Since the first issue of Macon Magazine was published in 1986—its cover an illustration of the historic 1842 Inn by local artist, Sterling Everett —the title has defined itself as the region’s foremost and only reputable magazine.
Macon Magazine is an award-winning bi-monthly publication with more than 55,000 discriminating readers per issue, dedicating itself to a celebration of memorable imagery, great journalism, and the discovery of new talent.
Publisher, creative director, and editor Susannah Cox Maddux bought Macon Magazine in 2018 and is dedicated to continuing the magazine’s strong tradition of providing readers with useful, interesting stories about Macon and Central Georgia. Originally from Monroe, North Carolina, she and her family love calling Macon home for over 15 years. And, just as the magazine’s founders knew, she believes that our city is worth celebrating.
“Our stories connect us, further engage us with one another and our beloved Macon. From my days of circling up to gather around a story at family get-togethers to skipping school to tell ghost stories alongside my father at local schools in Monroe, North Carolina and traveling to the National Storytelling Festival every first weekend in October with my grandmother, Mama Cox, storytelling has been alive in me. Our stories build curiosity, connection, and empathy. I believe in the power of our stories. After all, empathy moves us to action. We’re all just waiting to be asked to tell ours. I hope that our shared stories help our readers move to action and, ultimately, fall more in love with Macon, one page at a time.”
Susanah Cox Maddux
Susannah enjoys hearing from readers and values input for new story ideas, feedback, and collaboration opportunities for Macon Magazine. She heads up all advertising and partnerships. E-mail her at hello@maconmagazine.com or call (478) 746-7779.
From the Pages to Our People
Print is Powerful.
Since 1986, Macon Magazine takes a positive but clear-eyed look at our community, highlighting the many positive aspects of living in Macon. We strive to be honest, accurate, and astute in our writing and reporting, to support local organizations that promote Central Georgia whenever possible and to conduct all of our business with the highest professional standards.
We seek, share, and celebrate the stories connected to our region.
We also believe in the value of partnership. With various community orgranizations such as the NewTown Macon and Mercer University, and Cox Communications, we produce dedicated content and publications, and we print annual reports and guides for local nonprofits including the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, The Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce, and Macon Arts Alliance.
Various businesses and organizations call on Macon Magazine as their greatest recruitment tool for highlighting the positive stories of our region.
These organizations know they reach a diverse, intelligent, and involved audience with Macon Magazine, and we are able to provide our readers with timely and engaging content.
Beyond the Pages
How to Access Macon Magazine
Macon Magazine continues to be a trusted brand for readers around the world, across various platforms. The magazine is published six times a year and all of our issues are available in print – designed, printed, and distributed locally in Macon – and online. We feature in-person programming curated both solely and with partners formed over relationships spanning decades. Across social platforms, In Conversation with Macon Magazine podcast; via our newsletter; and on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky, we engage with 25,000+ engaged followers, subscribers, and listeners.
Editorial Policy
Our goal is to provide accurate, reliable, credible, engaging, and balanced information online for our readers. Our editorial content is produced independently and without influence by any advertiser or commercial supporter. We source our stories with information experts, our local writers and photographers, and engaged community members. Online content is defined as text, articles, photos, graphics, audio, video, blogs, user-generated content (UGC), and links.
At Macon Magazine, we aspire to provide the highest quality content produced by humans, for humans. It is against our guidelines to publish automatically generated content using AI (artificial intelligence) writing tools such as ChatGPT.
Content Integrity
We are committed to the quality and trustworthiness of our content and editorial processes. Our team of writers, editors, and photographers rigorously researches and reviews all content on an ongoing basis to ensure it is up to date, accurate, and puts the needs of our readers first.
Original illustrations, graphics, images, and videos are created by internal teams, who collaborate with experts in their fields to produce assets that represent diverse voices, perspectives, and contexts. Periodic review by editors, as well as by Anti-Bias or other Review Board members as appropriate, ensure the quality, accuracy, and integrity of these assets. Photos and videos are not edited in any way that may cause them to be false or misleading.
We correct any factual errors in a transparent manner and strive to make it easy for our readers to bring errors to our attention.
Fact Checking
As part of our commitment to content integrity and accuracy, Macon Magazine hosts a team of experienced fact-checkers providing a vital layer of review on key articles. Each of our fact-checkers is carefully chosen and vetted for their research skills, journalistic integrity, eye for detail, and subject matter expertise. They confirm all statements of fact, statistics, and other data with reputable sources to ensure that the information in our articles is accurate and up to date.
Meet Our Editorial Team
Our editorial and leadership team is comprised of experienced editors. At Macon Magazine, we hope to fuel your creative ideas and help you bring them into reality.
Publisher + Editor in Chief + Creative Director
Susannah Cox Maddux
Managing + Photography Editor
Julia A. Morrison
Subscriptions + Program Manager
Moira Glennon
