Founded in 1933, Washington, DC-based U.S. News delivers a unique brand of weekly magazine journalism to its more than 11 million readers. They rely on our writers and editors to be fair – to get it right. So they trust U.S. News to provide them with actionable, useful information, and to provide original, agenda-setting reporting – journalism that makes a difference in people's lives. Our bigger, better investigative news team is one of the largest and most experienced in the business. Readers have come to expect U.S. News to make news, not just report on it. Every issue brings them concise, unbiased perspective on issues and events that affect their lives: education, health, technology, money, and family. In U.S. News special issues they find illuminating writing on surprising, fascinating subjects. Issues from "Best Colleges" and "Best Grad Schools" to "How to Pay for College" and "Best Hospitals" help readers make informed decisions about critical life events. U.S. News has spurred Senate hearings on counterfeit drugs; broken the story of the development of the first cloned human embryo; exposed fatal weaknesses in Enron's finances long before the company imploded, and revealed connections between the government of Venezuela and terrorists from the Mideast, Colombia and Cuba. U.S. News has built editorial franchises around four key content categories: Personal Finance, Science & Technology, Education, and Health & Medicine. The centerpieces of each editorial franchise are the Guides and/or Special Issues. These editorial events not only produce a jump in newsstand sales, they trigger a spike in reader interest among clearly defined lifestage segments.