Victory Journal: The Greatest

Cassius Clay's marvelous mouth, Argentina's Boca Juniors and Tokyo batting cages in the new issue

The fourth iteration of Victory Journal—a sports publication born out of creative agency Doubleday & Cartwright—focuses squarely on Muhammad Ali. With a cover image of the Champ by Thomas Hoepker, “The Greatest” is a large format newsprint issue that commands a hefty presence. The journal is dedicated to sports outside of statistics and injury reports—telling timeless stories in words and images. Stories range from a …

Narrative.ly

Local NYC storytelling in a new web outlet for long-form journalism

Dedicated to long-form, local human-interest journalism based around NYC, the web-based publication, Narrative.ly marks a sign of changing times for the medium, where the rift between breaking content and meditated stories is causing outlets to choose sides. As Narratively founder Noah Rosenberg explains, the site is essentially about storytelling. His career—ranging from TV production to editing and freelance reporting—has given him the list of journalistic …

Portable Monuments

British artist duo breaks down contemporary war photos with a set of symbolic blocks

“Portable Monuments” presents the exhibition of a visual code of brightly colored blocks used to decipher the surplus of images accompanying news headlines. The brainchild of artist duo Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, the project marks the third installment of their analysis of German poet Bertolt Brecht’s 1955 book, “War Primer.” Brecht felt that because photography was mostly in the hands of the bourgeoisie, images …