Background
Jim Carlton was born in 1955 in the United States.
Jim received Bachelor of Applied Science in Journalism at Kansas State University during 1973 – 1977.
Jim Carlton was born in 1955 in the United States.
Jim received Bachelor of Applied Science in Journalism at Kansas State University during 1973 – 1977.
Jim works as a longtime news reporter chronicling everything from the tribulations of Apple Computer to the meteoric political careers of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sarah Palin, and most recently the alarmingly persistent California drought. He travels far and wide to research his stories, including visits with Eskimos in the Alaskan Arctic and Navajos in the Arizona desert. He is particularly interested in Western environmental issues, and the many ways the region's chronic droughts are impacting both humans and the iconic landscape.
Jim has covered West Coast political and economic issues for the Wall Street Journal for the past six years. Prior to that, was an environmental writer for the Journal and also covered Silicon Valley. He is the suthor of "Apple: The Inside Story of Intrigue, Egomania and Business Blunders" (Times Books, 1997). Before joining the Journal in 1990, he worked as a reporter at the Los Angeles Times (1987 - 1990), Orange County Register (1984 - 1987), Houston Chronicle (1979 - 1984), and Port Arthur News (1978 - 1979).
The rise and fall of Apple Computer has generated more interest than that of most other American businesses. Jim Carlton chronicles the story from Apple’s earliest beginnings, when Steven Jobs, the man credited with creating the Apple computer, and his partner Steve Wozniak built a prototype in Jobs’s father’s garage. But, as a Publishers Weekly reviewer commented, Carlton “has been overtaken by events in his attempt to catalogue Apple’s business woes.” That is, Apple’s story can’t be wholly captured in Carlton’s book because the story continues beyond the publication date.
McMurdy emphasized the value of Carlton’s book even for readers whose interest in computers is minimal, stating that Apple “provides... rare insight.” But the story is not yet finished, and its ongoing status has made Carlton’s book difficult to conclude as well. Even with a last-minute epilogue, he was not able to keep up with the flow of events as Apple entered into a new arrangement with Microsoft.
Jim lives in San Francisco with his wife and two teenage sons.