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BEHIND THE SCENES

The team behind Person of the Year. from left: senior engineer David Kofahl, editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal, senior producer Tara Johnson, associate art director Chelsea Kardokus, assistant managing editor Ben Goldberger and Dockterman outlining the package in their second home, a secret conference room called “the bunker.”

EACH YEAR, WE BEGIN THE PROCESS OF CHOOSING the Person of the Year—this is the 91st time we have done so—with a late-September meeting of the staff. The nominations are varied and the debates vigorous, never more so than in this moment of extreme disruption. Nearly one year in, President Trump has

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