Behind the scenes
IN THE FALL OF ANY NORMAL YEAR, WE PACK a conference room at TIME’s headquarters in New York City with reporters, producers and editors to debate who should be selected as Person of the Year, one of the most-watched franchises in journalism, one that has endured world wars and depressions, periods of conflict and years of peace—and now a global pandemic.
This year, we held the meeting from our homes in cities around the world. Like so many of you, we’ve been working remotely and
