Margaret Sullivan (journalist)
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| Born | Lackawanna, New York, USA |
| Residence | New York City |
| Nationality | American |
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Georgetown University Northwestern University |
| Occupation | Media columnist for The Washington Post Former Public Editor of The New York Times Former editor of The Buffalo News |
Margaret M. Sullivan is an American journalist who is the media columnist for The Washington Post. She is the former public editor of The New York Times, serving as the "readers' representative" and reported directly to Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. She was the Times' fifth public editor, or ombudsman, after Daniel Okrent, Byron Calame, Clark Hoyt, and Arthur S. Brisbane, and was the first woman to hold the post. She began her tenure on September 1, 2012, joining The New York Times from The Buffalo News, where she had been editor and vice-president. Her first column in The Washington Post ran on May 22, 2016.
Sullivan is a native of Lackawanna, New York and a graduate of Georgetown University. She also holds an M.S.J. from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
Sullivan was appointed to the Pulitzer Prize Board in 2011 and has been a juror several times and has served as the chairwoman of the commentary jury in 2006. She has been elected a director of the American Society of News Editors and led its First Amendment committee.
Sullivan was the first woman to serve as the editor and as the managing editor of The Buffalo News, the largest newspaper in Western New York, after previously working as a reporter and columnist. Sullivan focused The Buffalo News's reporting on poverty, economic development and inequities in public education as well as establishing its first investigative team.
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