John Wolfson, a veteran writer and editor with more than 23 years of journalistic experience, has been named editor of Boston College Magazine, the University's alumni publication.
John Wolfson (Lee Pellegrini)
Wolfson, who most recently served as editor of Tufts Magazine and editorial director for Tufts University's Department of Communications and Marketing, succeeds the retiring Anna Marie Murphy, who has served as acting editor of BCM since last August and previously as deputy editor for 18 years.
Associate Vice President for University Communications Jack Dunn said Wolfson was selected from a pool of talented applicants based on his extensive writing and editing experience and proven track record.
“I am pleased to welcome John to the BC community, where he will use his gifts to help Boston College showcase its distinctiveness and myriad accomplishments through Boston College Magazine," said Dunn. "As a writer, John excels in the art of storytelling, and as an editor he has consistently demonstrated how to shape the stories that capture the essence of an academic community. I am excited to have him here, and look forward to working with him in chronicling and promoting Boston College."
BCM, launched in 1978, is published quarterly and distributed free of charge to 182,000 BC alumni, as well as faculty, staff, and parents of current undergraduates. It was overseen by former editor Ben Birnbaum for four decades until his retirement last year.
Wolfson, who served at Boston Magazine for eight years, first as senior editor and later as editor in chief, supervised a team of 15 writers, editors, designers, and videographers at Tufts, including oversight of Tufts Magazine, its website, and the alumni publications of five of the university's graduate schools. He has also written extensively for such publications as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The New York Times, and has worked for newspapers ranging from The Seattle Times to the Orlando Sentinel.
He earned a master's degree in communication and journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and a bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Maine.
“It's an honor to follow a journalist as talented and dedicated as Anna Marie Murphy into the editor’s chair at Boston College Magazine," said Wolfson. "I am thrilled to have landed in a position where I can help one of the nation's finest universities tell its important stories, and humbled by the opportunity to pick up on Anna Marie’s work leading this esteemed publication.”
–Phil Gloudemans | University Communications