James Bennet
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James Douglas Bennet (born March 28, 1966) is an American journalist.
He is the editorial page editor at The New York Times.
He is the younger brother of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet.
Early life and education
James Bennet was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Susanne (Klejman) and political official Douglas J. Bennet. He has a brother and sister. His mother is a Polish Jewish immigrant, who survived the Holocaust. When his father joined the staff of Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton, the family moved to Washington, D.C., where James attended the St. Albans School. Susanne Bennet taught English as a second language at Language ETC, a non-profit organization in Washington. James Bennet studied at Yale University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and was editor-in-chief of The New Journal.
Bennet's elder brother is Michael Bennet, who has served as U.S. senator from Colorado since 2009. James Bennet was opinion editor at The New York Times when Michael Bennet ran for president in 2020; James Bennet agreed to recuse himself from all coverage of the 2020 presidential race.
Personal life
In 2001, he married Sarah Jessup in a civil ceremony. The couple have two sons.
Career
Bennet began his work in journalism as an intern with The News & Observer and The New Republic. He served as an editor at The Washington Monthly from 1989 to 1991. In 1991, he joined The New York Times as a reporter. He began his career as a White House correspondent and Jerusalem Bureau Chief. He wrote a memorandum on the correct use of the word "terrorist" and "terrorism" upon his return from Jerusalem, which is often quoted by editors of The Times.
In late 2006, Bennet was scheduled to become the Times' Beijing reporter. In March of this year, he resigned from the paper to accept an invitation to become The Atlantic's 14th editor-in-chief. Following an extensive screening process, Bennet was chosen by the magazine's publisher, David G. Bradley, from a lengthy list process. Bradley met with 80 journalists around the country.
When the magazine published a cover story on Britney Spears in April 2008, Bennet as editor attracted notice, a departure from The Atlantic's higher culture tradition. The issue did not do well in newsstand sales.
During his tenure as president, The Atlantic soared web traffic, and in 2010, the magazine celebrated its first profitable year in a decade.
Bennet's appointment as Editorial Page editor began in March 2016, and he took effect on May 2, 2016. Bennet's first columnist, Bret Stephens, cast doubt on the long-term effects of climate change, resulting in reports of subscription cancellations.
The editorial page on June 17, 2017 published a piece relating to the Congressional baseball massacre as well as the 2011 school shooting in Arizona that injured then-Rep. Gabby Giffords. The article cited SarahPAC's map of targeted electoral districts as a way of criticizing individual Democratic politicians. These portions of the article were later dismissed, but Sarah Palin, the founder of SarahPAC), filed a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times in reaction. In reaction to Palin's complaint, Bennet was called to appear as a witness. Palin's case was dismissed in 2017 but it was revived in 2019. Bennet testified and accepted full responsibility for the errors that were published on February 8, 2022. A jury dismissed Palin's libel complaint against the Times just a few days later, on February 15, 2022.
Senator Tom Cotton's "Send in the Troops," a nationwide protest of racial and police brutality in the aftermath of George Floyd's assassination, the New York Times published an op-ed in which Cotton called for the deployment of federal troops into major American cities if violent rioting. Many Times staffers had sluggish words on display, and many Times staffers had chastised the editorial board for releasing the op-ed, which critics said normalized inflammatory speech. Michelle Goldberg, a fellow editorial writer, called the piece "fascist." "Running this puts Black @NewTimes workers in jeopardy," hundreds of Times reporters tweeted. Bennet defended the op-ed's publication in the first place.
"New York Times says Senator's Op-Ed Did Not Meet Expectations" was published in a newspaper on June 4, 2020. Bennet told staff members that he had not read the essay before it was published, according to the article. Bennet admitted that the Times had "invite[d]" the op-ed in a staff meeting on June 5. On June 7, 2020, Bennet resigned, according to the Times.
The Economist hired Bennet as a "visiting senior editor" for one year on January 26, 2021. In July 2022, as a senior editor at the journal, he became the first American to write The Economist's Lexington column, named for the site of the first battle of the American Revolution.