The Reigning King of the Cover Story
In his nearly 50 years in journalism, James Fallows has produced an enduring record of politics and global affairs. Today the American Academy of Arts and Sciences honored his work.
James Fallows was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences today, honoring nearly 50 years of work in the media. Since being commissioned to write a profile of the senator from Texas, presidential hopeful, and “cool cat” Lloyd in 1974, he has done most of that work as a writer, editor, blogger, and sometime talking head at over the course of a 40-plus-year tenure interrupted just twice by stints as a speechwriter in Jimmy Carter’s administration and the editor of . Fallows has held multiple roles in his time at the magazine; he's now an staff writer.
