About Us: Outdoor Life
Outdoor Life has been the go-to publication of America’s diehard hunters, shooters, and anglers since 1898. Our stories are written by hunters, for hunters. We value experience in the field, at the range, and on the water above all else. Our mission is to deliver stories about success in the field, cutting-edge gear, and adventures in far-off wildernesses and close-to-home woodlots. We inspire America’s outdoorsmen and women to chase the critters they’re passionate about and fight for the wild places they love.
In 2021, OL became a digital-only publication. We’ve quickly expanded our audience and our coverage beyond hunting, fishing and shooting. We’re now diving into off-roading and ATVs, backpacking, hiking, and camping with the same expertise we’ve brought for more than a century. Outdoor Life is part of Recurrent Ventures.
Outdoor Life Leadership
Outdoor Life is led by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson and an ace team of editors who live in every region of the country and specialize in a variety of outdoor pursuits. Our staff members have won National Magazine Awards, shooting matches, archery competitions, and bass fishing tournaments (and we’ve brought home middle-of-the-pack finishes in ultra-marathons).
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Editor-in-Chief Alex Robinson
Executive Editor Natalie Krebs
Shooting Editor, Senior Deputy Editor John B. Snow
Staff Writer Tyler Freel
News Editor Dac Collins
Staff Writer, News Katie Hill
Executive Gear Editor Scott Einsmann
Assistant Gear Editor Ashley Thess
Staff Writer Laura Lancaster
Engagement Editor Derek Horner
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BUSINESS OPERATIONS
VP, General Manager Adam Morath
VP, Client Partnerships John Graney
Senior Client Partner Katie Logan
Senior Manager, Audience Development Paul Sarconi
Senior Manager, Subscriptions Asher Considine
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Chief Executive Officer Andrew Perlman
SVP, Finance and Accounting Alan Weissbrod
SVP, Technology Dave Marks
VP, Marketing Alessandra De Benedetti
VP, Commerce Breton Fischetti
Director, Communications Cathy Hebert
Outdoor Life Contributors
OL’s writers cover everything from panfishing tactics to breaking news on national public-lands legislation. When they’re not writing and reporting, they are hunting and fishing.
Andrew McKean
Hunting and Conservation editor Andrew McKean has been OL’s investigative reporter, traveling big-game hunter, and resident wordsmith for more than a decade. In that time, he’s written books, interviewed Interior secretaries, and killed more than one very big buck.
Christine Peterson
Based in southeast Wyoming, Christine Peterson covers national climate and environment issues, wildlife policy, and fly fishing adventures for Outdoor Life. She’s also about the closest thing we have to a marriage counselor.
Beka Garris
Beka Garris is a diehard traditional bowhunter, small-game hunter, and unabashed #huntingmama. She offers a sharp, down-to-earth perspective on a variety of outdoor topics from her home in Ohio.
Joe Cermele
As OL’s fishing editor, Cermele chases (and writes about) anything that swims. He specializes in brown trout and striped bass in his home waters of New Jersey. When he has to, Cermele will even fish for largemouth bass.
Pete Robbins
Pete Robbins has covered tournament bass fishing for over a decade and caught fish from Africa to Alaska. He specializes in detailed fishing gear reviews and the latest innovations in the bass industry. In addition to his writing career, Robbins serves as a board member for the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame.
Cliff Cadet
A native New Yorker, Cliff Cadet is relatively new to bowhunting. He brings a smart new perspective, sharp wit, and hilarious anecdotes to OutdoorLife.com. He’s a retired Marine and current UPS employee.
Bob McNally
A longtime outdoor writer, Bob McNally covers the weirdest, wildest, and biggest stories in hunting and fishing for OL. If you catch a state-record bass or shoot a giant buck, you can bet that McNally will be giving you a call to get the story.
Editorial Standards
Outdoor Life stories are assigned, edited, fact-checked, and proofread by experienced journalists. We provide accurate reporting and detailed how-to information.
Our editors and contributors are true experts in their fields. We train for competitive shooting matches, we trek into the backcountry, we hunt on public lands, and we manage habitat on our own private ground. More importantly, we interview and profile the leading outdoorsmen and women around the world to ensure that we’re bringing our readers the most authoritative and cutting-edge information available.
Product Reviews
For more than a century, Outdoor Life has been providing readers with in-depth coverage and reviews on firearms, optics, archery equipment, fishing tackle, and much more. We field test each and every product before we write about it. We evaluate every product fairly and shrewdly. Advertising dollars do not impact our product reviews as they do with other outdoor titles.
For an example of our gear testing standards, look to our annual Gun Test, which is regarded as the best in the industry. Our published accuracy results are the averages of the best ten 5-shot groups for each rifle. While it is fun to highlight some of the smallest groups in the test — and we will do that — this 10-group average is much more meaningful with respect to a rifle’s true in-the-field performance. Beyond this, the guns are panel scored by a team of 5 experienced shooters. So when we award a gun with our Editor’s Choice honor, you know that it’s a truly outstanding product.
Sustainability
Outdoor Life has always led the way on the conservation and public lands issues that are most important to sportsmen and women. We’ve interviewed presidents, legislators, and federal land managers about how their policies and actions impact the lands that our readers love. We will always hold those in power accountable for protecting our public lands and wildlife. And we continue to lead the way today by investigating how climate change, wildfires, and drought are impacting wildlands.
About Recurrent Ventures
Recurrent Ventures is a digital media company that delivers mission-driven content for passionate audiences. Whether it’s news, a buyer’s guide, a recipe, or travel inspiration, we put meaningful connections first. The strength of our brands comes from the power of our audiences, and we don’t take that for granted. With social responsibility at the center of our storytelling, our trusted brands meet people where they are and grow with them. Recurrent is committed to sustainability and editorial integrity across a diverse portfolio of media brands.