Hoge attended Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire.
College/University
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Hoge graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1958.
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Hoge earned his Master of Arts in Modern History from the University of Chicago in 1961.
Career
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Panelists New York Times' R. W. Apple, Jr., LA Times' Bill Boyarsky, Chicago Sun-Times' James F. Hoge, NBC News' Tom Pettit, moderator Bill Monroe, Democratic Presidential candidates Senator Birch Bayh, Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, former senator Fred R. Harris, Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp during the Iowa Democratic Caucus on January 11, 1976 in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Panelists New York Times' R. W. Apple, Jr., LA Times' Bill Boyarsky, Chicago Sun-Times' James F. Hoge, NBC News' Tom Pettit during the Iowa Democratic Caucus on January 11, 1976, in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Magazine editor James F. Hoge, Jr. attends the First Annual 'Sunday Night Kitchen Caper' Dinner Party to Benefit the Irvington Institute for Medical Research on January 20, 1991, at the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City.
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Magazine editor James F. Hoge, Jr. attends Malcolm Forbes' 70th Birthday Weekend Celebration on August 19, 1989, at the Hotel Solazur in Tangier, Morocco.
Panelists New York Times' R. W. Apple, Jr., LA Times' Bill Boyarsky, Chicago Sun-Times' James F. Hoge, NBC News' Tom Pettit, moderator Bill Monroe, Democratic Presidential candidates Senator Birch Bayh, Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, former senator Fred R. Harris, Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp during the Iowa Democratic Caucus on January 11, 1976 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Panelists New York Times' R. W. Apple, Jr., LA Times' Bill Boyarsky, Chicago Sun-Times' James F. Hoge, NBC News' Tom Pettit during the Iowa Democratic Caucus on January 11, 1976, in Des Moines, Iowa.
Magazine editor James F. Hoge, Jr. attends the First Annual 'Sunday Night Kitchen Caper' Dinner Party to Benefit the Irvington Institute for Medical Research on January 20, 1991, at the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City.
Magazine editor James F. Hoge, Jr. attends Malcolm Forbes' 70th Birthday Weekend Celebration on August 19, 1989, at the Hotel Solazur in Tangier, Morocco.
(In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11...)
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, one question has been on the mind of every American: "How did this happen?" Foreign Affairs' editor and managing editor, James Hoge, Jr. and Gideon Rose, have brought together an impressive list of experts to answer this question in all its critical aspects: the motives and actions of the terrorists, the status of our military, the current and historical context of the Middle East, airport security, biological threats, and diplomatic pressures. This book provides listeners with an authoritative but accessible account of the issues that led to the present crisis - not as a symposium of opinion, but as a series of narratives on different aspects of the situation, providing perspective, information, and sound interpretation. How Did This Happen? brings together such noted experts as Benjamin Barber, Samuel R. Berger, Richard Butler, Wesley K. Clark, William J. Perry, Alan Wolfe, and Fareed Zakaria to help make the events of that terrible day more understandable, even as we steel ourselves for actions yet to come.
(In 1993, Samuel P. Huntington boldly asserted in the page...)
In 1993, Samuel P. Huntington boldly asserted in the pages of Foreign Affairs that world politics was entering a new phase, one in which cultural differences in religion, history, language and tradition were replacing Cold War tensions and would soon become the world's fundamental points of conflict. Huntington's striking thesis elicited both criticism and praise from the media and political experts around the world. More than a decade later, "The Clash of Civilizations?" continues to be a touchstone in global politics as writers passionately debate its merits and propose counter theories of their own. This collection presents Samuel Huntington's original, seminal essay followed by critical responses published in Foreign Affairs, including the author's reply to his critics and contemporary additions to the enduring question of how to understand world conflict. In this second edition, fresh contributions make The Clash of Civilizations?: The Debate is newly relevant to students of International Relations and Political Science.
(The twenty-first century has been marked by great shifts ...)
The twenty-first century has been marked by great shifts of power in trade, wealth, and political discourse. China is at the crux of this change, and has quickly become a power of immeasurable influence. However, it is still unclear how China's rise will rebalance the international order. Originally published in Foreign Affairs, the preeminent magazine on foreign policy and international relations, the essays in this book assess the geopolitical consequences of China's rise to power, the development and environmental challenges China faces at home, and its relations with major players like the United States, Russia, and Taiwan. Taken together, the articles portray a global system in deep flux. How individuals and countries adapt is likely to define conflict and peace for the foreseeable future.
James F. Hoge Jr. is an American journalist and editor. He was Editor of Foreign Affairs, a bi-monthly, non-partisan magazine of analysis and commentary on international affairs and United States foreign policy.
Background
James Fulton Hoge Jr. was born on December 25, 1935, in New York City, New York, United States. He's the second of four siblings born to the family of a Southern Baptist preacher and pharmaceutical industry representative James F. Hoge Sr. and Virginia McClamroch. His brother is Warren Hoge, former United Nations bureau chief of The New York Times.
Education
Hoge attended Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. He graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1958. He earned his Master of Arts in Modern History from the University of Chicago in 1961.
James F. Hoge Jr. is a newspaper and magazine publisher who started out as a reporter in Washington, D.C. Shortly into his writing career, Hoge realized that his natural talents were best suited to editing. Before he was thirty years old, Hoge was invited to Chicago to help edit the Chicago Sun-Times.
As youth began to dominate popular culture in the 1960s, Hoge, one of the youngest newspaper editors around, found that he was a hot commodity. Indeed, Hoge believed he was the best person for the job of managing editor at the Chicago Sun-Times, and in April of 1967, he landed that job. A year and a half later he was promoted to editor-in-chief.
When the Democratic Party held its bloody convention in 1968, the Sun-Times, with Hoge at the helm, led the national print coverage of the event. Hoge established the Sun-Times as a nourishing environment for good writers: Tom Fitzpatrick, who won a Pulitzer Prize, and well-known film reviewer Roger Ebert are just two of the many respected journalists who blossomed under Hoge’s watch.
In 1976 Marshall Field asked Hoge to edit the ailing Chicago Daily News, a newspaper owned by the Field family. Hoge gave the newspaper some new sections and added a magazine supplement, but the changes did not reverse the paper’s fortunes, and the Daily News went under in 1978. Bringing select Daily News talent with him, Hoge returned to devoting himself full-time to the Sun-Times. Hoge proceeded to revamp the Sun-Times, giving it new features and increasing its coverage of international affairs.
In the winter of 1984, Hoge left the Chicago Sun-Times for a stint at the New York Daily News. The Daily News said Hoge in a New York magazine interview, “has a great tradition of capturing the flavor of New York in a readable, interesting way.” After his work at the Daily News, Hoge moved on to edit the journal Foreign Affairs. As a newspaper editor in Chicago, Hoge had pushed his bosses for increased coverage of international events and issues, so the move to Foreign Affairs seemed to be a natural progression for Hoge.
In 1997 Hoge and Foreign Affairs managing editor Fareed Zakaria edited a book titled The American Encounter: The United States and the Making of the Modern World. Issued as a celebration of the journal’s seventy-fifth birthday, the volume consists of forty-three different chronologically ordered articles and essays written by various players in the sphere of international affairs. United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, diplomat, and historian George Kennan, English historian Arnold Toynbee, anthropologist Margaret Mead, freelance intellectual William F. Buckley, and Marxist Karl Kautsky are just a few of the contributors. Hoge and Zakaria proudly display much of Foreign Affairs' most prophetic material, such as Kautsky’s condemnation of the post-World War I Versailles treaty for “bringing again to life the ideas of armed opposition and revenge,” as noted by a Publishers Weekly reviewer.
On October 1, 2010, Hoge retired from Foreign Affairs and become chairman of Human Rights Watch until 2013. James Hoge also holds the position of a Senior Advisor at Teneo Intelligence since his departure from Foreign Affairs. He writes, lectures, and has edited several books on international affairs.
James F. Hoge Jr. is acclaimed as a talented journalist, editor, and administrator. Under his direction, the Sun-Times won six Pulitzer Prizes and the Daily News one. During his 18 years as editor, Foreign Affairs has more than doubled its circulation to an all-time high of 161,000 and has also launched editions in Spanish, Japanese and Russian.
(In 1993, Samuel P. Huntington boldly asserted in the page...)
2010
Membership
Freedom Forum Media Center at Columbia University
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United States
American Political Science Association's Congressional program
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United States
International Center for Journalists
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United States
Center for Global Affairs at New York University
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United States
Personality
Hoge’s lofty status did not protect him from criticism, a fate that is almost invariably met by any newspaper editor. Hoge’s managerial style at the Sun-Times and Daily News was the topic of most of the criticism; he was described by some staffers as being distant, demanding, and unfeeling. At the same time, Hoge gained a reputation for supporting his reporters when they are challenged. Journalist Roger Simon gave Hoge two of the best compliments a newspaper editor can receive when he said that Hoge has the ability to communicate excitement over a story and that he “makes you want to do your best for him.”
Connections
James F. Hoge Jr. married writer Alice Patterson Albright, but they divorced in 1971. In 1981 he married a television consumer reporter Sharon King. His third wife is a consultant Kathy Lacey. Hoge is a father of three children with Alice Albright: Daughter Alicia and sons James Patrick and Robert Warren. Moreover, Hoge has a son, Spencer Graham McFadden Hoge, with Cynthia McFadden, who was born in July 1998.
Father:
James F. Hoge Sr.
Mother:
Virginia McClamroch
Brother:
Warren Hoge
Wife:
Alice Albright
Wife:
Sharon King
Daughter:
Alicia Hoge
Son:
James Patrick Hoge
Son:
Robert Warren Hoge
Son:
Spencer Graham McFadden Hoge
Wife:
Kathy Lacey
Partner:
Cynthia McFadden
References
Contemporary Authors, Vol. 166
This volume of Contemporary Authors contains biographical information on approximately 300 modern writers.