James Daly (journalist)

James Daly is a San Francisco Bay Area journalist. He is currently Editor in Chief of "Edutopia", a publication from The George Lucas Educational Foundation that follows innovation in K-12 public education. Previously, he served as Editor in Chief of Red Herring, leading the web site's relaunch in 2004.

In late 1997, he led the launch of "Business 2.0", an international biweekly business magazine. Arriving in July 1998, "Business 2.0" ultimately had a paid circulation of 350,000, six international editions and won more than a dozen editorial awards, including the Folio: Editorial Excellence Award for Best Business/Finance Publication three years in a row. "Business 2.0" was also a National Magazine Awards finalist in the category of General Excellence. "Business 2.0" was also featured in Magazine Design That Works (Rockport Publishing). He served as Editor in Chief and Editorial Director at Business 2.0 until the publication was sold to AOL Time Warner in July 2001.

Daly has served as a Features Editor at "Wired" magazine, where he was the lead editor on cover stories that helped gain the magazine the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 1996. He was also Senior Editor at "Forbes ASAP" magazine, was a new media columnist for "Rolling Stone" and "San Francisco Chronicle" and has written for a number of publications including the "Los Angeles Times", "ID" and "Writers Digest".

Daly received his Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in Journalism and Economics from Boston University. He also has a degree from the New England School of Photography, and has done postgraduate work in economics and international relations at Harvard University.