest magazines in the U.S., originally created to promote a distinct American intellectual voice and address significant social issues. The magazine publishes long-form journalism, essays, and fiction in its print edition, which has transitioned to a 10-issue annual schedule. It also offers a robust digital platform featuring daily articles, podcasts, and multimedia content. The Atlantic focuses on literature, politics, science, and the arts, providing in-depth analysis and commentary that appeals to educated readers, including policymakers and academics. Throughout its history, it has played a vital role in national discourse and continues to influence public debate through its investigative journalism and digital-first approach.
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