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Priscilla Painton
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</ref> She is fluent in French. Painton currently lives in New York City and is the mother of two children, Isabel and Anthony Smith. In 2014, after her first marriage ended in divorce, Painton married Andrew John Heyward. Career Painton began her career as a reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Washington Post, and The Berkshire Eagle. She joined Time as a correspondent for the New York bureau in 1989, specializing in writing about politics and American life. She wrote cover stories on Atlantic City, Orlando, and country music, as well as on the 1992 Man of the Year, Ted Turner, In 1994, Painton became Times business editor,), the fall of Newt Gingrich, and the election and re-election of George W. Bush. Painton was promoted to Deputy Managing Editor in 2006. Also that year, Painton taught a journalism course at Mount Holyoke College as a visiting instructor in the English department. In November 2007, Painton edited a column by Joe Klein about an amendment to the F.I.S.A. law. Liberal bloggers Jane Hamsher and Glenn Greenwald argued that the column was inaccurate. Time later issued a clarification on Klein's column. In early 2008, Painton joined Simon & Schuster, taking over from Alice Mayhew as executive editor. Her current title is VP Executive Editor. 
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