--- description: Gibbs, a former writer and editor in chief at TIME, is the director of the Shorenstein Center and the visiting Edward R. Murrow professor at Harvard Kennedy School. She is the co-author, along with Michael Duffy, of two best-selling presidential histories: The President’s Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity and The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Nancy Gibbs  ## Nancy Gibbs Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gibbs, a former writer and editor in chief at TIME, is the director of the Shorenstein Center and the visiting Edward R. Murrow professor at Harvard Kennedy School. She is the co-author, along with Michael Duffy, of two best-selling presidential histories: [_The President’s Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity_](http://www.amazon.com/The-Presidents-Club-Exclusive-Fraternity/dp/1439127727?tag=timecom-20) and [_The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House_](http://www.amazon.com/The-Preacher-Presidents-Billy-Graham/dp/1599951045?tag=timecom-20).  ## Nancy Gibbs Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Oct 17, 2025 ### [The Potential Power, and Perils, of the 'No Kings' Protests](https://time.com/7326127/power-of-the-no-kings-protests/) The protests are "not a movement with a single ideology or identity," writes Nancy Gibbs. "That’s it... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 4, 2024 ### [How the Media Can Build Back Trust](https://time.com/7199622/trump-media-coverage-2025/) Reporters‘ constitutionally protected function is holding the powerful to account for what they actu... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 18, 2024 ### [How America Can Still Come Together](https://time.com/6999339/political-violence-america-unity/) Former TIME editor-in-chief Nancy Gibbs writes that Americans are largely in agreement on key issue... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 28, 2024 ### [The Debate Was a Mess. Where We Go From Here](https://time.com/6993733/biden-trump-debate-attention-matters-essay/) Debates are a test of candidates; post debates are a test of everyone else. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 25, 2024 ### [How the Press Can Rebuild Trust This Election](https://time.com/6970077/media-coverage-election-opportunities-2024/) In an unprecedented year, the core of journalism remains the same [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 17, 2023 ### [Humans still need to oversee the internet](https://time.com/6324817/managing-ai-social-media-disinformation/) Former TIME Editor-in-Chief Nancy Gibbs makes the case for humans in the age of AI. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 4, 2023 ### [Gibbs: A Historic—and Entirely Predictable—Indictment](https://time.com/6268675/donald-trump-indictment-historic-significance/) 'The scandal of Donald Trump’s passage through public life rests both in what he has done and what h... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 5, 2021 ### [Bob Dole, Senate Legend Who Championed Compromise, Dies](https://time.com/5505063/bob-dole-dies/) Nothing in Dole’s life was easy, and that’s the way he wanted it [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Jan 21, 2021 ### [Why America Needs to Restore Moral Leadership](https://time.com/5932018/capitol-riots-moral-leadership/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 9, 2020 ### [What Numbers Mean in the Coronavirus Crisis](https://time.com/5818677/coronavirus-numbers/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 5, 2020 ### [Why TIME Revisited a Century of Women and Influence](https://time.com/5793734/time-100-women-of-the-year-issue/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 1, 2019 ### [The Danger of Donald Trump’s Ignorance](https://time.com/5690324/donald-trump-ignorance/) Ignorance is different than deceit and sometimes more dangerous. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 4, 2019 ### [Joe Biden and the Hard Choices for Democrats in 2020](https://time.com/5564172/joe-biden-2020-nancy-gibbs/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Mar 1, 2019 ### [How Donald Trump Lost by Winning](https://time.com/5542123/donald-trump-michael-cohen-2016-campaign/) And what it means for voters and future presidential candidates [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 7, 2019 ### [Trump Shocks. His Opponents Bore. 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