Joel Stein, TIME editor
With a column for Time Out New York and a short stint at Martha Stewart Living magazine under his belt, Stein endured two lean years before he wowed Time editor Walter Isaacson with his laid back style.
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Calling himself lucky, Stein said his break came solely because "one guy who ran a magazine thought I was good." He added that not all his colleagues at Time like his work. Some even think he's destroying the magazine's reputation for hard news.
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Prior to coming to TIME, Stein was sports editor and columnist at Time Out New York for two years. He had also served as a researcher at TV Guide and as a researcher/writer for Martha Stewart Living magazine.
Born and raised in New Jersey, Stein graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. and M.A. in English.
He currently resides in Manhattan.