1997 – 98 : Larissa Wagner 1998 : Nancy Tilitz
Celebrating Currents
1999 – 2003 :
Aida Thuresson
1998 : The club buys a computer for the Currents staff .
2000
“ In 1999 , the club was in financial difficulties , and Currents ’ budget was cut down … I think February 1999 was the first time Currents was done using digital technology … In order to keep the cost down , we reduced the number of issues to 10 .
— Aida Thuresson
Currents acquires a new cover look with half-page color photos and drawings ( by Aida Thuresson , Nancy Tilitz and others ). Issues run from 20-28 pages . In 2001 , covers have full-page colored pictures .
its double meaning alluding to Hamburg ’ s riverside ( Elbe ) location . My practical knowledge and experience from working on the total redesign of a US metropolitan morning / evening newspaper proved helpful . From the front page banner , masthead , and table of contents , to column headings , page layouts , photographs , and drawings to callouts in articles ( e . g ., “ The Best Possible Situation is … to Have a German Lover ”) the magazine was a “ work of love ” by club members .
Fantastic teamwork , good ideas , and followthrough from a wide pool of backgrounds , skills , training , and wisdom empowered us to accumulate tons of information in record time .
Member-contributed front-page photos included professional photographers Dorcas Platt Wagenknecht and Andria von Lossberg-Seeland . New columns appeared , e . g ., “ Dining Detectives ” ( two members and spouses critiqued restaurants anonymously ) and Neptune Ingwersen ’ s “ Flick Picks ” reviewed films . Neptune passed her contacts to Penny Holmes , a journalist from England ,
who handed them over to Becky before moving to Brazil . Beatrice Schelcher sold advertisements quarter-to-full page to the Hamburg Marriott Hotel , AT & T Deutschland GmbH , etc . Regina Daumann ’ s monthly submissions about special events , lectures , theater / music , sports , exhibits , trade fairs , and more covered seven to eight half-page sidebars ; Karen Pecota managed circulation . Holly , Nancy Tilitz , and Erin Speer contributed artwork ; Currents commemorative issues included World War II D-day and the AWCH fortieth anniversary .
Werner Last let us use a computer , copier , and printer at New Systems in Eppendorf . Lisa kept squeezing to insert everything ; often we worked until the wee hours , dropping the key into his mother ’ s mailbox .
From Becky ’ s “ Editor ’ s Corner ” in April 1993 : “ Twenty-eight days and about 750 man-hours later , Currents arrives …” ( from the printer Andrew McKerlie — terrific at finding typos ). Currents premiered in September 1992 , and by 1995 nonmembers could purchase subscriptions for DM 55 .