Some editor’s letters are harder to write than others.
Some flow effortlessly from personal experience. Others are squeezed out only after days of false starts.
This one was especially tough to write because it’s the last.
Unfortunately, after a dozen years of publishing award-winning articles about the Bay and its denizens, we’ve decided to cease publication of Chesapeake Life magazine—another casualty of the Great Recession.
Most editors don’t get to write farewell letters to their magazine’s readers, so I am grateful that I have this chance. I’ve worked for a variety of publications in my day, and I don’t think I’ve ever encountered an audience as passionate about a magazine as this one has been. Thank you for your letters and comments—both positive and negative—over the years. This magazine could not have existed as long as it has without your support.
I’d also like to thank those we’ve written about over the years. The best part of this job has been getting out in the community, meeting the people of this fascinating region, and hearing their stories.
For an editor always looking for fresh subject matter, the Chesapeake area and its colorful inhabitants provide an unending bounty of rich material.
Although this is beginning to sound like an Academy Awards acceptance speech, I also have to thank our fantastic writers and photographers, who have lent us their incredible talents. [Music starts to swell…] Most of the pages in our magazine have been produced by freelancers, and without them, we could not have done it. And finally, I’d like to acknowledge art director Kim Van Dyke, who has worked passionately over the years to design a magazine as beautiful as the Chesapeake itself.
This is goodbye, but not farewell, as they say. Kim and I will continue to work for Alter Communications’ other publications. In the meantime, see you out on the Bay.
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