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Date: March 25, 1999
Time Magazine Managing Editor on "Covering This Century and The Next" at Princeton
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Walter Isaacson, managing editor of Time magazine, will discuss "Covering This Century and The Next" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, April 5 at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium.
Isaacson has been Time's chief editor since January 1996.
"Our goal," he has said, "is to capture the magic of what’s happening in the world, from politics to arts, and to make the people who shape our times come alive."
He began his career in journalism as reporter for the Sunday Times of London, and then became a reporter and city hall columnist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. He joined Time in 1978 as a national affairs writer based in New York, then moved to Washington as a political correspondent. He served as the magazine’s nation editor and an assistant managing editor before assuming his current post.
In 1993, he was named Time Inc.’s editor of new media, and in that role launched the Internet service, Pathfinder, and the cable online service, Roadrunner. Adweek magazine named him "Editor of the Year" in 1995.
In addition to running the weekly magazine, Isaacson also oversees Time’s growing franchises, which include a classroom publication called Time for Kids; a technology magazine called Time Digital; and an online service called Time Daily. He is the co-author of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made, a book about American statesmen and the Cold War, and the author of Kissinger: A Biography.
His talk is being sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.