Journal-isms: Dean Baquet Becomes NY Times’ First African American Executive Editor

*(Via Journal-isms) – Dean Baquet, managing editor of the New York Times and former top editor at the Los Angeles Times, was named executive editor on Wednesday after Jill Abramson stepped down  from the New York newspaper’s top editorial job. “Baquet, 57, becomes the first African American in the job. “It is an honor to […]