The Frontier Project

By February 5, 2011 Cowboys, Media, Organizations



Great new publishing venture called The Frontier Project.

The Frontier Project Inc. is a Colorado-based publishing and multimedia venture launched in 2010 by a team headed by award-winning magazine journalist A.J. Mangum. The company produces a monthly documentary series on the horsemen, artists and craftsmen defining the contemporary North American cowboy culture.

From the December 2010 press release announcing the launch:

“I saw a need for a new approach to journalism about the real West, an approach not driven by marketing or advertising, but by the need to share the stories of influential westerners, as well as the West’s unsung heroes and heroines,” Mangum says. “The Frontier Project will use an ‘up close and personal’ storytelling approach that puts its subjects front and center and allows them to tell their stories in their own words. Viewers can expect no fluff, no fads, no gimmicks, no bull.”

About A.J. Mangum

A.J. Mangum is the editorial director of The Frontier Project Inc.; the editor of the forthcoming Ranch & Reata magazine; a contributing editor for The Cowboy Way magazine; and co-author of Ranch Roping: The Complete Guide to a Classic Cowboy Skill, a collaboration with Buck Brannaman.

A lifelong horseman and an Oregon State University alumnus, A.J. has two decades of experience as a journalist, and is the author of hundreds of articles on the contemporary American West, travel, art, outdoor adventure, ranching, veterinary medicine and horsemanship. During his nine-and-a-half years as the editor of Western Horseman, the magazine earned 12 American Horse Publications awards, including the awards for general excellence and best overall publication; five AIM awards, including three for best consumer publication; four Steel Dust awards; and two Folio awards, including one for A.J.’s September 2008 story, “Trade Secrets,” about mentor-student partnerships among traditional cowboy craftsmen. A.J. and his wife have four horses, and live in the ranching country east of Colorado Springs.

You can get more information at their website by clicking HERE.

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