Joseph F. Kahn (born August 19, 1964) is an American journalist who currently serves as executive editor of ''

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''.

Biography

Kahn graduated from

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in 1987, where he earned a bachelor's degree in American history and served as president of ''

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''. In 1990, he received a master's degree in East Asian studies from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Kahn joined the ''Times'' in January 1998, after four years as China

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for ''

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''. Before the ''Journal,'' he was a reporter at ''

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'', 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. In June 1989, the Chinese government ordered Kahn to leave the country because he was working as a reporter while using a tourist visa. In 2006, Kahn and Jim Yardley won the

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. for the Times covering rule of law in China. Kahn was assistant masthead editor for International at ''The Times'' from 2014 to September 2016.

Personal life

Kahn is of Lithuanian Jewish descent and the eldest child of Dorothy Davidson and Leo Kahn (1916–2011), founder of the Purity Supreme supermarket chain in New England and co-founder of the global office supply chain Staples. Leo had been awarded a journalism degree from

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, 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.Grynbaum, Michael M., and Windolf, Jim,
Joe Kahn Is Named Next Executive Editor of The New York Times
', the New York Times, April 19, 2022

References

External links

Interview with Kahn about being a journalist in China

Interview on Charlie Rose
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