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Los Angeles Times Announces Editor Succession
Dean P. Baquet to Succeed John S. Carroll as Executive Vice President and
Editor
LOS ANGELES, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Times announced today
that Dean P. Baquet, managing editor, will become executive vice president and
editor on August 15. He succeeds John S. Carroll who is retiring from The
Times.
"John is one of the country's most well-respected editors who believes deeply
in great journalism," said Jeffrey M. Johnson, Times publisher. "Since joining
The Times in 2000, John has raised the standards in virtually every area of the
news operation, and has led the paper through a period of great achievement,
including 13 Pulitzer Prizes. We are indebted to him for his extraordinary
legacy of journalistic excellence and wish him every happiness in the future.
"Dean is an exceptionally talented, dynamic and well-respected editor who has
been essential to the progress of The Times during the last five years. His
personal leadership qualities and breadth of experience, both at The Times and
in prior assignments, make him the very best person to succeed John. We have
the highest confidence in his abilities to lead the news operations of this
great paper," said Johnson.
"Being editor of The Times these last five years has been a privilege," said
Carroll. "I'm grateful for the staff's fine work and generous spirit. The
journalistic achievements speak for themselves. Regarding my successor, I hired
Dean five years ago, hoping he'd be right for this job. I doubt there's a
better qualified editor anywhere."
"It is an extraordinary honor to succeed John Carroll, one of the best editors
in America, and to have the chance to lead one of the country's greatest
papers," said Baquet.
As part of the leadership transition, the editorial and opinion pages of the
Los Angeles Times now will report directly to the publisher. "The editorial and
opinion pages are distinct and completely separate from the news department,"
said Johnson. "This change underscores the independence of these pages from the
news operations."
Dean P. Baquet
Baquet, 48, joined The Times in 2000, after serving as national editor of The
New York Times since 1995. He joined The New York Times in 1990 as an
investigative reporter, focusing on local and Washington, D.C. investigations.
During that period, Baquet was a finalist, with another reporter, for the
Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for a series of stories about poor
care in New York City's public hospitals.
Prior to joining The New York Times, Baquet reported for the Chicago Tribune
from 1984 to 1990, and before that for The States-Item and The Times-Picayune
in New Orleans for nearly seven years. While at the Chicago Tribune, Baquet
served as associate metropolitan editor for investigations and was chief
investigative reporter. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for investigative
reporting in 1988 as one of a team of three reporters
documenting corruption in the Chicago City Council. Baquet attended Columbia
University where he majored in English.
John S. Carroll
Carroll, 63, was named editor of the Los Angeles Times in 2000. During the past
five years, the 13 Pulitzer Prizes awarded to The Times recognized editorial
excellence in a wide range of categories and include the coveted Gold Medal for
Public Service in 2005. Carroll also introduced a broader- themed California
section in all editions of the paper, established investigative teams in Los
Angeles and Washington, D.C., introduced new features sections, and completed a
major redesign of the paper.
Prior to joining The Times, Carroll was senior vice president and editor of The
Baltimore Sun starting in 1991. From 1979 to 1991, Carroll worked at the
Lexington (Ky.) Herald and later the Lexington Herald-Leader in several
executive roles including editor, vice president and executive vice president.
Before that, he held several editor positions at the Philadelphia Inquirer from
1972 to 1979.
From 1966 to 1972, Carroll worked at The Baltimore Sun as a local reporter,
Vietnam correspondent, Middle East correspondent and White House correspondent.
He began his newspaper career in 1963 as a state staff reporter for the
Providence (R.I.) Journal-Bulletin. From May 1964 to May 1966, Carroll served
in the U.S. Army.
Carroll holds a bachelor's degree from Haverford College. He was a Nieman
Fellow at Harvard University and a Visiting Journalist Fellow at Queen
Elizabeth House-Oxford University. He was elected an American Academy of Arts
and Sciences Fellow in 2003, and received both the American Society of
Newspaper Editors' Leadership Award and the Committee to Protect Journalists'
Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in defense of press
freedom in 2004. He served on the Pulitzer Prize board from 1994 to 2003 and
was chairman in 2002.
The Los Angeles Times, a Tribune Publishing company, is the largest
metropolitan daily newspaper in the country and the winner of 37 Pulitzer
Prizes, including two this year. The Times publishes five daily regional
editions, for the Los Angeles metropolitan area, Orange County, Ventura County,
the San Fernando Valley, and the Inland Empire of Riverside and San Bernardino
counties, as well as a National edition. Additional information about The Times
is available at http://www.latimes.com/mediacenter.
DATASOURCE: Los Angeles Times
CONTACT: Martha Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times, +1-213-237-3727, or
Web site: http://www.latimes.com/
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