14 Time December 27, 2021/January 3, 2022
FROM THE EDITOR
Edward Felsenthal,
ediTor-in-chief & ceo
@efelsenThalby staff of color in our newsroom. We helped
lead our industry into the next phase of the In-
ternet with TIMEPieces, an NFT platform for
artists. We expanded our digital offerings, with
more than 100,000 of you now supporting our
journalism by subscribing for full access to
our site. And our two-year-old Emmy- winning
TIME Studios division continued to create
new homes for our journalism, with more than
20 film and television projects set to air on
leading streaming services and networks.Person of the Year is for us a powerful cap-
stone to the work of the previous 12 months.
The process began in early fall, as it always
does, with a gathering of our global staff to de-
bate various nominations. But this year we had
an inspiring addition : we were joined at the
kickoff by 2018 Person of the Year Maria Ressa,
the journalist who was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2021 for her fearless reporting in
the Philippines.The ambition of the franchise has grown
considerably since Lindbergh graced the cover
and has become an incredible staffwide effort,
touched in some way by nearly everyone at
TIME. The core project is the work of an edi-
torial committee that includes Naina Bajekal,
Jenna Caldwell, Elizabeth Murray and Victor
Williams and led by executive editor Ben Gold-
berger. “We spent a lot of time thinking about
the year through the lens of re- emergence and
re- evaluation,” says Ben, “which made it a par-
ticularly fascinating process.”
All of us at TIME thank you for being a part
of the TIME family and wish you and your loved
ones the best for 2022.