B. J. Phillips was an Associate Editor at ''
Time'' magazine. She contributed to coverage of the
Pentagon Papers.
Life
She attended the
University of Georgia in the 1960s.
It has been erroneously reported that she graduated from
Kenyon College. On Thursday, November 28, 1996, ''
The Philadelphia Inquirer'' printed the wrong photo and byline of its Business Section columnist of the day in some editions. Jeff Brown's column normally appeared on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, while Phillips' column normally appeared on Wednesdays and Fridays. Instead of Brown's photo and byline, those of Phillips ran in at least the edition delivered to suburban
Delaware County, PA
Delaware County, colloquially referred to as Delco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. With a population of 576,830 as of the 2020 census, it is the fifth-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the third=smallest in area.
Del ...
, while Brown's photo and byline ran properly in at least the edition delivered to suburban
Montgomery County, PA
Montgomery County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the third-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the 73rd-most populous county in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 856,553 ...
. In that day's column, Brown wrote a quote about being a graduate of Kenyon that was picked up by the Collegiate Choice Walking Tours web site. However, whoever reported on it must have seen an edition with the Phillips photo and byline, and thus the quote was attributed to her. Indeed, Jeff Brown's own web site notes that he is a Kenyon graduate.
Margaret Carlson
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worked with her at ''Time''. She was at the 7th
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, "New Journalism and the Novel", in 1976.
She wrote for the Style section of ''
The Washington Post'',
the London bureau of ''Institutional Investor'', the ''
Atlanta Constitution'' (where she worked with
Jack Nelson), and the ''Philadelphia Inquirer''.
She had a conflict with her editor, about a column about
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Growth
Advanta began in 195 ...
, and she moved from being a columnist in the business section to a becoming an investigative reporter.
She was on a panel, "Why are Economic Activities Continuing to Move Out of the City?" at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Works
"Olympics: You Will See Me Again...", ''Time'', August 11, 1980
Anthologies
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References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American women journalists
Time (magazine) people
The Washington Post journalists
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution people
The Philadelphia Inquirer people
University of Georgia alumni
21st-century American women