Emma Barker Bonomo
Senior Editorial Director at TIME
About
Emma Barker Bonomo is a distinguished journalist, media executive, and the Senior Editorial Director at TIME. In this high-impact leadership role, she shapes the brand’s global narrative by steering its most prominent editorial initiatives and franchises. Bonomo directly oversees an expansive portfolio of marquee special projects. Most notably, she commands the editorial execution of the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list, which evaluates businesses driving systemic global impact. She also directs TIME Best Inventions, an annual curation highlighting groundbreaking technological, scientific, and creative breakthroughs from around the world. Her strategic curation of these flagship properties helps define corporate innovation and cultural influence for millions of readers globally.
Award-Winning Business Journalism and Industry Acclaim
Throughout her career, Bonomo has earned immense critical acclaim for her editorial excellence and rigorous business reporting. Her sophisticated storytelling and investigative depth have consistently set benchmarks within the media industry. Bonomo’s editorial work and collaborative projects have secured some of the most prestigious honors in journalism.
Her portfolio boasts distinguished honors from elite media institutions, including the National Magazine Awards, which recognize supreme editorial excellence and innovative print and digital journalism. She has also won the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award, celebrating the absolute pinnacle of business, financial, and economic reporting. Furthermore, her journalism has been honored by the Society of Advanced Business Editing and Writing for comprehensive economic narratives, as well as the Deadline Club, which commends exceptional journalistic achievement within the highly competitive New York City media market.
By bridging complex macroeconomic trends with engaging, human-centric narratives, Bonomo continues to elevate modern journalism. Her leadership at TIME remains instrumental in achieving global progress, celebrating entrepreneurial resilience, and examining the future of global industry.