Featured in The Catalyst
“In this email exchange with Catalyst Editor William McKenzie, Mr. Fallows discusses the characteristics of rebounding communities; the role that leadership, immigration, and culture play in revitalizing a place; and…
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Featured on Minnesota Public Radio
“The locals in Sioux Falls, S.D., lost their collective minds this week, thanks to a fairly nondescript tweet that Tom Hanks made early on Tuesday in support of James and…
Featured in the Argus Leader
“Tom Hanks was so inspired by James and Deborah Fallows’ description of Sioux Falls and Rapid City in “Our Towns” that he tweeted Tuesday morning he might “move” to the…
Presented at the 2018 Esri International User Conference
Take a look at Jim and Deb’s presentation on July 9 in San Diego at the 2018 Esri International User Conference. “A vivid, surprising portrait of the civic and economic…
Featured on Politico
“Deb and Jim Fallows tell the story in their book ‘Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America,’ but you can read about it in any local newspaper…
Featured by Common Dreams
“For five years, the Fallows have been flying their single-engine prop airplane into dozens of towns to understand what the people there see as their community’s problems and how they…
Interviewed for On The Media
Brooke talks with James and Deborah about their findings, including a list of what they call the “10 and 1/2 Signs of Civic Success,” which include openness to cultural diversity, innovative schools…
Interviewed at the Aspen Ideas Festival
Congress’s approval ratings are in the gutter, local candidates routinely campaign against Washington, and voter turnout for national elections rarely tops 60 percent. Politicians can be counted on to campaign…
Featured on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour
“Ralph talks to Atlantic magazine writer and former protégé, James Fallows, about the trip he took with his wife, Deborah, that resulted in their book, “Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey…
Featured on BBC
“Fallows says that in several areas – civic engagement, returning talent, growth of tech start-ups, downtown revitalisation, an openness to immigrants and thriving libraries – local America seems to be…
Featured on C-Span
James and Deborah Fallows talked about their book, Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey Into the Heart of America.
Featured on Longform
“The credo of reporting—you know, what you don’t know till you show it—that’s my ‘this-I-believe.’ That’s the reason I’ve stayed in this line of work for this many decades because…
Featured on 89.3 WFPL
“But by contrast, city by city by city in most parts of the country, even those dealing most seriously with the opioid disaster, even those that have had the most…
