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Joe Kahn
Born (1964-08-19) August 19, 1964 (age 60)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA, MA)
RelativesLeo Kahn (father)

Joseph F. Kahn (born August 19, 1964) is an American journalist who currently serves as executive editor of The New York Times.[1]

Education

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Kahn attended Middlesex School as a boarding student,[2] serving as editor-in-chief of both the school newspaper and its literary magazine before graduating in 1983.[3] He attended Harvard University as an undergraduate, where he earned a bachelor's degree in American history in 1987 and was an editor for The Harvard Crimson.[4] In 1990, he received a master's degree in East Asian studies from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.[1]

Career

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Kahn joined the Times in January 1998, after four years as China correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Before the Journal, he was a reporter at The Dallas Morning News, where he was part of a team of reporters awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for international reporting for their stories on violence against women around the world.[1] In June 1989, the Chinese government ordered Kahn to leave the country because he was working as a reporter while using a tourist visa.[5]

In 2006, Kahn and Jim Yardley won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting[6] for the Times covering rule of law in China, including their coverage of the detention of American-Chinese entrepreneur David Ji.

Kahn was assistant masthead editor for International at the New York Times from 2014 to September 2016.[7] In 2016, Dean Baquet appointed him as managing editor for the Times, where in time he was recognized as Baquet's likely successor as executive editor.[8]

In 2025, Kahn defended and praised an article in The New York Times on Zohran Mamdani's college application to Columbia,[9] [10] in spite of reported claims of publishing the article in pursuit of getting ahead of a conservative activist Christopher Rufo.[11] [12] Rufo appeared on the April 11th, 2025 edition of the New York Times Podcast The Daily (podcast). [13] The Southern Poverty Law Center has described Rufo as a "far-right propagandist," and Rufo has recommended a podcast published by the Human Diversity Foundation. [14] [15] The article on Mamdani's college application used information credited to the alias of Jordan Lasker, who has been described as a proponent of race science and has co-authored with self-described eugenicists.[16][17][18] [19][20]

Personal life

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Kahn's grandparents on his father's side were Jewish from Lithuania. His mother's parents were immigrants from Ireland. Kahn is the eldest child of Dorothy Davidson and Leo Kahn (1916–2011),[21][22] founder of the Purity Supreme supermarket chain in New England and co-founder of the global office supply chain Staples.[23] Leo had been awarded a journalism degree from Columbia University, after which he briefly had worked as a reporter, prompting a continuing interest in journalism that was reflected in his frequent dissection of newspaper coverage with his son.[1] Leo Kahn served on the board of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) from 1990 and up to at least 2008.[24] [25] CAMERA has successfully petitioned for corrections from The New York Times during Joseph Kahn's tenure at the organization.[26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]


See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Grynbaum, Michael M.; Windolf, Jim (April 19, 2022). "Joe Kahn Is Named Next Executive Editor of The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  2. ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. (April 19, 2022). "A Quiet Intensity, Matched with Big Ambitions". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Reunion Weekend" (PDF). Middlesex Bulletin. Fall 2024. p. 53.
  4. ^ "Editor For This Issue". The Harvard Crimson. July 1, 1986.
  5. ^ Kristof, Nicholas D. (June 20, 1989). "Chinese Premier Says More Arrests Are Expected". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  6. ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes".
  7. ^ Ember, Sydney (September 16, 2016). "New York Times Reinstates Managing Editor Role and Appoints Joseph Kahn". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  8. ^ Folkenflik, David (June 8, 2022). "The New York Times' new editor will run its biggest newsroom ever — and most outspoken". NPR. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  9. ^ Kabas, Marisa. "NEW: NYT Executive Editor Joe Kahn spoke about the Mamdani article at his daily meeting with top editors this morning, praising both the story and the reporting process, a Times source tells me. He also praised Assistant Managing Editor Pat Healy's explanation of the situation that he posted on X." BlueSky. Archived from the original on July 9, 2025. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  10. ^ Flood, Brian (July 8, 2025). "New York Times executive editor praises Mamdani college application report amid liberal outrage". Fox News. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  11. ^ Schwartz, Rafi (July 8, 2025). "The New York Times plays defense after publishing leaked Mamdani college application details". The Week. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  12. ^ Tani, Max. "Times pushed ahead to avoid being scooped on Mamdani Columbia story". Semafor. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  13. ^ "The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges". April 11, 2025.
  14. ^ Wilson, Jason (November 22, 2022). "Colorado Springs: Far-Right Influencers Made LGBTQ People Into Targets". Southern Poverty Law Center.
  15. ^ Wilson, Jason (January 31, 2024). "Activist who led ouster of Harvard president linked to 'scientific racism' journal". The Guardian. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  16. ^ Ryan, Benjamin (July 3, 2025). "Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application". The New York Times. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  17. ^ Wilson, Jason (March 3, 2025). "US natalist conference to host race-science promoters and eugenicists". The Guardian. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  18. ^ Breland, Ali (July 9, 2025). "A Race-Science Blogger Goes Mainstream". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  19. ^ "Global Ancestry and Cognitive Ability". Psych. August 30, 2019.
  20. ^ Eubank, Britny (March 28, 2025). "'Nazis are not welcome in Austin' UT students to protest controversial on-campus conference". KVUE. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  21. ^ Martin, Douglas (May 12, 2011). "Leo Kahn, Trailblazer in Big-Box Retailing, Dies at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  22. ^ Kampeas, Ron (April 20, 2022). "New York Times makes Joseph Kahn its 5th Jewish executive editor since 1964". The Times of Israel.
  23. ^ Marquard, Bryan (May 13, 2011). "Kind-hearted entrepreneur Leo Kahn dies". Boston.com. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  24. ^ Boguslaw, Daniel (January 28, 2024). "New York Times Puts "Daily" Episode on Ice Amid Internal Firestorm Over Hamas Sexual Violence Article". The Intercept. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  25. ^ "Form 990 for period ending December 2008". ProPublica. June 30, 2025. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  26. ^ "The Video that Exposed Refaat Alareer, Prompting NY Times Editors' Note". CAMERA. December 10, 2021.
  27. ^ "NY Times Amends Headline That Defended Extremist and Misrepresented Jewish Students". CAMERA. April 25, 2025.
  28. ^ "New York Times, Haaretz Correct on Israel's Electricity Cut to the Gaza Strip". CAMERA. March 18, 2025.
  29. ^ Kingsley, Patrick (November 16, 2021). "In Gaza, a Contentious Palestinian Professor Calmly Teaches Israeli Poetry". The New York Times. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  30. ^ McFadden, Alyce (April 25, 2025). "Cornell Cancels Kehlani Performance Over Alleged Antisemitic Statements". The New York Times. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  31. ^ McFadden, Alyce (April 23, 2025). "Cornell Cancels Kehlani Performance Over Her Stance on the War in Gaza". The New York Times. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  32. ^ Livni, Ephrat (March 14, 2025). "Israeli Energy Minister Cuts Off Electricity to Gaza". The New York Times. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
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