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,…
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James Fallows on NPR’s The Facing Project
The Facing Project‘s J.R. Jamison and Kelsey Timmerman interviewed James Fallows on Season 2, Episode 8’s show. The monthly podcast seeks to strengthen communities by connecting people through stories.
James & Deborah Fallows Interviewed by Jefferson Educational Society
On April 21, 2020, the Jefferson Educational Society of Erie, PA livestreamed a conversation between Jefferson Vice President, Ben Speggen, and writers James and Deborah Fallows.
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…
2020 Politics War Room with James Carville and Al Hunt
In their March 26, 2020 podcast, James Carville and Al Hunt talk with Deborah and James Fallows to examine the pandemic’s effect on small towns in America.
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…
Referenced in Governing magazine
In the March 3, 2020 Governing magazine, Alex Marshall, Urban Affairs/Infrastructure columnist referenced James and Deborah Fallows’s inclusion of Duluth in Our Towns as among America’s prosperous, smaller cities flying under the…
Jim Fallows Keynotes Achieving the Dream’s Dream 2020 Conference
Jim Fallows keynoted the opening plenary session of Achieving the Dream’s Dream 2020 conference on February 18, 2020. Achieving the Dream’s vision, to “lead and support a national network of community colleges to achieve…
Our Towns Referenced in Muncie Star Press
Seth Slabaugh’s February 7, 2020 column in the Muncie, IN Star Press discusses Muncie Community Schools’ dual language program and its potential affect on the anti-immigrant movement. He references Our Towns and the Fallowses’…
James Fallows Moderates ‘Greater Good Gathering’ Panels
James Fallows moderated two panel discussions at Columbia University’s 3rd Greater Good Gathering. The sessions, titled The Future of Manufacturing and Report from America: The “Hackathons,” were part of the two-day conference…
Deborah Fallows to Moderate Capitol Hill Panel on Rural America’s Jail Crises
On Thursday, February 6, 2020, Deborah Fallows will moderate a panel on Capitol Hill titled Rural America’s Hidden Jail Crises. Co-sponsored by the Vera Institute of Justice and U.S. Representatives…