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Joseph F. Kahn will succeed Dean Baquet as executive editor of The New York Times, the top newsroom position, the newspaper reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Kahn, who is currently the second-highest ranking editor at The Times, will take over this summer, after Baquet’s eight-year tenure at the top of the masthead concludes, according to The Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“For many people, especially those who have worked alongside Joe \u2014 a brilliant journalist and a brave and principled leader \u2014 this announcement will come as no surprise,” A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The Times, wrote in a memo to employees, according to the newspaper’s report on the announcement.<\/p>\n

“Joe brings impeccable news judgment, a sophisticated understanding of the forces shaping the world and a long track record of helping journalists produce their most ambitious and courageous work,” Sulzberger added.<\/p>\n

Kahn, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will ascend to one of the most powerful and influential perches in the American media industry. He was previously a China correspondent and leader of The Times’ international desk.<\/p>\n

In recent years, Kahn is said to have helped shepherd The Times’ transition to the digital era, overseeing the newspaper\u2019s “efforts to re-engineer its newsroom for the speed and agility required of modern media,” according to The Times report.<\/p>\n

Baquet’s run as top editor was largely defined by former President Donald Trump’s political rise as well as the first three years of the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n