Jack J. Beatty (born May 15, 1945) is a writer, senior editor of ''

The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C. It features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 185 ...

'', and news analyst for ''

On Point ''On Point'' is a radio show produced by WBUR-FM in Boston, Massachusetts, and syndicated by American Public Media (APM). The show addresses a wide range of issues from news, politics, arts and culture, health, technology, environmental, and bu ...

'', the national NPR news program. Born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

, Beatty attended

Boston Latin School The Boston Latin School is a Magnet school, magnet Latin schools, Latin Grammar schools, grammar State school, state school in Boston, Massachusetts. It has been in continuous operation since it was established on April 23, 1635. It is the old ...

, Boston State College, and the

University of Massachusetts Boston The University of Massachusetts Boston (stylized as UMass Boston) is a Public university, public US-based research university. It is the only public research university in Boston and the third-largest campus in the five-campus University of Ma ...

. He lives in

Hanover, New Hampshire Hanover is a New England town, town located along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 11,870. The town is home to the Ivy League university ...

Awards

* 1990:

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...

* 1993:

American Book Award The American Book Awards are an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "t ...

* 1993: L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award, ''The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1874-1958)'' * Poynter Fellow at Yale University * Two Alfred P. Sloan Foundation research grants * William Allen White Award for Criticism * Olive Branch Award for an ''Atlantic'' article on arms control

Bibliography

* ** *

William Weld William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is ...

runs against

John Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the Presidency of Barack Obama#Administration, administration of Barac ...

in 1996 U.S. Senate election. *
"A Miserable Failure"
''The Atlantic'', September 24, 2003 * * * * ''The Lost History of 1914: How the Great War Was Not Inevitable''. London; Berlin .a. Bloomsbury, 2012. .

References

External links

"Interview with Jack Beatty", ''Claremont college''
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beatty, Jack 1945 births Living people 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers American Book Award winners American editors The Atlantic (magazine) people Boston Latin School alumni Boston State College alumni Historians from Massachusetts Writers from Hanover, New Hampshire University of Massachusetts Boston alumni Writers from Boston American male non-fiction writers