EDITORIAL STAFF

We have always tried to engage the best of the best for the staff of «RussianTown» magazine. Our staff is a highly professional team of journalists, writers, managers, advertising agents, and designers. Our fine product is a result of our teamwork and cooperation.

If a magazine cover can be called its face and its readers can be called its heart, the editorial staff is, certainly, its brain.
The staff that produces every issue of “RussianTown” represents a wide variety of professions.

A magazine doesn’t begin with an article about a vivid event. It begins with a concept. The concept of “RussianTown” is that every aspect of work in it has a significant meaning. There are no minor details in this matter.

We give priority to creating a high quality product, and that includes every aspect of our magazine – from its artistic design and layout, to its intellectual content, to its distribution, to its mutually beneficial connection with our readers, to the productiveness of our business contacts.
All these diverse aspects of our magazine directly depend on the people who work with us.
The authors whose articles we offer to our readers have been successfully cooperating with other prestigious editions for a long time. We consider it an honor if a “big name” journalist or writer trusts us; it means that the work presented by “RussianTown” magazine matches world standards.
We are very grateful to our authors for their trust and appreciation.
In our turn, we want to emphasize that we have always tried to engage the best of the best in the work of “RussianTown” magazine. We are sure that our readers are highly intellectual people. Therefore, we have no right to disappoint their expectations with low quality materials.
Our authors live in different parts of the U.S. and the world.
What does that indicate?

It indicates that the Russian-speaking community of the whole world is doing its best to preserve the Russian culture for themselves and their former countrymen. Thus, a cultural-informational exchange is taking place: We receive works of those living in Europe and Russia. Living outside the culture, we are also living inside it, even though it sounds paradoxical.

The authors living in the U.S. also give us valuable material, valuable for several reasons.

First, they are familiar with the every-day life of the Russian-speaking population of America. In addition, they are familiar with many Russian businesses. Finally, they know what excites the Russian-speaking community. Therefore, their material always “hits the target”, because it is interesting, it is necessary for our readers, and it meets all their expectations in terms of being current and timely.
The editorial staff of “RussianTown” magazine is a team consisting of professionals; they are not only journalists and writers, but also managers, advertising agents, and designers. Our fine product is a result of our teamwork and cooperation

The utmost professionalism of our staff is our pride. The selection of our staff has always been an extremely serious and important matter.
Applicants’ resumes are thoroughly reviewed; references from their previous employers are carefully checked.
The portfolio of every designer is evaluated from the point of view of the goal set by the customer and the perspective of the targeted audience. And, of course, we analyze the results of each job and find out how every issued booklet, flyer, sticker or announcement affected customer opinion about a product or service.

Copywriters, as one of the most important components of every editorial staff, have to meet even stricter requirements. As a result, “RussianTown” has on staff creative people who are able to generate ideas as soon as a customer shows up in the office.
The managers of the magazine perform their jobs so well that many of our clients have expressed regrets that such excellent workers are not available to be employed by them.

It’s a very valuable compliment that our managers often receive employment offers from corporations significantly larger than “RussianTown” magazine. It indicates that the administrative side of our magazine meets the high standards of the business and creative worlds.
Our advertising agents are well-informed people, each of whom has a wide variety of connections necessary for successful work, such as at printing houses, TV stations, and different Russian businesses in the American Southeast. Thus, we can rest assured that our advertising agents are able to satisfy any advertiser, even the most demanding one.

We believe harmony is very important for a magazine, because it combines two factors that seem to be incompatible – commercial and creative work.

If we have been able to succeed, it is to the credit of our chief editor, who managed to create a team where all members complement each other.

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