Editing Utne Reader (section)

{{short description|American quarterly magazine}}
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{{Infobox magazine
|              title = Utne Reader
|         image_file = Cover of Utne Reader.gif
|         image_size = 220px
|      image_caption = ''Utne Reader'', cover from the January–February 2012 issue
|             editor = Christian Williams
|       editor_title = Editor
|       staff_writer =
|          frequency = Quarterly
|        circulation =
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|           category = U.S. [[politics]] and [[public policy]]
|            company = [[Ogden Publications]]
|          publisher =
|            founded = 1984
|          firstdate =
|            country = United States
|              based = 1503 SW 42nd Street <br /> [[Topeka, KS]] 66609-1265 U.S
|           language = English
|            website = {{URL|https://www.utne.com/|utne.com}}
|               issn = 8750-0256
}}

'''''Utne Reader''''' (also known as '''''Utne'''''; {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʌ|t|n|i}}, {{respell|UT-nee}}) is a digital digest that collects and reprints articles on politics, culture, and the environment, generally from [[alternative media]] sources including journals, newsletters, weeklies, [[zine]]s, music, and [[DVD]]s.

The magazine's writers and editors contribute book, film, and music reviews and original articles that tend to focus on emerging [[cultural trend]]s. The magazine's website produces ten blogs covering politics, environment, media, spirituality, science and technology, great writing, and the arts.  The publication takes its name from founder Eric Utne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20118662,00.html |title=Eric Utne Created the Impossible: a Reader's Digest That Both Baby Boomers and Highbrows Can Love|publisher=people.com |date=September 10, 1990 |access-date=September 28, 2016}}</ref> Eric Utne's surname is ultimately derived from the Norwegian village of [[Utne]], which loosely translates as "far out".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/23/crosswords/what-the-heck-is-that-utne.html|title=What the Heck Is That?: UTNE |last=Amien|first=Deb|date=April 23, 2018|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 1, 2018}}</ref>