John MacArthur
John R. (Rick) MacArthur, president and publisher of
Harper's Magazine is an award-winning journalist and author.
He writes
a monthly column for the Providence Journal and for
Canada's national newspaper, the Globe & Mail.
Mr. MacArthur's first book, Second Front: Censorship and
Propaganda in the Gulf War, was a finalist for the 1993
Mencken Award for books and won the Illinois ACLU's 1992
Harry Kalven Freedom of Expression award.
His critically acclaimed follow-up, The Selling of
"Free Trade": NAFTA, Washington, and the Subversion of
Democracy, published in the spring of 2000, was called
"an immensely pleasurable read." by the Chicago
Tribune and "illuminating" by the San Francisco
Chronicle.
Mr. MacArthur initiated the foundation-sponsored rescue
of Harper's Magazine in 1980, and became president
and publisher in 1983. Under his stewardship the magazine
has received numerous awards and
the support of advertisers and readers alike. Since 1994
the magazine has received nine National Magazine Awards, the
industry's
highest recognition. In 2003 Harper's won a
National Magazine Award, for feature writing and was a
finalist in the categories of general excellence, public
interest,
reviews and criticism, and profile writing.
Never failing to turn up the heat on any debate, Mr.
MacArthur is often called upon by fellow journalists and
television producers
in the U.S., Canada and abroad to comment on a broad
range of issues in the news. He has appeared on Charlie
Rose, 60 Minutes, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, C-SPAN and
National Public Radio.
Before joining Harper's Magazine, Mr. MacArthur
was an assistant foreign editor at United Press
International (1982) and a reporter for the Chicago
Sun-Times (1979-1982), Bergen Record (1978-1979),
Washington Star (1978), and Wall Street
Journal (1977). He writes for newspapers and magazines,
including the New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe,
Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer,
Le Temps (Geneva), The Progressive, The
Nation, and The Columbia Journalism Review. Mr.
MacArthur received the 1993 Mencken Award for best
editorial/op-ed column for his New York Times expose
of "Nayirah," the Kuwaiti diplomat's daughter who helped
fake the Iraqi baby-incubator atrocity.
A tireless advocate for international human rights, Mr.
MacArthur founded and serves on the board of directors of
the Death
Penalty Information Center and the MacArthur Justice Center.
Along with members of his family he founded Article 19, the
International Center on Censorship, based in London, and in
1989 he initiated and helped organize the PEN/Article
19/Author's
Guild rally for Salman Rushdie. He is also on the board of
directors of the Author's Guild, and the Overseas Press Club and
he is a fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities.
Born on June 4, 1956, in New York City, Mr. MacArthur
grew up in Winnetka, Illinois, and graduated in 1978 from
Columbia College
with a B.A. in history. Mr. MacArthur lives with his wife
and two daughters in New York City.
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Books:Second Front, June 2004
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