This document is a media kit for PresenTense magazine that provides information for advertisers. PresenTense is a volunteer-run magazine for Jews aged 20-30/35 that covers social, political, and cultural issues of relevance to young Jewish communities. It has a readership of over 20,000 across North America and Israel, with key demographics of educated urban professionals. In addition to the magazine, PresenTense also runs community programs and a fellowship for social entrepreneurs to engage readers. The media kit outlines advertising rates and publication dates to promote the magazine as a way for companies to reach this niche demographic.
2. So smart and so good-looking—so menshlikheit! Like a boyfriend
I’d be proud to bring home.
Sue Fishkoff, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Past and present (and future) of the Jewish community and the
Zionist movement... wow, there was a lot of food for thought at
PresenTense.
Kenneth Bob, World Zionist Organization
PresenTense captures the intellectual breadth and depth,
physical energy and moral commitment that can be found
in young Jews today.
Dr. Marcia Weinstein
PresenTense is a young, volunteer, content-driven magazine
committed to providing the perspectives of Jews in their 20s
and 30s on issues that matter to the Jewish community, in the
here and now, including social justice, religious innovation, new
expressions of Zionism, Jewish perspectives on the environment
and cultural diversity.
3. WHY ADVERTISE IN
PRESENTENSE? Key Statistics
There is no other magazine in the market today
that covers our unique demographic niche.
Our readers are the leaders and trend-setters US, Canada and Israel
of their generation, open-minded and eager to
learn about new products and opportunities and
share them with their peers. As urban profes-
sionals and students, they are highly educated, New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, Los Angeles,
take initiative, and are well respected in their the Bay Area, Seattle, Toronto, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
communities.
95% of our readership has an undergraduate
degree or is currently completing one, and 33%
has a master’s degree or other post-bachelor’s 20,000
degree. They work in medicine, law, non-profit,
education, business, and venture capital,
among other professions, and 95% live in urban 5,000
cities in North America and Israel, including
New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, Los
Angeles, Toronto, and Jerusalem.
18-35, Average 27
According to the National Jewish Population Sur-
vey, there are over a million young Jews between
the ages of 18 and 36 living in North America.
50:50
That leaves a lot of room for PresenTense to
grow — and a promising future for you, if you
choose to start your relationship with
PresenTense while we’re young. 95% have undergraduate college degree
Since the May 2006 pilot,
PresenTense has published
12 issues and expects to
publish the 13th in
February 2011.
0 Two Jews, Three Blogs 5 Israel@60 9 Philanthropy and Volunteering
1 The Fire This TIme 6 Minyans of the People 10 The Digital Issue
2 Damage Report: The Spring After 7 Food and the Jews 11 Jewish Heroes
3 Funny, You Don’t Look Jewish 8 Education. 2.0 12 The Environment
4 Putting the Social Back in Socialism
4. PRESENTENSE IS MORE
THAN JUST A MAGAZINE
When you advertise in PresenTense, you’re not just The PresenTense Community Entrepreneur Fellowship,
reaching a readership of over 20,000 young Jews which currently includes seven programs in the US
across North America. PresenTense is a Community of and Israel, helps social entrepreneurs turn their
Creative Young Jewish Adults, a Fellowship program ideas and projects into reality, and is concluded with
for Social Entrepreneurs, and has five local Networks a high-profile exhibition fair attended by influential
where ideas are fostered and developed. members of the arts, philanthropy, education,
hi-tech and business worlds. All of this provides
In addition to individual subscriptions, the magazine additional visibility for advertisers in our magazine
is distributed through our network to university and helps raise your profile.
Hillels, Jewish Federations, and JCCs via bulk orders,
which allows us to grow our community of dedicated PresenTense is building a self-organizing community
readers. Through our communities in New York, Bos- of young, creative Jews who lead by example and
ton, Chicago, Toronto, and Jerusalem, we run salons seek to redefine how Jewish life is to be lived, in the
and lectures in connection with magazine articles present tense.
and the ideas and experiences of our contributors.
PRINT ADVERTISING RATES
UPCOMING PUBLICATION DATES
ISSUE 11: February 1, 2011
ISSUE 12: May 15, 2011
ISSUE 13: September 1, 2011
CONTACT Simi Hinden simihinden@presentense.org
