Susan Deborah Chira (born May 18, 1958, in

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) is an American journalist. She is the editor-in-chief of

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. Previously, Chira was a senior correspondent and editor covering gender for ''

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''. From September 2014 until September 2016, she was a deputy executive editor of the newspaper and oversaw its news report. She was previously the assistant managing editor for news,''Times Makes Masthead Promotions''
/ref> and was the ''Times'''s foreign news editor from 2004 to 2011. She was raised in

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, and attended

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, where she graduated in 1976. She received her

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degree from

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in 1980, graduating

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. She is a member of

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. While at Harvard, Chira was the president of the ''

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''. Chira joined ''The New York Times'' in 1981. She was the ''Times'''s correspondent and then bureau chief in

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from 1984 to 1989. She has also been the metropolitan reporter at bureaus in

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, and

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, national education correspondent, deputy editor of the Foreign desk, editor of ''The Week in Review'',''The New York Times Ask a Reporter Q&A - Susan Chira
/ref> and editorial director of book development. In May 2018, following a stint as an editor covering gender issues, she was named interim Metro editor following the resignation of Wendell Jamieson. She served in that post until the appointment of Clifford J. Levy to the position two months later. She shared the 2018

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for Investigative Journalism for her reporting on the

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allegations against film producer

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that led to the

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Family

Chira is married to Michael Shapiro,
Michael Shapiro Wed To Susan Chira in Rye
" ''The New York Times'', 3 September 1984. a professor at

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. They have two children, Eliza and Jonathan.

Bibliography

* ''A Mother's Place: Taking the Debate About Working Mothers Beyond Guilt and Blame.'' New York: Harper, 1998. * ''Cautious Revolutionaries: Occupation Planners and Japan's Post-War Land Reform.'' Agricultural Policy Research Center, 1982. ASIN: B0006EBHJS

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