OXFORD, Miss. – Richard Stengel, managing editor of Time,
delivers the third annual Stuart J. Bullion Lecture in
Journalism April 21 at the University of Mississippi.
Sponsored by the Department of Journalism, the free, public
presentation is scheduled for 9 a.m. in Overby Center
Auditorium (first floor).
Samir Husni, journalism chair, said he is honored to have
someone of Stengel’s caliber to deliver the lecture
honoring the late Stuart Bullion, department chair from
1997 to 2004.
“Since becoming managing editor of Time, Stengel has
reinvented the news weekly and the role it plays in today’s
journalistic environment,” Husni said. “Stengel’s vision
and the work he is doing at Time reminds me of the original
vision of Henry Luce, the founder of Time magazine.”
Lindsey Phillips, a junior journalism major from Ocean
Springs, said she’s looking forward to having someone
affiliated with “a company as impressive as Time come to
Ole Miss.”
“I’m really looking forward to Mr. Stengel’s talk,”
Phillips said. “He has reinvented Time and I know he’ll
have a lot of information to share with us.”
Named managing editor in May 2006, Stengel oversees the
world’s largest weekly news magazine, with 27 million
readers worldwide; Time.com, which draws more than 5
million visitors a month; and Time’s other brand
extensions, including Time Style & Design and Time for
Kids.
Stengel’s long history with Time includes posts as national
and cultural editor, as well as editor of Time.com. Also,
as a senior writer and essayist, he covered both the 1988
and 1996 presidential campaigns. He has also written for
The New Yorker, The New Republic and The New York Times.
Among his other notable achievements, Stengel collaborated
with Nelson Mandela on Mandela’s best-selling 1993
autobiography “Long Walk to Freedom” and later served as
co-producer of the 1996 Oscar-nominated documentary
“Mandela.”
Stengel has written several books, including “January Sun:
One Day, Three Loves, A South African Town” and “You’re Too
Kind: A Brief History of Flattery.”
A native New Yorker, Stengel graduated magna cum laude from
Princeton University in 1977 and played on its 1975
NIT-winning basketball team. As a Rhodes Scholar, he
studied English and history at Christ Church College,
Oxford. He is married to Mary Pfaff and they are the
parents of two sons.
Born in Minneapolis, Bullion graduated in 1969 from
Princeton University, where he majored in French and
European civilization. He earned master’s and doctoral
degrees in mass communication from the University of
Minnesota in 1978 and 1982.
Shortly before his death in April 2004, Bullion expressed
interest in beginning a memorial lectureship for the Ole
Miss journalism department. Following his death, friends
and family established the lecture series in his memory.
The first lecture was held in 2006.
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