Shenandoah developed a strong publishing tradition beginning in 1871, when its first newspaper, The Reporter, began the same year the city was incorporated. In 1887, C.N. Marvin founded The Sentinel and served as its editor for nearly 50 years, and his column, "The Easy Chair," was widely read and quoted. W. D. Archie purchased The Sentinel in 1936 and continued that editorial tradition with his "Along the Banks of the Nishna" column, while the Archie family published the daily Sentinel for 50 years until local ownership ended in 1985 with its sale to a newspaper chain. Shenandoah was also home to The Iowan magazine, founded and edited by David Archie to share Iowa's traditions, treats, and treasures. The city's largest and most widely read publications were seed catalogs, and Henry Field Company alone mailed over three million catalogs a year in the 1960's; these lavishly illustrated "dream books" became standard reading for farmers and housewives across the U.S. Radio also led to several popular magazines, including Behind the Mike, KMA Guide, Jessie's Homemaker, and SOS, while Leanna Driftmier turned her "Kitchen Klatter" radio program into a magazine with a monthly circulation of 100,000. Author Evelyn Birkby won a national reputation with Neighboring on the Air, a history of Shenandoah radio homemakers, and farmer-poet Michael Carey celebrated Iowa's rural beauty into the twenty-first century.