Dean Baquet
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| Born |
September 21, 1956 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Occupation | executive editor, The New York Times |
| Notable credit(s) | The New York Times, Los Angeles Times |
Dean P. Baquet (born September 21, 1956) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist. He has been the executive editor of The New York Times since May 14, 2014, reporting directly to Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., the chairman and publisher. Between 2011 and 2014 Baquet was managing editor under the previous executive editor Jill Abramson. He is the first black American to serve as executive editor, the highest-ranking position in The New York Times newsroom.
In 1988, Baquet won the Pulitzer Prize for leading a team of reporters that included Bill Gaines and Ann Marie Lipinski at the Chicago Tribune who exposed corruption on the Chicago City Council.
Baquet was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of well-known New Orleans restaurateur Edward Baquet. He is a member of a prominent New Orleans Creole family.
Baquet graduated from St. Augustine High School in 1974. Baquet studied English at Columbia University from 1974 to 1978; however, he dropped out to pursue a career in journalism.
Baquet was a reporter for The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1984, he joined the Chicago Tribune, where he won the Pulitzer, before joining The New York Times in April 1990 as a Metropolitan Desk Reporter. In May 1992, he became the special projects editor for the Business Desk. In January 1994, he held the same title; however, he operated out of the executive editor's office. In 2000, he joined the Los Angeles Times as managing editor, and in 2005 became the editor for the newspaper. Baquet was fired after he publicly opposed plans to cut newsroom jobs.
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