Dean Baquet Biography
Dean Baquet is executive editor of the New York Times, the top position in the newsroom. He assumed the role on May 14, 2014, succeeding Jill Abramson, who left the post.
Mr. Baquet, had been managing editor for news for Ms. Abramson when she departed. He had also been Washington bureau chief for The Times when he rejoined paper in 2007 after several years at the Los Angeles Times, where he had been editor of the newspaper since 2005, the top newsroom position there. Before that, he was the managing editor of the Los Angeles Times, taking that post in 2000.
Mr. Baquet joined TheNew York Times in April 1990 as a metropolitan reporter. In May 1992 he became special projects editor for the business desk and in January 1994 he held the same title but operated out of the executive editor’s office. In 1995, he became the national editor of The Times.
Before joining The Times, he reported for The Chicago Tribune from December 1984 to March 1990, and before that for The Times Picayune in, New Orleans for nearly seven years.
While at The Tribune, Mr. Baquet served as associate metropolitan editor for investigations and was chief investigative reporter, covering corruption in politics and in the garbage-hauling industry.
He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in March 1988 when he led a team of three in documenting corruption in the Chicago City Council, and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 in the investigative reporting category. Mr. Baquet has also received numerous local and regional awards.
Born on Sept. 21, 1956, Mr. Baquet majored in English at Columbia University from 1974 to 1978. He and his wife, Dylan, have one son, Ari.
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