As managing editor of Time Inc., Jim Kelly works closely with Time Inc.’s editor-in-chief, helping to ensure that the company’s 1,500 journalists adhere to the highest standards of their craft. Before assuming his post in 2006, Jim served as managing editor of Time, the world's largest news magazine. During his tenure, Time won four National Magazine awards, including for special issues on 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, a photographic essay on Darfur, and, in 2006, the award for General Excellence. In 2004,Time received an Emmy for its contribution to the ABC News series “Iraq: Where Things Stand.” The son of a New York City policeman and a college librarian assistant, Kelly attended Regis High School in Manhattan and Princeton University, where he majored in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He currently serves on the Board of Visitors of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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