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Dec. 30, 1991: From The Managing Editor
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Dec. 30, 1991 The Search For Mary
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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FROM THE MANAGING EDITOR, Page 4
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<p> Producing TIME is a little like running a marathon every
week. For instance: it's blazing a clear trail through the
ethical questions surrounding Patricia Bowman's decision to
reveal her identity as William Kennedy Smith's accuser. And it's
searching through the cheers and tears of audiences for the next
movie hit of this holiday season. It's a physically exhausting
but exhilarating race to keep on top of the news and issues that
animate the world around us, and to get the results to press on
time.
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<p> So we're lucky to have someone like Oliver Knowlton,
TIME's editorial operations director, to keep the pace. An avid
runner (he logs 70 miles a week and has competed in 12
marathons; best time: 2:30:16), Oliver is the keeper of THE
SCHEDULE--a color-coded flow chart that tells our editors,
writers, art directors and designers when their individual tasks
should be complete each week. But the world of journalism has
a funny habit of not cooperating with anybody's flow charts. As
a result, for the past 15 months--through Desert Storm and the
Soviet coup--it's been Oliver's responsibility to ensure that
no matter what, the magazine gets to the printers on time.
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<p> It's the kind of work that requires this father of two to
be part policeman, part troubleshooter, part juggler and very
much a diplomat. "I walk a beat," Oliver explains, "talking to
editors, checking in with the art department, seeing where the
snags are in the week's flow." If a late-breaking story requires
us to work on some pages later than usual, he makes certain
that others are finished ahead of time so the magazine closes
on schedule.
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<p> Oliver has shown that rare ability to stick to a schedule
in his own life as well. After graduating from Kenyon College
with an English major in 1980, he started working for a
Pennsylvania company that printed many different magazines,
including TIME. He proceeded to work his way up the paper trail
from printer to engraver to plant operations manager, finally
joining the editorial ranks in 1990. That kind of perseverance,
plus the good-humored but relentless way he hounds us toward our
deadlines each week, is one reason we somehow win the news
marathon 52 times a year.
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<p>-- Henry Muller
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