film critic since 1980 Brad Darrach, film critic Nigel Dennis, drama critic John Gregory Dunne, reporter; later author and screenwriter Peter Economy, author and editor Alexander Eliot, art editor 1945–1961, author of 18 books on art, mythology, and history John T. Elson, religion editor who wrote famous 1966 "Is God Dead?" cover story Dean E. Fischer, reporter and editor, 1964–1981 Nancy Gibbs, essayist and editor-at-large; has written more than 100 cover stories Lev Grossman, wrote primarily about books and technology Deena Guzder, human rights journalist and author Wilder Hobson, reporter in 1930s and '40s Robert Hughes, long-tenured art critic Pico Iyer, essayist and novelist, essayist since 1986 Alvin M. Josephy Jr., photo editor 1952–1960; also a historian and Hollywood screenwriter Weldon Kees, critic Joe Klein, author (Primary Colors) and columnist who wrote the "In the Arena" column Louis Kronenberger, drama critic 1938–1961 Andre Laguerre, Paris bureau chief 1948–1956, London bureau chief 1951–1956, also wrote about sports; later managing editor of Sports Illustrated Nathaniel Lande, author, filmmaker, and former creative director Will Lang Jr. 1936–1968, Time Life International Marshall Loeb, writer and editor 1956–1980 Tim McGirk, war correspondent and bureau chief in South Asia, Latin America, and Jerusalem 1998–2009 John Moody, Vatican and Rome correspondent 1986–1996 Jim Murray, West Coast correspondent 1948–1955 Lance Morrow, backpage essayist from 1976 to 2000 Roger Rosenblatt, essayist 1979–2006 Richard Schickel, film critic 1965–2010 Hugh Sidey, political reporter and columnist, beginning in 1957 Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, investigative reporters who won two National Magazine Awards Joel Stein, columnist who wrote the "Joel 100" just after the 2006 "Most Influential" issue Calvin Trillin, food writer and reporter 1960–1963 David Von Drehle, current editor-at-large Lasantha Wickrematunge, journalist Robert Wright, contributing editor Fareed Zakaria, current editor-at-large Snapshot: 1940 editorial staff In 1940, William Saroyan (1908–1981) lists the full Time editorial department in the play, Love's Old Sweet Song. This 1940 snapshot includes: Editor: Henry R. Luce Managing Editors: Manfred Gottfried, Frank Norris, T.S. Matthews Associate Editors: Carlton J. Balliett Jr., Robert Cantwell, Laird S. Goldsborough, David W. Hulburd Jr., John Stuart Martin, Fanny Saul, Walter Stockly, Dana Tasker, Charles Weretenbaker Contributing Editors: Roy Alexander, John F. Allen, Robert W. Boyd Jr., Roger Butterfield, Whittaker Chambers, James G. Crowley, Robert Fitzgerald, Calvin Fixx, Walter Graebner, John Hersey, Sidney L. James, Eliot Janeway, Pearl Kroll, Louis Kronenberger, Thomas K. Krug, John T. McManus, Sherry Mangan, Peter Matthews, Robert