Edward Felsenthal

Felsenthal is the Executive Chairman and former Editor in Chief of TIME.

Recent Articles

TIME's 2017 Person of the Year: The Silence Breakers

It became a hashtag, a movement, a reckoning. But it began, as great social change nearly always does, with individual acts of courage. The actor who went public with the story of movie mogul Harvey...

By Edward Felsenthal

Behind the Scenes of TIME's Person of the Year 2017

Each year, we begin the process of choosing the Person of the Year—this is the 91st time we have done so—with a late-September meeting of the staff. The nominations are varied and the debates vigorous,...

By Edward Felsenthal

The Choice

TIME’s editor-in-chief on why the Silence Breakers are the Person of the Year

By Edward Felsenthal

The Last Globalist

Fifty-four years ago, TIME’s cover featured a President of France who had a vision for a French-led world order, a tendency to speak bluntly and a penchant for pomp. The story, which ran with the...

By Edward Felsenthal

Emmanuel Macron on His Marriage, Trump’s Twitter Habits and the Future of Europe

In his first interview with American journalists inside the presidential Elysée Palace, President Emmanuel Macron sat down with TIME on Nov. 7 for a wide-ranging interview.On the six-month anniversary of his stunning election win last...

By Vivienne Walt and Edward Felsenthal

On Leaders

The work of journalism has always meant coping with a certain amount of despair, but the past few weeks have been particularly unrelenting. From the shooting in Las Vegas and the hurricanes in Puerto Rico...

By Edward Felsenthal

TIME's Second Century

This is Edward Felsenthal’s first editor’s letter. It appears in the October 02, 2017 issue of TIME.Hanging above my desk is a letter from the editors of TIME to my grandfather. An immigrant who fled...

By Edward Felsenthal

10 Questions With Sir Harold Evans

The acclaimed editor, author of Do I Make Myself Clear?, on how to write better and whether precision and concision can survive the digital ageTIME: You discuss many writing evils in your book, from pleonasms...

By Edward Felsenthal

How the Court Can Reset After Scalia

Whether the seat is filled by Obama or his successor, the stakes couldn't be higher

By Edward Felsenthal

Obama Roasts Hillary Clinton, Boehner at Washington Dinner

The six best jokes at the Gridiron Club dinner

By Edward Felsenthal / Washington

A Video Guide to the New TIME.com

A new site designed especially for busy, mobile readers.

By Edward Felsenthal and Nancy Gibbs
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