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Dean P. Baquet is a prominent American journalist celebrated for his groundbreaking tenure as the first Black executive editor of The New York Times, a position he held from May 2014 to June 2022. His distinguished career began in the 1970s in New Orleans, leading to a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism in 1988 with the Chicago Tribune for exposing corruption in the Chicago City Council.
Before his top role at the Times, Baquet also made history as the first Black top editor of the Los Angeles Times, where he notably resisted management-desired budget cuts to the newsroom. After returning to The New York Times as Washington bureau chief and then managing editor, he eventually rose to lead the entire newsroom.
Throughout his leadership, Baquet passionately championed diversity within newsrooms and became a vocal advocate against anti-press rhetoric, particularly from U.S. President Donald Trump, highlighting the dangers journalists face. While he has stepped down as executive editor, Baquet remains with The New York Times, now leading a new fellowship program dedicated to training young journalists in local investigative reporting.