Featured on WDTN Dayton
WDTN TV’s BJ Bethel summarized a recent Ohio State University/Carnegie Endowment for Peace report with 10 takeaways. Number 10, “Microbreweries = Healthy City” was taken from the Our Towns list of 11…
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Referenced in The American Spectator
In his American Spectator review of American Restoration: How Faith, Family, and Personal Sacrifice Can Heal Our Nation, G.Tracy Mehan III cites James and Deborah Fallows and Our Towns on,…
Referenced in Little Rock Soiree
Hank Kelley, the new president of the Rotary Club of Little Rock, has big plans, inspired in part by Our Towns. Read the article here.
Our Towns named Book of the Day
Our Towns is named June 11, 2019 Book of the Day by Book of the Day.org.
Featured in Sampsonia Way
In an interview with Sampsonia Way, the in-house magazine for City of Asylum, to which a chapter of Our Towns is devoted, Jim and Deb answer additional questions on travel,…
Small Towns, Big Ideas
Jim reports on a session he moderated on May 13, sponsored by the renowned social-entrepreneur organization Ashoka. Four of its fellows working in rural or small-town locations report on innovations…
Featured in The Dispatch
The Dispatch reported on James and Deborah Fallows and their HBO crew, in Columbus and Starkville, MS this week filming for their upcoming HBO documentary based on their Our Towns…
Featured in Citi IO
Citi IO features James and Deborah Fallows in their April 29, 2019 article, “How Cities Became the new Laboratory of Democracy.” The Fallowses are cited for the numerous urban success…
‘The Atlantic’ Expands ‘Our Towns’ Editorial Project
On April 25, 2019, The Atlantic announced they are expanding James and Deborah Fallowses’ cross-country reporting project, Our Towns, with support from Grow with Google. The Fallows will visit towns they…
Featured in the Florida Times-Union
Following Jim and Deb Fallowses’ talk at the World Affairs Council in Jacksonville on April 9, 2019, Jim Crooks, professor emeritus of history at the University of North Florida discussed…
The Reigning King of the Cover Story
The Atlantic profiled one of their own yesterday, honoring long-time national correspondent James Fallows on his election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. In his nearly 50 years…
James Fallows Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
On April 17, 2019, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences announced James Fallows was elected to membership in its 2019 class. The Academy, founded in 1780 by John Adams…
Fallows to Speak at MIT Sloan
James and Deborah Fallows will participate in a conversation with Executive Director of the Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative at MIT Sloan, Barbara Dyer, on Monday, April 22, 2019. The…
Named American Geographical Society Honorary Fellow
James Fallows was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the American Geographical Society (AGS) on April 5, 2019 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers. The Fellowship is…
Featured in The Economist
James and Deborah Fallows were featured in the April 11, 2019 print edition of The Economist in an article on Hell, Michigan, population 72. The lessons learned from the 42…
Fallows to Launch Yolo County Library Foundation
James and Deborah Fallows will headline an evening celebrating the newly formed Yolo County Library Foundation with a talk at the Palms Playhouse in Winters, CA on Wednesday, May 1,…