Nancy Gibbs

Nancy Reid Gibbs (born January 25, 1960)[1] is an American essayist, speaker, and presidential historian.

Nancy Gibbs
Gibbs in 2015
BornNancy Reid Gibbs
(1960-01-25) January 25, 1960
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationEssayist, writer, editor
NationalityAmerican

She is the former Managing Editor for TIME magazine, an author, and commentator on politics and values in the United States. She is the co-author, with Michael Duffy, of The New York Times Bestsellers The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House (2007) and The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity (2012).[2]

Gibbs currently serves as the Lombard Director of the Shorenstein Center at the Havard Kennedy School of Government. She is also the Visiting Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press, Politics and Public Policy.[3]

Early life and education

Gibbs was born in New York, the daughter of Janet (née Stang), who worked at Friends Seminary, and Howard Glenn Gibbs, who was the Associate National Director for the Boys Clubs of America.[4][5] She graduated from Yale University in 1982, summa cum laude, with honors in history, and then studied at New College, Oxford as a Marshall Scholar (M.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics) graduating in 1984.

A "third-generation Chautauquan", Gibbs began her journalism career in 1976, writing for The Chautauquan Daily, Chautauqua Institution's newsletter, during the summers until 1980.

Career with TIME magazine

Gibbs joined TIME in 1985 as a part-time fact checker in the International section. She became a writer in 1988. Gibbs has written more cover stories than any other writer, publishing over 175 stories.

Of note is her work in the black-bordered special issue on the September 11th attacks,[6] featuring her article titled "If You Want to Humble an Empire", which won a National Magazine Award in 2002.[7] The Chicago Tribune named her one of the ten best magazine writers in the country in 2003; her articles are included in the Princeton Anthology of Writing, Best American Crime Writing 2004, Best American Political Writing 2005 and TIME: 85 years of Great Writing.

In October 2013, Gibbs became the 17th Editor in Chief and first-ever female managing editor of TIME magazine. Prior to her appointment, she managed the " magazine's transition into a digital newsroom."[8] Under her leadership, TIME's digital audience grew from 25 to 55 million, and video streams passed 1 billion a year. TIME also won a primetime Emmy award for its two-part A Year in Space documentary, produced with PBS.[9] TIME also won the ASME award for Cover of the Year, for the October 24, 2016 edition. [10]

Although Gibbs stepped down from the Editor in Chief position in September 2017, she remains an Editor at Large.[11]

Interviews and lectures

She has been a frequent guest on radio and television talk shows, including the Today Show, Good Morning America, Charlie Rose, and a guest essayist on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.[12][13] Gibbs has lectured extensively on the American presidency, including at the Bush, Reagan, Carter, Johnson and Truman libraries, the Aspen Institute, the Dallas World Affairs Club, the Commonwealth Club and the National Archives.

Other affiliations

In 1993 and 2006, Gibbs served as a Ferris Professor of writing at Princeton University. She is a former elder and deacon of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City.

In April 2019, Gibbs was named Faculty Director of the Shorenstein Center in Media, Politics and Public Policy in addition to her appointment as the Visiting Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice of Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School.[14][15]

Awards and honors

References
  1. "Gibbs, Gibbs 1960–". Contemporary Authors. 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2018 – via Encyclopedia.com.
  2. "Nancy Gibbs". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  3. "Nancy Gibbs". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  4. "WEDDINGS; Nancy Reid Gibbs and Waits May 3d". The New York Times. June 21, 1992.
  5. "Paid Notice: Deaths GIBBS, HOWARD G". The New York Times. April 25, 2002.
  6. Gibbs, Nancy (September 14, 2001). "If You Want To Humble An Empire". Time.
  7. National Magazine Awards#Single-Topic Issue 2002
  8. Maza, Erik (17 September 2013). "Nancy Gibbs Named Time's Managing Editor". WWD. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  9. "TIME and PBS Documentary 'A Year in Space' Wins Emmy Award". Time. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  10. "TIME's 'Total Meltdown' Cover Recognized as ASME Cover of the Year". Time. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  11. Ember, Sydney (2017-09-12). "Nancy Gibbs, Time Magazine's Top Editor, Is Stepping Down". New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  12. PBS Online, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer - aired on August 3, 2006
  13. PBS Online, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer - aired on May 28, 2008
  14. "Nancy Gibbs appointed faculty director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  15. Zara, Christopher (2019-04-18). "2020 presidential predictions? You'd be crazy to make them, says Harvard's Nancy Gibbs". Fast Company. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  16. Ron Charles (May 15, 2013). "Timothy Egan wins Chautauqua Prize for "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher"". Washington Post. Retrieved September 26, 2013.

Further reading
  • Pompeo, Joe (December 5, 2013). "Her 'Time'". Capital New York. New York: Allbritton Communications.
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