James R. Gaines
James R. Gaines (born August 11, 1947) is a journalist and historian who between 2011 and 2015 was at Reuters in various capacities: as global editor-at-large, as editor in charge of the Americas, as editor in charge of global photography[1] and as global editor for ethics and standards.[2] He spent most of his career at Time Inc., where he was the managing editor of People, Life and Time magazines, then corporate editor of Time Inc..[3] Between Time Inc. and Reuters, he was a consultant on magazine startups, acquisitions and digital initiatives for publishers including Conde Nast International and American Express Publishing. In 2007 he became the editor-in-chief of FLYP,[4] a biweekly multimedia publication online that produced interactive material for the web sites of Fortune, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly, Scientific American and ProPublica.[5] He also served briefly as managing editor of The Daily, News Corp.’s “newspaper” for tablets.[6]
He is the author of For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette and Their Revolutions (W. W. Norton, 2007);[7] Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment (HarperCollins, 2005);[8] and Wit’s End: Days and Nights of the Algonquin Round Table (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977).[9]
Gaines began his career at Saturday Review, before moving on to Newsweek, where he was a National Affairs writer.
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Gaines is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Historical Association, the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, the Overseas Press Club, and the Online News Association.
Bibliography[edit]
- Wit’s End: Days and Nights of the Algonquin Round Table (1977)
- The Lives of the Piano (1981)
- Evening in the Palace of Reason (2005)
- For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette and Their Revolutions (2007)
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke. "Reuters Announces More Editorial Changes". Observer.
- ^ http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/reuters-brings-in-new-blood-tries-to-broaden-reach/
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/29/business/a-historied-time-inc-editor-to-step-down.html
- ^ "Multimedia Magazine 'FLYP' Finds New Ways to Tell Stories Online". poynter.org.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/jobs/29pre.html?_r=0
- ^ "Delacorte Lecture with James R. Gaines". Columbia Journalism Review.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions by James R. Gaines, Author . Norton $29.95 (533p) ISBN 978-0-393-06138-3". PublishersWeekly.com.
- ^ http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/history/0,,1385499,00.html John Banning’s review of Evening in the Palace of Reason, The Guardian, January 8, 2005
- ^ James R. Gaines. "Wit's End". Goodreads.
