20th Anniversary Issue
A look back on two decades of Vermont news, views and culture
Special Deliveries From the Seven Days Road Crew
Every week, Seven Days’ sales team, writers, editors, designers and proofreaders race against time to put out a brand-new issue, filled with fresh content and…
Was There Something in the Water?
What was it about 1995 — the year Seven Days first hit the streets? Bill Clinton was president, the federal interest rate was 6 percent…
Intro: Seven Days, Twenty Years
What the heck happened? One minute Pamela Polston and I were reporters at Vox, a little ol’ arts weekly we’d created, waiting for the new…
Seven Days FAQ
Q: How do you decide what to write about? A: In news, we look for JDLRs — anything that “Just Doesn’t Look Right.” Vermont has…
Twenty Reasons Seven Days is Still Here
The last 20 years haven’t been so great for many newspapers around the country. Some publications are shadows of their former selves. Others, like the…
Remembering Peter Freyne: Seven Days’ First News Hound
Six reporters create the robust news section in every issue of Seven Days and break stories 24-7 on our Off Message blog. But not that…
Seven Days Staffers 1995-2015
For our 20th anniversary, we pulled out the record books to recall the 350+ brave folks who worked at Seven Days as both staffers and…
Timeline: Seven Days Looks Back at 20 Years of Publishing in Vermont
1995 September 6: The first, 28-page issue is published with a “back-to-seminary” essay by Peter Freyne, a short story excerpt by UVM prof Philip Baruth,…
Seven Staffers Who Got Away…
It’s always sad when talented employees decide to leave. The only consolation is they have a tendency to move on to other amazing things. And…
How Many Seven Dayzers Does It Take…
Four brave staffers helped us launch Seven Days in September 1995. Lars-Erik Fisk designed the paper. Maggie Starvish was the “front-desk person” in our subterranean…
For Seven Days’ Sexperts, No Question Has Ever Been Too Daunting, Silly or Gross
Most newspapers that offer a relationship advice column rely on a nationally syndicated feature. Seven Days has been locally oriented from its beginning, and so…
Seven Days Photographer Matthew Thorsen Gets the Picture
Matthew Thorsen came into the Seven Days fold shortly after we started the paper. His first photo was of studio producer Joe Egan, in the…
