James L. Greenfield

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James L. Greenfield
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Born (1924-07-16) 16 July 1924 (age 99)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationAuthor

James Lloyd Greenfield

New York Times who decided to publish the Pentagon Papers
in 1971.

Early life and education

Born in

high school at Cleveland Heights High School, graduating in 1942.[3] He then went on to receive a B.A. from Harvard College.[4]

Career

After college, Greenfield became a

foreign correspondent for Time, with postings in Asia, Europe and Washington.[4] He rose to become Time's chief diplomatic correspondent.[4]

Greenfield joined the

Lyndon Johnson promoted Greenfield to Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Greenfield held this office from September 10, 1964, until March 12, 1966.[4]

After leaving the administration, Greenfield became Vice President of

Air Micronesia for Continental which gave the airline a route to Asia.[citation needed] He also worked as News Director of WINS-NY radio station where he set up 24-hour news for the station's pioneering all-news programming.[citation needed
]

Greenfield joined the

New York Times in 1967 as assistant metropolitan editor. From 1969 to 1977, he was the Times' foreign news editor, and was the project editor during the publication of the Pentagon Papers, even briefly hiding them in his apartment between organizing sessions in Washington and New York,[5] for which the New York Times won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.[4] He became an assistant managing editor in 1977. In 1987, the New York Times announced that Greenfield would become editor of The New York Times Magazine, while remaining an assistant managing editor of the Times.[4] In 1991, Greenfield stepped down as assistant managing editor, though he remained a consulting member of the editorial board.[6]

Greenfield is a founder of The Independent Journalism Foundation and has served in a volunteer capacity as its President since its founding in 1991.[7] IJF is a nonprofit organization that operates centers and related training programs for the media in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia.[7]

Personal life

In the early 1950s, while posted in

85th Streets in Manhattan.[6] The couple lived in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and Greenfield and his wife also developed brownstone houses.[6]

Greenfield is married to

20/20.[8]

References

  1. ^ "James Lloyd Greenfield (1924–)". Department of State. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  2. ^ Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, vol. 22, Part 3, 1964, p. 2269, retrieved 2017-09-13
  3. ^ CHHS Alumni Hall of Fame
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "James L. Greenfield is Appointed Editor of Times Magazine", New York Times, Oct. 23, 1987
  5. ^ Sanger, David E.; Scott, Janny; Harlan, Jennifer; Gallagher, Brian (June 9, 2021). "'We're Going to Publish': An Oral History of the Pentagon Papers". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d Eric Pace, "Margaret Greenfield, 74, Art and Antiques Dealer", New York Times, Dec. 9, 1999
  7. ^ a b "Home". ijf-cij.org.
  8. ^ "Greenfield/Riisna Gift to Support International Journalism Programs". 13 May 2010.
Government offices
Preceded by Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
September 10, 1964 – March 12, 1966 		Succeeded by
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