James Fallows
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 15:15 — andrewsmeall
Interview Date:
05/30/2008
Bio:
<p><strong>James Fallows</strong> is national correspondent for <em>The Atlantic</em>. He has worked for the magazine for more than 25 years, based in Washington DC, Seattle, Berkeley, Austin, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, and Beijing. He was raised in Redlands, California, received his undergraduate degree in American History and Literature from Harvard, and received a graduate degree in economics from Oxford. In addition to working for <em>T</em><em>he Atlantic</em>, he has spent two years as chief White House speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, two years as the editor of <em>US News & World Report</em>, and six months as a program designer at Microsoft. He is an instrument-rated private pilot.</p>
<p>Fallows has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award five times and has won once. He has also won the American Book Award for nonfiction. Since the creation of the New America Foundation in 1999 he has been chairman of its board. His book, <em>Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China</em> appeared in January 2009.</p>
Title :
National Correspondent, The Atlantic
Field:
Media
Region:
The Americas
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