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 Bill Keller |
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| Born | January 18, 1949 |
| Occupation | Columnist |
| Known for | The New York Times |
| Spouse | Emma Gilbey (m. 1999) |
Bill Keller (born January 18, 1949) is a writer for the The New York Times, of which Keller was the executive editor from July 2003 until September 2011. On June 2, 2011, Keller announced that he would step down from the position to become a full-time writer. Jill Abramson replaced him as executive editor.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Keller is the son of former chairman and chief executive of the Chevron Corporation, George M. Keller.[2] Bill Keller attended the Roman Catholic schools St. Matthews and Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California. After graduating from Pomona College in 1970, where he began his journalistic career as a reporter for the campus newspaper called The Collegian (later called The Collage), he was a reporter in Portland with The Oregonian, the Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, and at The Dallas Times Herald. Keller is married to Emma Gilbey Keller and has two daughters named Alice and Molly.
[edit] The New York Times
Keller joined The New York Times in 1984 and served in the following capacities:
- Reporter in the Washington, D.C. bureau (1984–1986)
- Reporter in the Moscow bureau (1986–1988)
- Bureau chief in the Moscow bureau (1988–1991)
- Bureau chief in the Johannesburg bureau (1992–1995)
- Foreign editor (1995–1997)
- Managing editor (1997–2001)
- Op-ed columnist and senior writer (2001–2003)
- Executive editor (July 2003 to September 2011)
Keller won a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for his reporting on the breakup of the former Soviet Union (USSR).
[edit] References
- ^ Peters, Jeremy W. (June 2, 2011). "Abramson to Replace Keller as The Times's Executive Editor". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/03/business/media/03paper.html. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
- ^ "WEDDINGS; Emma Gilbey and Bill Keller". The New York Times. April 11, 1999. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/11/style/weddings-emma-gilbey-and-bill-keller.html.
[edit] External links
- Bill Keller collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Biography
- Bill Keller at the Internet Movie Database
- Bill Keller on Twitter
- Hagan, Joe (September 18, 2006). "The United States of America vs. Bill Keller". New York. http://nymag.com/news/media/20334/.
