Sam Jacobs

Jacobs is Editor in Chief at TIME, where he leads TIME’s global newsroom and its journalism across all platforms. Since joining TIME in 2013, Jacobs has held a variety of senior editorial leadership positions. Previously, he was national political correspondent at Reuters, associate editor at Newsweek, and staff reporter for The Daily Beast. His writing has appeared in the Boston Globe and New York Observer.

Recent Articles

The Story Behind the Trump 100 Days Cover

This was the fourth interview the U.S. President has done with TIME since clinching the Republican nomination for President last spring.

By Sam Jacobs

How We Chose the 2025 TIME100

Here are the people who we believe most changed the stories that defined the past year.

By Sam Jacobs

The Man Behind 1,000 TIME Covers

D.W.’s output alone makes him one of this century’s most influential people in media, it is how he has gone about his work that we want to celebrate.

By Sam Jacobs

What 2025 Holds for the World

This special issue partnered with the World Economic Forum highlights the themes and ideas that we think will truly matter.

By Sam Jacobs

World Economic Forum President Borge Brende on Planning for a ‘Geopolitical Recession'

In conversion with TIME Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs, Brende also talks about Trump’s second term and what he hopes people take away from Davos 2025.

By Sam Jacobs

Behind the Scenes of TIME’s 2024 Person of the Year Issue

This issue is an opportunity to be in conversation with history while embracing the future with arms wide open

By Sam Jacobs

Why Donald Trump Is TIME's 2024 Person of the Year

TIME's Editor-in-Chief explains why Donald Trump was chosen as the 2024 Person of the Year.

By Sam Jacobs

How TIME Is Preparing for Election Day

During one of the wildest presidential election campaigns in memory, the two candidates appear effectively tied in the battleground states.

By Sam Jacobs

How We Chose the New Class of Next Generation Leaders

For nearly a decade, through our Next Generation Leaders franchise, we've been sharing the stories of trailblazers shaping our future.

By Sam Jacobs

How We Chose the 2024 TIME100 Next

Growing up outside Boston in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I was, by birthright and by accident of history, a fan of the Boston Celtics. At that time, the team, led by Larry Bird,...

By Sam Jacobs

How We Chose the Democracy Defenders

The list shines a spotlight on leaders who are working to boost voter participation, reverse disenfranchisement, and combat misinformation.

By Sam Jacobs

How We Chose the TIME100 AI 2024

Our second edition of the most influential people in AI features the best new additions to our community of AI leaders

By Sam Jacobs

Behind TIME’s ‘If He Wins’ Biden Cover

This is the third interview Joe Biden has given to TIME since he announced his candidacy for President in 2019

By Sam Jacobs

How TIME Chose the 100 Most Influential Companies of 2024

TIME solicited nominations across sectors including health care, entertainment, fashion, and technology.

By Sam Jacobs

How We Chose the New Class of Next Generation Leaders

For nearly a decade, through our Next Generation Leaders franchise, we've been sharing the stories of trailblazers shaping our future.

By Sam Jacobs

How We Chose the TIME100 Most Influential People in Health of 2024

The realm of health is in the middle of a golden age of transformation. Read how TIME chose the list of doctors, scientists and more.

By Sam Jacobs

Behind TIME’s ‘If He Wins’ Trump Cover

TIME interviewed the former President twice in April, in an effort to better understand what a second Presidency for Trump would look like.

By Sam Jacobs

How We Chose the 2024 TIME100

Here are the people who we believe most changed the stories that defined the past year.

By Sam Jacobs

Why Evan Gershkovich Is on TIME's Cover

We set out to tell the story of his arrest and imprisonment, and its impact on his family, friends, and co-workers in the months to follow.

By Sam Jacobs

Inside TIME’s Person of the Year Issue

"This issue demonstrates how many shapes influence can take."

By Sam Jacobs
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