Biography: James Kelly

Jim Kelly became the first managing editor of Time Inc. in June of 2006. With Time Inc.'s editor-in-chief, Kelly guided the standards and practices of the company's roughly 130 titles.

Kelly had previously spent five years as the managing editor of Time, during which period the magazine won four National Magazine Awards . Kelly directed the magazine's coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina.

Kelly's career at Time began in 1978. He served as foreign editor during the first Gulf War and the fall of the Soviet Union, became deputy managing editor in 1996, and rose to the position of managing editor in 2001.

Audio

Listen to Kelly discuss the covers of Time magazine.

Length: 2 min 10 sec