Jack J. Beatty (born May 15, 1945) is a writer, senior editor of ''

The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...

'', and news analyst for ''

On Point ''On Point'' is a radio show produced by WBUR-FM in Boston and syndicated by American Public Media (APM). The show addresses a wide range of issues from news, politics, arts and culture, health, technology, environmental, and business topics, t ...

'', the national NPR news program. Born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

, Beatty attended Boston Latin School,

Boston State College Boston State College was a public university located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. History Boston State College's roots began with the Girls' High School, which was founded in 1852. In 1872, the Boston Normal School separated from Gir ...

, and the

University of Massachusetts Boston The University of Massachusetts Boston (stylized as UMass Boston) is a public research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the only public research university in Boston and the third-largest campus in the five-campus University of Massa ...

. He lives in

Hanover, New Hampshire Hanover is a town located along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,870. The town is home to the Ivy League university Dartmouth College, the U.S. Army Corps of En ...

Awards

* 1990 - Guggenheim Fellowship * 1993 -

American Book Award The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "the ...

* 1993 - L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award, ''The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1874-1958)'' * Poynter Fellow at Yale University * Two Alfred P. Sloan Foundation research grants * William Allen White Award for Criticism * Olive Branch Award for an ''Atlantic'' article on arms control

Bibliography

* William Weld runs against

John Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party, he ...

in 1996 U.S. Senate election. * *
"A Miserable Failure", ''The Atlantic'', September 24, 2003
* * * * ''The Lost History of 1914: How the Great War was Not Inevitable.'' London; Berlin .a. Bloomsbury, 2012. .

References

External links

"Interview with Jack Beatty", ''Claremont college''
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beatty, Jack 1945 births Living people 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers American Book Award winners American editors The Atlantic (magazine) people Boston Latin School alumni Boston State College alumni Historians from Massachusetts People from Hanover, New Hampshire University of Massachusetts Boston alumni Writers from Boston American male non-fiction writers