Dean Baquet

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Dean Baquet (2018)

Dean Baquet (born September 21, 1956 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American journalist and editor-in-chief of the New York Times since May 2014 . He is the first African American in this position.

Life

Baquet studied at Columbia University in New York City from 1974 to 1978 . He worked as a reporter for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans and then for The Chicago Tribune . From 1990 to 2000 and again since 2007 he has worked as a journalist for the New York Times. In the meantime he worked for the Los Angeles Times . Baquet has been editor-in-chief of the New York Times since May 2014, succeeding Jill Abramson .

Baquet sits on the board of the organization Committee to Protect Journalists . He has also been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2006 .

Prizes and awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jill Abramson - "New York Times" separates from editor-in-chief . In: FAZ .NET from May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  2. Tagesschau.de:New York Times "separates from boss ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. Our task is getting bigger and bigger in FAZ of November 7, 2014, page 15