Featured in the Irish Examiner
In his July 30, 2020 column in the Irish Examiner, Michael Moynihan describes the Sculpture Walk in Sioux Falls, South Dakota noted in Our Towns. He exhorts Cork to create a similar…
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Michelle Ellia
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Featured on Original Thinkers
Original Thinkers featured James and Deborah Fallows on their June 29, 2020 episode of “Original Thinkers Presents,” a series of conversations between Original Thinkers’s David Holbrook and past and future…
Featured on CBS This Morning
CBS This Morning featured James Fallows in a June 29, 2020 program segment reporting on the effects of the pandemic on small communities. Fallows, while acknowledging smaller towns may have…
Featured in Adirondack Daily Enterprise
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise featured a review of Our Towns in its June 25, 2020 publication. In recommending the book to leaders in four communities in the region who are recipients of…
Featured by Chautauqua Institution
James and Deborah Fallows will be featured in the Chautauqua Institution’s June 3, 2020 ‘Watch Party’ at 10:45am EST. Originally presented at Chautauqua on July 4, 2018 as a part…
Featured in the Los Angeles Times
The daily headline newsletter of the June 1, 2020 Los Angeles Times features James Fallows’s recent Atlantic article “Is This the Worst Year in Modern American History?” in the “What Our…
Featured by University of Salamanca’s ‘Open Universe’
The University of Salamanca’s ‘Open Universe’ featured Deb Fallows’s recent post on how libraries are responding to serve their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘Open Universe‘ is the Blog of the…
Featured by University of Redlands
On April 24, 2020, University of Redlands alumnus and KESQ Palm Springs TV News Producer, Evan Sanford interviewed James Fallows. The wide-ranging conversation covered Our Towns, the government’s response to…
Featured in UCLA Blueprint
UCLA Blueprint editor-in-chief Jim Newton interviewed James Fallows for the Spring 2020 issue of the publication’s Table Talk. Jim discusses what he and wife Deborah’s travels across the United States,…
Quoted by The Brookings Institution
In their April 13, 2020 column, The Brookings Institution’s Clara Hendrickson and Mark Muro quote Jim Fallows’s recent post which noted the greater ability of large cities to bounce back from the Coronavirus pandemic’s…
Quoted in The Washington Times
The Washington Times’ Christopher Vondracek quoted Jim Fallows in his April 7, 2020 article on the effects on local journalism of the Coronavirus pandemic. “Right at this moment, they [newspapers]…
Featured on A Bookish Type
‘This week on the bookish internet‘ featured Deborah Fallows’s report on how libraries around the country are helping their communities during the Coronavirus pandemic in the April 4, 2020 edition.…
Featured in ArtsJOURNAL
The ArtsJOURNAL quoted Deborah Fallows in their April 2, 2020 entry. “When libraries closed their doors abruptly, they immediately opened their digital communications, collaborations, and creative activity to reach their public…
Referenced in GoErie.com
In his March 20, 2020 column, Kevin Cuneo references Jim Fallows’ recent post on the effect COVID-19 is having on Erie, particularly downtown. He quotes Jim, “The recovery will depend…
Referenced in Tullahoma News
In her March 28, 2020 editorial, Shelley Smith references Our Towns as the inspiration behind the title of her column. “The Fallows visited countless smaller cities and towns where things were…
Referenced in Erie Reader
In a March 25, 2020 article in the Erie Reader, Bruce Katz and Ben Speggen reference Our Towns and the Fallowses’ reporting on Erie’s downtown renaissance. The authors posit that all…