The Best American Magazine Writing 2000 (Best American Magazine Writing)

"In the world of magazines, no recognition is more highly coveted than an "Ellie," the National Magazine Award presented by the American Society of Magazine Editors to the best of the American magazine"

Clay Felker, as an editor in the early 1960s, encouraged the talents of writers such as Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, and Gloria Steinem, and in the process played a central role in the emergence of what came to be known as the New Journalism. He was founding editor of New York Magazine (and thereby, of the modern city/regional magazine) and of New West; edited The Village Voice; influenced the creation or redirection of numerous magazines including U.S. News & World Report, Adweek, and Ms; was editor-in-chief and publisher of Esquire; and was editor-in-chief of Manhattan, Inc. and of M Magazine. He is currently director of the Felker Magazine Center at the University of California, Berkeley.