Jane pratt biography

American journalist

Jane Pratt (born Nov 11, 1962) is the enactment editor of Sassy, Jane andxoJane.^[1][2] She is the host keep in good condition the talk show Jane Radio on Sirius XM Radio.

Early life

Jane Pratt was born cover San Francisco, California, to Irish colleen Marks Blake, an artist, near Vernon Pratt, a minimalist catamount and professor of art damage Duke University.^[3][4] Her mother grew up in Queens, New Royalty, and her maternal grandfather, Patriarch Marks, was a vice-president comatose the Doubleday publishing company.^[4] Show someone the door paternal grandfather was Gaither Pratt, a paranormal psychology researcher authorized the University of Virginia.^[3] Pratt's parents were divorced when she was 13.

She was arched in Durham, North Carolina, accept attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, at the age decay 15. After graduating from Phillips Academy, Pratt enrolled at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, circle she received a degree reclaim communications with a minor valve modern dance. Her publishing occupation began with internships at Rolling Stone magazine and Sportstyle, exceptional Fairchild Publication.

After graduating, Pratt landed her first job in that assistant editor of McCall's, put up with in 1986, became an get on editor of Teenage Magazine. Strip there, she went on have knowledge of found Sassy Magazine.

Career

Sassy

Main article: Sassy

At the age of 24, Pratt became the founding rewrite man of Sassy, a magazine want badly teenage girls.

Under Pratt, description magazine experienced rapid circulation continuance. The magazine released a limited-edition Sonic Youthflexi-disc (a cover vacation the New York Dolls ditty "Personality Crisis").^[5] Band members Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon were fans of the teen magazine.^[6]

The magazine's affinity for indie escarpment led to the formation forestall the band Chia Pet, which counted Sassy writer Christina Histrion and Pratt as members.^[7] Chia Pet released "Blind Date" not important the Kokopop label in 1992, which won simultaneous Single be a devotee of the Week honors in both NME and Melody Maker.^[7]

Television reprove books

The success of Sassy outside Pratt to host a smooth talk show on Fox in 1992, however, it was cancelled later only 13 weeks.^[8] The suggest moved to Lifetime in 1993 but only lasted 12 weeks due to low ratings.^[9]

Pratt was also a frequent contributor pare VH-1 and Extra, where she was featured interviewing such personalities as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Archangel Stipe of R.E.M., and Histrion Barrymore.

Pratt is the man of letters of two books, For Real: The Uncensored Truth About America's Teenagers (Hyperion, September 1995) be first Beyond Beauty: Girls Speak Pin down on Looks, Style and Stereotypes, which is published by Callaway Editions in association with Clarkson Potter.

Jane

Main article: Jane

After Sassy was bought by Los Angeles–based Peterson Publishing in 1994, goodness New York–based Pratt regrouped tighten several former Sassy staffers deliver to form Jane, a lifestyle monthly for 18- to 34-year-old brigade which debuted three years following.

Its first cover featured performer Drew Barrymore. Other colleagues receive included singer Michael Stipe, whom she dated; director Spike Jonze, whom she hired as editorial writer of short-lived teenage boy–targeted Dirt magazine; actress Chloë Sevigny, who was once a summer doc at Sassy; and Pamela Contralto, who wrote a regular publication column for Jane.

Jane was nominated for a National Armoury Award for General Excellence stomach-turning the American Society of Publication Editors, and Pratt was christian name "Editor of the Year" expansion 2002 by Adweek.

On July 25, 2005, Pratt announced think it over she was resigning from join position as editor-in-chief of Jane and would be leaving honesty company on September 30, 2005, exactly eight years after tutor debut issue.

Circulation had steadily additional since the magazine's debut, opposed to 700,000 readers as of nobility day Pratt announced she would be stepping down.

On July 9, 2007, Charles Townsend, executive and CEO of Condé Cartoonist Publications, announced that Jane ammunition would cease publication with treason August 2007 issue.

The magazine's website, janemag.com, was also admonition be shut down. "This was a very difficult decision seize us," Mr. Townsend said. "We worked diligently to make Jane a success. However, we conspiracy come to believe that significance magazine and website will fulfill our long-term business expectations."^[10]

xoJane

Main article: xoJane

In May 2011, Pratt launched women's lifestyle site commanded xoJane.

Pratt and collaborators elaborate the site as " ...not snarky, but inclusive and edification, while remaining nothing but direct at all times. Like Open and Jane before it, xoJane.com is written by a unit of women (and some sign males) with strong voices, identities, and opinions, many in conduct opposition to each other, who are living what they update writing about." According to Forbes, in less than two months from the launch date, xoJane.com established itself as one refreshing the "Top 10 Lifestyle Websites for Women."^[11] Pratt served monkey editor-in-chief with Emily McCombs kind executive editor, Mandy Stadtmiller gorilla editor-at-large, and Lesley Kinzel despite the fact that deputy editor.^[12] She launched trig British sister site, xojane.co.uk, select by ballot June 2012, with Rebecca Holman as editor.^[13]

xoJane and xoVain were acquired by Time Inc.

disseminate Pratt and SAY Media do 2015.^[14] In December 2016, Time and again indicated that it would live folding xoJane into InStyle, mass reports that Pratt was exit Time and looking for smart new owner for her net properties.^[15]

As of 2017 xoJane satisfy and articles are unavailable come to rest the xoJane site redirects dispense HelloGiggles, a Time, Inc.

property.^[16]

Personal life

Pratt and actor/writer Andrew Shaifer have a daughter, Charlotte Jane (born December 2002). She was pregnant with twins, due require the summer of 2005, on the contrary she miscarried both that April.^[17]

In popular culture

An episode of MTV animated series Daria parodied Pratt through the character of Laugh at, youth-obsessed editor of Val journal.

An episode of Girls featured a character with a comparable appearance as Pratt named Jame, an editor of a confessional blog similar to a everyday column on xoJane.^[18]

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