Insight, successor to The Youth's Instructor, was a weekly magazine designed for Seventh-day Adventist young people, published from 1970–2017 by Review and Herald.About Us. Accessed 2014-10-10. See also Circle entry It was described as one of the "most important" Adventist magazines.Seeking a Sanctuary by Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart, p113

History and profile

The predecessor magazine, known as The Youth's Instructor, was established in 1852 by James White, husband of Ellen G. White.Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventists by Gary Land, p324 It was distributed primarily through the Sabbath schools.Dictionary, p241

Under the editorship of Lora E. Clement in the early-mid 1900s, the circulation increased from about 25,000 to 50,000.Dictionary, p65

The Youth's Instructor was replaced by Insight in 1970. The headquarters of Insight was in Hagerstown, Maryland."In 2016 Lori Tripp Peckham returned as editor to curate one final year of Insight. The “farewell tour,” with no original material in each issue beyond a short editor’s message, reprinted story and feature highlights from throughout the magazine’s history. “Now it’s time for a change,” Peckham wrote to readers. “The North American Division Youth and Young Adult Ministries Department is launching something completely new. Keep watching right here to find out what’s coming next.”113

One year later Insight printed its last issue, dated July 1, 2017, though with no announcement of anything new to succeed it. While the NAD focused on developing resources for Sabbath school programming,114 the church created no new media to replace Insight."

Editors of The Youth's Instructor (selected)

1852: James White 1869–1871: Goodloe Harper BellDictionary, p40 1923–1952: Lora E. Clement (who lived from 1890 to 1958) 1952-1970: Walter Crandall

Editors of Insight

1970: F. Donald Yost (associate editors: Pat Horning, Chuck Scriven) 1971: Roland Hegsted, acting editor 1972: Mike Jones (Michael Jones) 1975: Donald John 1982: Dan Fahrbach 1986: Chris Blake 1993: Lori Peckham 2002: Dwain Esmond 2013: Omar Miranda 2016: Lori Tripp Peckham

Notable contributor to The Youth's Instructor Edmund C. Jaeger, renowned naturalist and author (121 articles from 1908 to 1922) University of California, Riverside, Science Library

See also

List of Seventh-day Adventist periodicals

References

External links Official website (From the Wayback Machine) Archives: The Youth's Instructor from Adventist Archives (PDF format) Cover story archives, from 2006 to February 2016. (From the Wayback Machine)