The New York Times has named Joseph Kahn, currently the paper’s managing editor, as its next executive editor, succeeding Dean Baquet, 65, who is retiring after eight years in the position. Kahn is the fifth Jewish editor in the top spot, following A.M. Rosenthal (1977-1986), Max Frankel (1986-1994), Joseph Lelyveld (1994-2001, 2003), and Jill Abramson (2011-2014).

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 on violence against women around the world. 

In 2006, Kahn and Jim Yardley won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for The Times, covering rule of law in China.