Walter Magazine

WALTER is a magazine about the art, culture and people of Raleigh, published from an office on South McDowell Street downtown. It puts out 12 print issues a year and fills the gaps between them with web exclusives, events and newsletters. Subscriptions and advertising are both handled through the magazine directly.

The name comes from Sir Walter Raleigh, the man the City of Oaks claims as its namesake. Editor Liza Roberts and art director Jesma Reynolds founded the magazine in 2012, and it has kept its eye on the city ever since.

What to know

• The Pilot, a family-owned North Carolina publishing group, acquired the magazine in 2020.
• David Woronoff heads The Pilot, the group that now owns it.
• Ayn-Monique Klahre joined as editor in 2018 after moving to Raleigh in 2017.
• She spent over a decade in New York writing and editing for Good Housekeeping, Real Simple and The New York Times.
• The magazine won six awards at the 2026 North Carolina press awards for feature writing, community coverage and photography.