Jet | Jet Will ALWAYS Be Relevant

Jet | The "Journal of Ebony Thought" (JET)

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	Jet Johnson Publishing Co.,, 2001 average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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This is a national news and general editorial magazine oriented to the Black Community. Articles deal with hard news and features, sports, fashion, education, Black history, entertainment, business, society, religion and African affairs. In addition to publishing most notable photographs weekly, each issue also includes a listing of Black performers appearing on network TV during that week.

Jet Will ALWAYS Be Relevant

When our beloved Luther Vandross died, only Jet magazine dedicated nearly an entire issue to him. And it was only to Jet that his mother, Mary Ida Vandross, described seeing him for the last time.

It was Jet magazine that chronicled the life and times of the late Rosa Parks, covered her seven-hour funeral service in Detroit as well as the tributes in Alabama and the nation's capital. It was Jet who showed us her open casket and allowed us to grieve with the family, the nation, and the world.

It was Jet that told the stories of the Black families who were affected by the Gulf Coast hurricanes and showed the pictures in graphic detail of what went on down there.

Jet has the articles and the news that is relevant to Black America and its supporters that mainstream media refuse to cover fully. Fifty years after the late John H. Johnson started it, Jet remains relevant. In 2005 this should not be true but it is. Jet does not kowtow to the pervasive youth culture at the expense of the issues important to middle-aged America. That is, although they are getting worse in that regard based on their cover stories, they are not neglecting relevant news for the sake of grabbing a more youthful audience...YET. Even though it's no longer 50 cents, even though it's now in color, it's the content, not the color, that makes Jet important as a newsweekly for Black America and Blacks all around the world.

Until mainstream news reports what we want to know, there will always, at least in my lifetime, be a need for Jet magazine.

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The "Journal of Ebony Thought" (JET)

Long before "People", "Us" and other magazines, Jet was the *best* way to find out what was "happenin'" in the Afrikan community. It remains so. Despite the internet and other news sources, I still find *something* in Jet *every week* that tells me something about my community which major (read white) media overlook.

It's simply the best and only gets better!

a questian for the jet collector

i have a couple of jets from the year 1965 does anyone know how much theyre worth? im at godshakim@aol.com thanks for listening.

Good but time for some changes

I have enjoyed Jet magazine since I was 7 years it. It was a magazine that my family subscribed to and the first magazine I read on a regular basis. Now I am an adult and I still subscribe to Jet but I have noticed that my Jet magazines don't seem to have the kind of substance that make me want to read them more than once or even keep them past one read. The Johnny Cochran Memorial issue was the best issue of Jet in a long time. The cover stories are often about current films or entertainment stars. A recent cover was devoted to the movie "Crash," another cover devoted to Halle Berry's quest to have a child. Jet does still have that "magazine for the community" feel but I do think that it needs some new features and maybe cut down on some of the regular features. I am very proud to see African-American's living past 100, but I don't want to see a Centurian in every issue. I love that we celebrate our weddings and anniversaries but I think this could be cut to 1-2 pages tops. I know Jet might consider themselves going the high road but I really would like to see more current entertainment news verses just well planned feature stories about the current "it" movie or artist. Since it's a weekly mag, I would like to say I count on Jet for current information. I would also like to see them devote more page space to African-American books and plays. I think you can't be Jet for the price but the magazine doesn't do as much for me as Sister 2 Sister or Upscale.

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