The Program: Life as a Foreign Correspondent.
I spent time subbing in for TIME Magazine’s London and Middle East bureau chiefs in 2011 through 2013. Plus I’ve covered spot assignments on four continents, such as the earthquake in Haiti, terror attacks in Paris in 2015, mining in western Australia, etc. I’ll talk about my time as a foreign correspondent, how I selected topics to cover, how correspondents can influence decision makers, how I got my work heard by the public and constraints put upon foreign correspondents by publications.

Presenter: Jay Newton-Small

Jay Newton-Small is a talented storyteller who has dedicated her career to pulling the threads of narrative out of people and putting them to the page. In November 2024, Jay began her current position as an Executive Editor and Vice President of the Albuquerque Journal. Before the Albuquerque Journal, Jay authored 2016 best-seller, Broad Influence: How Women are Changing the Way America Works, served as a Washington Correspondent for TIME Magazine and Bloomberg News, and founded MemoryWell, a national network of 1,000 writers who tell the life stories of seniors to help improve their care. She has authored nearly a dozen cover stories for TIME and spent time serving as London and Middle East bureau chief for the magazine. Jay has an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University and undergraduate degrees in International Relations and Art History from Tufts University.

Thursday,January 15, 2026 – 6:00 PM
Albuquerque Country Club, 601 Laguna SW