B. J. Phillips was an Associate Editor at Time magazine.[1][2] She contributed to coverage of the Pentagon Papers.[3]

Life

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She attended the University of Georgia in the 1960s.[4]

It has been erroneously reported that she graduated from Kenyon College. On Thursday, November 28, 1996, The Philadelphia Inquirer printed the wrong photo and byline of its Business Section columnist of the day in some editions. Jeff Brown's column normally appeared on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, while Phillips' column normally appeared on Wednesdays and Fridays. Instead of Brown's photo and byline, those of Phillips ran in at least the edition delivered to suburban Delaware County, PA, while Brown's photo and byline ran properly in at least the edition delivered to suburban Montgomery County, PA. In that day's column, Brown wrote a quote about being a graduate of Kenyon that was picked up by the Collegiate Choice Walking Tours web site.[5] However, whoever reported on it must have seen an edition with the Phillips photo and byline, and thus the quote was attributed to her. Indeed, Jeff Brown's own web site notes that he is a Kenyon graduate.[6]

Margaret Carlson worked with her at Time.[7] She was at the 7th University of North Dakota Writers Conference, "New Journalism and the Novel", in 1976.

She wrote for the Style section of The Washington Post,[8][9][10][11] the London bureau of Institutional Investor, the Atlanta Constitution (where she worked with Jack Nelson),[12] and the Philadelphia Inquirer.[13][14][15] She had a conflict with her editor, about a column about Advanta, and she moved from being a columnist in the business section to a becoming an investigative reporter.[16][17]

She was on a panel, "Why are Economic Activities Continuing to Move Out of the City?" at the University of Pennsylvania.[18]

Works

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Anthologies

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  • Joseph R. DesJardins; John J. McCall (1996). "The Addiction of the Layoff". Contemporary issues in business ethics. Wadsworth Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-534-25542-8.

References

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  1. ^ ""B.J. Phillips", Time". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. ^ "A Letter From The Publisher: Mar. 8, 1982", Time
  3. ^ "A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 5, 1971", Time
  4. ^ "A Letter From The Publisher, May 31, 1971". Time. May 31, 1971. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008.
  5. ^ "Collegiate Choice Walking Tours Videos - college videos, campus tours, college guides, college planning, college admissions". collegiatechoice.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. ^ "About Us". Archived from the original on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
  7. ^ "Excerpt: 'Anyone Can Grow Up'", ABC
  8. ^ "B.J. Phillips", The Washington Post
  9. ^ B.J. Phillips, "McCartney 'Death' Rumors," Washington Post, Oct. 22, 1969, p15.
  10. ^ "Mediations", James Aronson, The Antioch Review, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Spring, 1971), pp. 118-130
  11. ^ "Pilot's Fall Lifts His Spirits", The Washington Post, Aug 29, 1991
  12. ^ "Letter to Jack from B.J. Phillips, a colleague at the Atlanta Constitution"
  13. ^ "B.J. Phillips", Philadelphia Inquirer
  14. ^ "HUD knew N.J. contractor was inadequately monitored", Fazlollah, Mark, Philips, B.J., Philadelphia Inquirer, 1998
  15. ^ "Key Pa. lawmakers have direct ties to insurance industry", Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb 26, 1999, B.J. Phillips and Ken Dilanian
  16. ^ "Advanta-ge B.J.?", Philadelphia City Paper, Scott Farmelant, May 8–15, 1997[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ ""Brian Tierney Makes a Pledge", Philadelphia Weekly, May. 31, 2006". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  18. ^ "Round table on center cities" (PDF). UPENN Almanac. 15 October 1996. p. 6. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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