How People Editor in Chief Produces the U.S.’ Biggest Weekly Magazine From His New York Home

“Sweatpants on downstairs obvs,” captioned People magazine editor in chief Dan Wakeford on an Instagram story of him appearing to be dressed smartly, at least from the top up, in a crisp blue shirt during a Zoom video call with a member of his team. He, like tens of millions of people across the U.S., has been forced to work from home due to the coronavirus and after semi-relaxing his usual office attire, Wakeford is having to quickly adapt to producing America’s biggest weekly magazine remotely. All things considered, the first remote issue in People’s 46-year history, published Friday, went fairly smoothly, according to Wakeford, who has been working from his home in Bellport, Long Island, since March 12. There was a little last-minute drama, though. “If you’re working from home, you’re more reliant on external computer systems and it was a little bit slower than it is usually so it was right up until the last minute to get the pages up.” In the end, the crisis was averted and millions of copies of the Meredith Corp.-owned magazine were printed, ready to be shipped to subscribers and newsstands nationwide. Trying not to overwhelm the system is just one of a number of

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