Looking at America from up high and on the ground, with Jim Fallows
On this episode of the Vital Center, Jim and podcast host Geoff Kabaservice discuss Deb and Jim’s travels across the country and why politics so often works better at the…
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Just in time, hotel back on track
In their February 19, 2022 editorial, The Frederick News-Post references Deborah and James Fallows’s book Our Towns and its list of traits seen in successful cities, one of which is…
The larger value two national journalists see in Latter-day Saint missions
Tad Walch of the Deseret News reported on Deborah and James Fallows’s February 17, 2022 appearance at a BYU, Provo forum. The Fallowes compared their experiences living in China and…
Anarchism is…James Fallows’s Our Towns
In this conversation, James joins host Graham Culbertson for a discussion of the dysfunction of the federal government, its historically reactionary nature, and the way that “Our Towns” offer a…
Writers James and Deborah Fallows speak on hope for improving local communities
The Daily Universe reported on James and Deborah Fallowses’ February 15, 2022 forum at BYU. In addition to specific ideas they shared for for what people can do to improve…
Forum: Finding your community
BYU News’s Jenna Knaupp reported on James and Deborah Fallowses’ forum address to the campus on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. In their reporting, which developed into the “Our Towns” book…
Writers bring experiences of small-town America to BYU
Ashtyn Asay of the Daily Herald profiled Deborah and James Fallows’s appearance at BYU, Provo in her February 15, 2022 article. The Fallowses commented on the role young people play…
Listen to “James & Deborah Fallows on ‘Our Towns’: a Craftsmanship Artisan Interview”
This husband-and-wife journalism team spent four years crisscrossing the United States in a small plane, visiting dozens of small towns. They saw communities engaged in a vigorous process of economic…
Examining American Democracy Through the Lens of Place
The United States is experiencing a time of division—urban vs. rural, state vs. local, and red vs. blue. Many of these fissures are most acute within the Ten Across region,…
Which Aircraft Fits Your Traveling Plans?
Flying magazine’s Jonathan Welsh wrote an article featuring Deborah and James Fallowses’ selection of the Cirrus SR22 for their cross-country reporting journey. Welsh goes on to detail the various factors…
Community Visioning Celebrates 25 Years of Programming in Iowa’s Small Communities
Iowa State University’s News reported on the Iowa’s Living Roadways 2021 annual celebration held on November 19, 2021. Highlights of the daylong event included a keynote address by James and…
Profiled in Phi Kappa Phi Forum
National Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi’s Forum Magazine recently profiled James and Deborah Fallows and the writing of Our Towns. “Since its early days, America has inspired writers to travel…
‘We’re Speaking’ features ‘Our Towns’ in conversation
A conversation on the experimentation, renewal, and hope for America's small towns.
These 6 statues in Riverside form a Peace Walk, but few know it
The Press Enterprise’s David Allen referenced Our Towns in his article on Riverside California’s pedestrian mall, which features six bronze statues. In the chapter on Riverside, the Fallowses describe the…
Ending Late Fees Restores Principle of ‘Public’ Libraries
LA Progressive’s November 14, 2021 article featured Deborah Fallows’s reporting on the Fine Free Movement where libraries are eliminating fines, which disproportionally affect the disenfranchised, low-income communities they are meant most…
Bucksport voted best small coastal town
The Ellsworth American’s article about Bucksport, Maine’s selection as USA Today’s best coastal small town referenced Deborah Fallows, who recommended the city. Fallows wrote an article about Bucksport’s recovery after…