After a brief teaching career at Kansas State University, the University of Nebraska and California State University, Long Beach, Jim Davis joined the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1974 as deputy national and foreign editor. From 1980-92, he was assistant managing editor, features. From 1992-2005 Jim was television editor for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and was also a consultant for TV programming guides for a number of newspapers, including The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.