Samuel Jacobs (journalist)

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Samuel Jacobs
OccupationEditor-in-chief of Time
CitizenshipAmerican
Education Harvard University

Samuel Posin Jacobs is an American journalist. In April 2023, he was named editor-in-chief of Time magazine, the youngest since Henry Luce, the magazine's co-founder. [1]

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Biography

In 2009, Jacobs graduated from Harvard University, where he studied history. [2] [3] The title of his thesis was Walter Weyl and the Progressive Mind: The Promise and Problems of the New Democracy. [4] He was associate managing editor of The Harvard Crimson . [5] Jacobs attended The Roxbury Latin School. [6]

Before coming to Time in 2013, he covered politics for The Daily Beast , edited Newsweek 's front of the book section, and was a U.S. campaign correspondent for Reuters. [2] [3] [7]

Jacobs was initially senior editor of time.com and was promoted in 2014 to assistant managing editor the magazine. [3] [7] In 2016, he was promoted to executive editor of Time Digital. [8] He was deputy editor from 2019 until being named editor-in-chief in 2023. [1] [9] [10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sam Jacobs Named Editor in Chief of TIME" (Press release). Time. Editor & Publisher . April 24, 2023. Archived from the original on March 3, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Rothstein, Betsy (June 10, 2013). "TIME Snags Reuters' Political Scribe" . Adweek . Archived from the original on September 16, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Levy, Nicole (May 24, 2019). "Time shuffles masthead". Politico . Archived from the original on March 3, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Samuel Jacobs '09". Harvard History Department. Harvard University. Archived from the original on September 1, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  5. ↑ Jacobs, Samuel P. (January 11, 2009). "A talk with Lawrence Lessig". Ideas. The Boston Globe . Archived from the original on January 18, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Sam Jacobs '04 Named Editor in Chief of TIME". The Roxbury Latin School. April 24, 2023. Archived from the original on December 5, 2024.
  7. 1 2 Doris, Jameson (July 25, 2016). "Rising Stars: Sam Jacobs Helps Time Find a Younger Audience". Folio . Archived from the original on September 16, 2021.
  8. ↑ Horgan, Richard (September 30, 2016). "Sam Jacobs Promoted to Executive Editor of Time Digital" . FishbowlNY. Adweek. Archived from the original on October 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ Fuller, Melynda (April 11, 2019). "'Time' Names Team of New Top Editors". Publishers Daily. MediaPost. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019.
  10. ↑ Hays, Kali (April 10, 2019). "Time Magazine Taps New Crop of Editors". Women's Wear Daily . Archived from the original on April 10, 2019.


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