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| Peter Kilborn Project Title: Peter Kilborn came to MARIAL in 2005 while he was researching an article on social class in America for The New York Times. He was one of a team of reporters who researched and wrote “Class Matters,” a 10-part series exploring how class manifests itself in contemporary life. The series, which explored where people live, where they work, where they are educated and how healthy they are, was later published as a book. MARIAL Center Director Bradd Shore kept in touch with Kilborn, who recently retired after 30 years at the Times. Kilborn is now focusing on a growing segment of the upper middle class that moves from suburb to suburb every few years as their six-figure jobs change. He calls them the “relo,” (relocation) class. He will examine this affluent, nomadic group of white-collar executives to see how their families adjust to frequent moves and the absence of the traditional hometown roots. Kilborn, based in suburban Washington, D.C., is under contract to write a book about this new “relo” class. Metro Atlanta is one of the sites he will study nationwide. He will visit MARIAL occasionally to present his findings. In more than four decades as a journalist, Kilborn covered such topics as business, economics, social issues and the workplace. He has reported from Paris, London, Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, New York, Miami and Washington.
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