Lucy Danziger has been the editor-in-chief of Self, owned by Condé Nast Publications, since 2001. During that time, Self has been nominated for five National Magazine Awards (ASME) in the Public Interest, Personal Service and Essay categories. In 2006, Self won in the Personal Service category for their 2005 Breast Cancer Handbook. Danziger has been featured on several television shows, including Today, The View and Good Morning America. She also keeps a daily blog on the Self web site titled True to my SELF.
After graduating from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1978 and Harvard in 1982, her magazine career began as an associate editor at New York Magazine. Later she worked the New York based weekly 7 Days as the founding managing editor. Danziger also served as the founding editor of Women’s Sports & Fitness from 1997 to 2000 and as an editor at The New York Times.
Danziger has had articles appearing in many publications, including The New York Times, Vogue, Outside, Condé Nast Traveler, Skiing, Allure, Time and USA Today. She currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, her two children and her dog.
In an August 2009 blog post referring to the retouching of singer Kelly Clarkson's cover photograph in the September 2009 issue of Self, Danziger asserted that this is a common practice for the publication. She defends her position, saying "This is art, creativity and collaboration. It's not, as in a news photograph, journalism." Danziger also volunteered that her own photograph had been retouched at her request. In 2004, she had completed a marathon in under five hours and wanted to include a picture by her editor's letter. She asked the art department to slim down her hips to reflect a more positive image of herself and does not see this as a conflict with her attitude that she is "confident in (her) body, and proud of what it can accomplish."[1]