Jack Beatty
American historian

Jack Beatty

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Jack J. Beatty (born in Boston, Massachusetts) is a writer, senior editor of The Atlantic, and news analyst for On Point, the national NPR news program. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Awards

  • 1993 American Book Award
  • 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
  • 1990 Guggenheim Fellowship
  • two Alfred P. Sloan Foundation research grants
  • William Allen White Award for Criticism
  • Olive Branch Award for an Atlantic article on arms control.

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